LDOS vs. TDY, HII, CW, HEI, ESLT, FTAI, CAE, DRS, HXL, and MOG.B
Should you be buying Leidos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leidos include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Curtiss-Wright (CW), HEICO (HEI), Elbit Systems (ESLT), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), CAE (CAE), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Hexcel (HXL), and Moog (MOG.B). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) and Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Leidos received 265 more outperform votes than Teledyne Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.43% of users gave Teledyne Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.98% of users gave Leidos an outperform vote.
Teledyne Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Leidos. Teledyne Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leidos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Leidos has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% 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.
Leidos currently has a consensus price target of $145.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.11%. Teledyne Technologies has a consensus price target of $470.83, indicating a potential upside of 20.20%. Given Teledyne Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than Leidos.
Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Leidos' net margin of 2.04%. Leidos' return on equity of 25.66% beat Teledyne Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Leidos had 16 more articles in the media than Teledyne Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Leidos and 8 mentions for Teledyne Technologies. Teledyne Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Leidos' score of 0.81 indicating that Teledyne Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.1% of Leidos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Leidos shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Teledyne Technologies beats Leidos on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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