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 9.6 times as much as Textron ($136B against $14.2B).
On earnings, Textron is cheaper: it trades at 15.0× trailing earnings, against 18.2× for Boeing.
Boeing grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (17.5% versus 8.5% for Textron).
Boeing keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.1% compared with 6.3% at Textron.
Textron pays a dividend yielding 0.10%; Boeing does not pay one.
Textron scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 9 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 | $14.2B |
| Share price | $171.50 | $83.65 |
| Change, 1 year | −12.3% | 1.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −19.9% | 11.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.25 | 0.89 |
| Employees | 72K | 34K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 | 3 |
| Health score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 18.2× | 15.0× (better) |
| P/S | 1.4× | 0.9× (better) |
| P/B | 20.8× | 1.7× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.4× | – |
| P/FCF | 8494× | 17.5× (better) |
| PEG | – | 1.79 |
| FCF yield | 0.01% | 5.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $246.01 | $103.78 |
| Margin of safety | 30.3% (better) | 19.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 17.5% (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 | 9.4% | – |
| Operating margin | 10.3% | – |
| Net margin | 8.1% (better) | 6.3% |
| FCF margin | 0.02% | 5.2% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 12.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 35.3% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 7.01 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.10 | – |
| Current ratio | 1.13 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 1.48 | 2.17 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.10% |
| Payout ratio | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 0.00% |
| Buyback yield | – | 5.7% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 5.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 75.5% | 93.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.08% | 0.78% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$3.2M (better) | −$29.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.2% | 4.3% |
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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