Boeing vs Textron
BA and TXT side by side, both in aircraft and parts. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BA and TXT compare
Boeing is the larger company, worth 9.2 times as much as Textron ($136B against $14.7B).
On earnings, Textron is cheaper: it trades at 15.4× trailing earnings, against 68.1× for Boeing.
Boeing grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (24.8% versus 8.5% for Textron).
Textron keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 6.3% compared with 2.6% at Boeing.
Textron pays a dividend yielding 0.09%; Boeing does not pay one.
Textron scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 7 for Boeing), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BA | TXT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $136B | $14.7B |
| Share price | $171.55 | $85.70 |
| Change, 1 year | −19.7% | 7.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −23.6% | 10.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.25 | 0.91 |
| Employees | 72K | 34K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 | 3 |
| Health score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 68.1× | 15.4× (better) |
| P/S | 1.4× | 1.0× (better) |
| P/B | 22.2× | 1.8× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.8× | – |
| P/FCF | – | 18.2× |
| PEG | – | 1.83 |
| FCF yield | −0.15% | 5.5% (better) |
| Fair value | $104.56 | $114.00 |
| Margin of safety | −64.1% | 24.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 24.8% (better) | 8.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 9.0% (better) | 4.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 17.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 22.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 4.7% | – |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | – |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 6.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | −0.22% | 5.2% (better) |
| Return on equity | 174% (better) | 12.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.7% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 7.52 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.81 | – |
| Current ratio | 1.14 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 1.42 | 2.20 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.09% |
| Payout ratio | 14.2% | 1.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 0.00% |
| Buyback yield | – | 5.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 5.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 75.7% | 92.4% |
| Held by insiders | 0.08% | 0.77% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$4.4M (better) | −$29.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.9% | 4.8% |
Go deeper
- BA stock overview
- BA income statement
- BA valuation and score
- TXT stock overview
- TXT income statement
- TXT valuation and score
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