LDOS vs. TXT, TDY, HII, CW, ESLT, FTAI, HEI, CAE, DRS, and HXL
Should you be buying Leidos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leidos include Textron (TXT), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Elbit Systems (ESLT), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), HEICO (HEI), CAE (CAE), Leonardo DRS (DRS), and Hexcel (HXL). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) and Textron (NYSE:TXT) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Leidos pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Textron pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Leidos pays out 65.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Textron pays out 1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Leidos received 38 more outperform votes than Textron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.02% of users gave Textron an outperform vote while only 63.94% of users gave Leidos an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Leidos had 38 more articles in the media than Textron. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Leidos and 14 mentions for Textron. Leidos' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Textron's score of 0.53 indicating that Leidos is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Textron has a net margin of 6.75% compared to Leidos' net margin of 2.04%. Leidos' return on equity of 25.66% beat Textron's return on equity.
Textron has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Leidos. Textron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leidos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
76.1% of Leidos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Textron shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Leidos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Textron shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Leidos presently has a consensus target price of $141.17, indicating a potential downside of 0.36%. Textron has a consensus target price of $95.63, indicating a potential upside of 11.72%. Given Textron's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Textron is more favorable than Leidos.
Leidos has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Textron has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Leidos beats Textron on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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