Reviewing Saab AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:SAABF) and Boeing (NYSE:BA)

Saab AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:SAABF) and Boeing (NYSE:BA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Saab AB (publ) and Boeing, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Saab AB (publ)	0	0	0	0	N/A
Boeing	2	9	13	1	2.52

Boeing has a consensus target price of $190.42, indicating a potential upside of 27.55%. Given Boeing’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boeing is more favorable than Saab AB (publ).

Profitability

This table compares Saab AB (publ) and Boeing’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Saab AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Boeing	-4.68%	N/A	-3.46%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

21.4% of Saab AB (publ) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Boeing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Boeing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Saab AB (publ) and Boeing”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Saab AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.94	2.77
Boeing	$73.29 billion	1.25	-$2.22 billion	($3.55)	-42.05

Saab AB (publ) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boeing. Boeing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saab AB (publ), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Boeing beats Saab AB (publ) on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Saab AB (publ)

Saab AB (publ) provides products, services, and solutions for military defense, aviation, and civil security markets worldwide. The company operates through Aeronautics, Dynamics, Surveillance, Kockums, and Combitech segments. The company develops military aviation technology, as well as conducts studies on manned and unmanned aircraft. It also provides ground combat weapons, missile systems, torpedoes, unmanned underwater vehicles, training and simulation systems, and signature management systems for armed forces; and niche products for the civil and defense market, such as underwater vehicles for the offshore industry. In addition, the company offers solutions for safety and security, surveillance and decision support, and threat detection, location, and protection, including airborne, ground-based and naval radar, electronic warfare, and combat systems, as well as C4I solutions. Additionally, it provides submarines with the Stirling system for air independent propulsion, surface combatants, mine hunting systems, and autonomous vessels; and systems development, systems integration, information security, systems security, communications, mechanics, and technical product information and logistics. Saab AB (publ) was incorporated in 1937 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

About Boeing

The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, services, and supports commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight and launch systems, and services worldwide. The company operates through Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space & Security; and Global Services segments. The Commercial Airplanes segment develops, produces, and markets commercial jet aircraft for passenger and cargo requirements, as well as provides fleet support services. The Defense, Space & Security segment engages in the research, development, production, and modification of manned and unmanned military aircraft and weapons systems; strategic defense and intelligence systems, which include strategic missile and defense systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, cyber and information solutions, and intelligence systems; and satellite systems, such as government and commercial satellites, and space exploration. The Global Services segment offers products and services, including supply chain and logistics management, engineering, maintenance and modifications, upgrades and conversions, spare parts, pilot and maintenance training systems and services, technical and maintenance documents, and data analytics and digital services to commercial and defense customers. The Boeing Company was incorporated in 1916 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.