TDG vs. HON, LMT, BA, GD, NOC, HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, and HII
Should you be buying TransDigm Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransDigm Group include Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) and TransDigm Group (NYSE:TDG) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of TransDigm Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of TransDigm Group shares are held by 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.
Honeywell International has higher revenue and earnings than TransDigm Group. Honeywell International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransDigm Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, TransDigm Group had 10 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for TransDigm Group and 11 mentions for Honeywell International. TransDigm Group's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Honeywell International's score of 0.63 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Honeywell International received 385 more outperform votes than TransDigm Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.61% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 68.56% of users gave TransDigm Group an outperform vote.
TransDigm Group has a net margin of 21.22% compared to TransDigm Group's net margin of 15.52%. TransDigm Group's return on equity of 35.88% beat Honeywell International's return on equity.
Honeywell International presently has a consensus price target of $215.71, suggesting a potential upside of 6.69%. TransDigm Group has a consensus price target of $1,363.38, suggesting a potential upside of 1.50%. Given TransDigm Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than TransDigm Group.
Honeywell International has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransDigm Group has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TransDigm Group beats Honeywell International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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