LMT vs. BA, RTX, GD, NOC, TDG, LHX, HEI, KTOS, RKLB, and KAMN
Should you be buying Lockheed Martin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lockheed Martin include Boeing (BA), RTX (RTX), General Dynamics (GD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), TransDigm Group (TDG), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), HEICO (HEI), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), and Kaman (KAMN). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Boeing (NYSE:BA) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.
Lockheed Martin has a net margin of 9.73% compared to Boeing's net margin of -2.81%. Lockheed Martin's return on equity of 85.96% beat Boeing's return on equity.
Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lockheed Martin currently has a consensus target price of $485.40, suggesting a potential upside of 5.23%. Boeing has a consensus target price of $222.41, suggesting a potential upside of 33.01%. Given Boeing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Boeing is more favorable than Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boeing. Boeing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lockheed Martin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lockheed Martin pays an annual dividend of $12.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Boeing pays an annual dividend of $8.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Lockheed Martin pays out 46.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boeing pays out -231.5% 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. Boeing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Boeing had 62 more articles in the media than Lockheed Martin. MarketBeat recorded 126 mentions for Boeing and 64 mentions for Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Boeing's score of -0.01 indicating that Lockheed Martin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Boeing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Boeing shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Boeing received 1249 more outperform votes than Lockheed Martin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.07% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote while only 58.87% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.
Summary
Lockheed Martin and Boeing tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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