LMT vs. BA, RTX, GD, TDG, NOC, 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), TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), 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.
Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Lockheed Martin has a net margin of 9.73% compared to Lockheed Martin's net margin of -2.81%. Boeing's return on equity of 85.96% beat Lockheed Martin's return on equity.
Boeing pays an annual dividend of $8.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Lockheed Martin pays an annual dividend of $12.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Boeing pays out -231.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lockheed Martin pays out 46.1% 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. Lockheed Martin has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Boeing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Boeing had 78 more articles in the media than Lockheed Martin. MarketBeat recorded 114 mentions for Boeing and 36 mentions for Lockheed Martin. Boeing's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Lockheed Martin's score of 0.04 indicating that Lockheed Martin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
64.8% of Boeing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Boeing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Boeing currently has a consensus target price of $222.41, indicating a potential upside of 23.32%. Lockheed Martin has a consensus target price of $485.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.10%. Given Lockheed Martin's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Boeing is more favorable than Lockheed Martin.
Boeing received 1249 more outperform votes than Lockheed Martin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.05% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote while only 58.87% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.
Boeing has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lockheed Martin has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
Boeing beats Lockheed Martin on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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