Question 1

Which is bigger, BA or LMT?

Accepted Answer

Boeing Company is the larger company — market cap $151B vs $118B for Lockheed Martin Corp..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, BA or LMT?

Accepted Answer

LMT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 8.2% vs 2.6% for BA.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, BA or LMT?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, LMT trades at a lower P/E — 18.7 vs 61.8 for BA. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, BA or LMT?

Accepted Answer

LMT yields 2.70% vs 0.23% for BA.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — BA or LMT?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, BA leads 4 of 11 comparable metrics and LMT leads 7. StockCV rates BA “Strained” and LMT “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	BA	LMT
Price	$190.57	$510.20
Market cap	$151B	$118B
Revenue (TTM)	$94.0B	$77.0B
Revenue growth	+10.3%	+4.4%
Net margin	2.6%	8.2%
Free cash flow	-$210M	$8.73B
Net cash (debt)	($24.7B)	($16.4B)
1-year price return	-11.8%	+0.5%
P/E	61.8	18.7
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	64%	62%
Dividend yield	0.23%	2.70%
Return on equity	133%	86%
Altman Z-score	0.94	—
CV checks passed	5 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	182,000	123,000

Boeing Company vs Lockheed Martin Corp.