GD vs. TDG, NOC, BA, LMT, LHX, HEI, RTX, HII, LDOS, and TDY
Should you be buying General Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Dynamics include TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Boeing (BA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), HEICO (HEI), RTX (RTX), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Leidos (LDOS), and Teledyne Technologies (TDY). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) and TransDigm Group (NYSE:TDG) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.
General Dynamics currently has a consensus price target of $300.53, suggesting a potential upside of 2.69%. TransDigm Group has a consensus price target of $1,272.60, suggesting a potential downside of 3.85%. Given General Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe General Dynamics is more favorable than TransDigm Group.
In the previous week, TransDigm Group had 21 more articles in the media than General Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for TransDigm Group and 15 mentions for General Dynamics. General Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat TransDigm Group's score of 0.79 indicating that General Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
General Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than TransDigm Group. General Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransDigm Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TransDigm Group has a net margin of 20.80% compared to General Dynamics' net margin of 7.85%. General Dynamics' return on equity of 16.48% beat TransDigm Group's return on equity.
86.1% of General Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of TransDigm Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of General Dynamics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of TransDigm Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
General Dynamics has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransDigm Group has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
General Dynamics received 147 more outperform votes than TransDigm Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.54% of users gave General Dynamics an outperform vote while only 68.43% of users gave TransDigm Group an outperform vote.
Summary
TransDigm Group beats General Dynamics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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