LHX vs. TDY, NOC, HEI, LDOS, TXT, CW, TDG, GD, BA, and LMT
Should you be buying L3Harris Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of L3Harris Technologies include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Northrop Grumman (NOC), HEICO (HEI), Leidos (LDOS), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), TransDigm Group (TDG), General Dynamics (GD), Boeing (BA), and Lockheed Martin (LMT). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) and Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Teledyne Technologies received 229 more outperform votes than L3Harris Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.43% of users gave Teledyne Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.87% of users gave L3Harris Technologies an outperform vote.
L3Harris Technologies has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, L3Harris Technologies had 11 more articles in the media than Teledyne Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for L3Harris Technologies and 7 mentions for Teledyne Technologies. Teledyne Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat L3Harris Technologies' score of 0.65 indicating that Teledyne Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
L3Harris Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Teledyne Technologies. Teledyne Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than L3Harris Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
L3Harris Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $231.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.06%. Teledyne Technologies has a consensus target price of $470.83, indicating a potential upside of 19.84%. Given Teledyne Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than L3Harris Technologies.
Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 15.81% compared to L3Harris Technologies' net margin of 5.82%. L3Harris Technologies' return on equity of 12.82% beat Teledyne Technologies' return on equity.
84.8% of L3Harris Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of L3Harris Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Teledyne Technologies beats L3Harris Technologies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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