NOC vs. TDY, LHX, TDG, GD, BA, HEI, LMT, LDOS, RTX, and DRS
Should you be buying Northrop Grumman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northrop Grumman include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), TransDigm Group (TDG), General Dynamics (GD), Boeing (BA), HEICO (HEI), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Leidos (LDOS), RTX (RTX), and Leonardo DRS (DRS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) and Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Northrop Grumman has higher revenue and earnings than Teledyne Technologies. Teledyne Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northrop Grumman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.4% of Northrop Grumman shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Northrop Grumman shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northrop Grumman presently has a consensus price target of $514.33, suggesting a potential upside of 9.38%. Teledyne Technologies has a consensus price target of $470.83, suggesting a potential upside of 15.85%. Given Teledyne Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than Northrop Grumman.
In the previous week, Northrop Grumman had 7 more articles in the media than Teledyne Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Northrop Grumman and 14 mentions for Teledyne Technologies. Teledyne Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Northrop Grumman's score of 0.48 indicating that Teledyne Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Northrop Grumman's net margin of 5.38%. Northrop Grumman's return on equity of 24.09% beat Teledyne Technologies' return on equity.
Northrop Grumman has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Northrop Grumman received 269 more outperform votes than Teledyne Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.43% of users gave Teledyne Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.33% of users gave Northrop Grumman an outperform vote.
Summary
Teledyne Technologies beats Northrop Grumman on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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