TXT vs. TDY, LDOS, HII, CW, ESLT, HEI, FTAI, CAE, DRS, and HXL
Should you be buying Textron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Textron include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Leidos (LDOS), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Elbit Systems (ESLT), HEICO (HEI), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), CAE (CAE), Leonardo DRS (DRS), and Hexcel (HXL). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Textron (NYSE:TXT) and Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Textron presently has a consensus target price of $95.63, suggesting a potential upside of 10.54%. Teledyne Technologies has a consensus target price of $474.86, suggesting a potential upside of 26.75%. Given Teledyne Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than Textron.
Textron received 226 more outperform votes than Teledyne Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave Textron an outperform vote while only 66.43% of users gave Teledyne Technologies an outperform vote.
Textron has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Teledyne Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Textron. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Teledyne Technologies and 43 mentions for Textron. Textron's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Teledyne Technologies' score of -0.11 indicating that Textron is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Textron's net margin of 6.75%. Textron's return on equity of 16.30% beat Teledyne Technologies' return on equity.
Textron has higher revenue and earnings than Teledyne Technologies. Textron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teledyne Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.0% of Textron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Textron shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Teledyne Technologies beats Textron on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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