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Leonardo DRS (DRS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$42.00 +0.33 (+0.79%)
As of 05/19/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

About Leonardo DRS Stock (NASDAQ:DRS)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$41.08
$43.40
50-Day Range
$30.15
$42.00
52-Week Range
$22.73
$43.40
Volume
864,101 shs
Average Volume
713,846 shs
Market Capitalization
$11.17 billion
P/E Ratio
53.16
Dividend Yield
0.86%
Price Target
$41.00
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Leonardo DRS, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides defense electronic products and systems, and military support services. It operates through Advanced Sensing and Computing (ASC) segment, and Integrated Mission Systems (IMS) segments. The ASC segment designs, develops, and manufacture sensing and network computing technology that enables real-time situational awareness required for enhanced operational decision making and execution; and offers sensing capabilities span applications, such as missions requiring advanced detection, precision targeting and surveillance sensing, long range electro-optic/infrared, signals intelligence, and other intelligence systems including electronic warfare, ground vehicle sensing, active electronically scanned array tactical radars, dismounted soldier, and space sensing. This segment also provides network computing, which are utilized across a range of mission applications including platform computing on ground and shipboard for advanced battle management, combat systems, radar, command and control, tactical networks, tactical computing, and communications. The IMS segment designs, develops, manufacture, and integrates power conversion, control, and distribution systems, ship propulsion systems, motors and variable frequency drives, force protection systems, transportation, and logistics systems for the U.S. and allied defense customers. This segment also offers electrical propulsion systems, which includes power conversion, control, distribution, and propulsion systems, as well as power dense permanent magnet motors, energy storage systems and associated efficient, rugged, and compact power conversion, electrical actuation systems, as well as cooling technologies; and motor controllers, instrumentation and control equipment, electrical actuation systems, and thermal management systems. The company was incorporated in 1968 and is based in Arlington, Virginia. Leonardo DRS, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Leonardo S.p.A.

Leonardo DRS Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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56th Percentile Overall Score

DRS MarketRank™: 

Leonardo DRS scored higher than 56% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 28th out of 55 stocks in the aerospace sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Leonardo DRS has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Leonardo DRS has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Leonardo DRS's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Leonardo DRS are expected to grow by 15.38% in the coming year, from $1.04 to $1.20 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Leonardo DRS is 53.16, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.99.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Leonardo DRS is 53.16, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Aerospace sector average P/E ratio of about 49.83.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Leonardo DRS has a PEG Ratio of 1.41. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Leonardo DRS has a P/B Ratio of 4.74. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Leonardo DRS's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.27% of the float of Leonardo DRS has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Leonardo DRS has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Leonardo DRS has recently increased by 11.47%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Leonardo DRS has a dividend yield of 0.89%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Leonardo DRS does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Leonardo DRS is 41.38%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Leonardo DRS will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.00% next year. This indicates that Leonardo DRS will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Leonardo DRS's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.27% of the float of Leonardo DRS has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Leonardo DRS has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Leonardo DRS has recently increased by 11.47%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Leonardo DRS has a news sentiment score of 1.35. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.77 average news sentiment score of Aerospace companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Leonardo DRS this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 9 people have searched for DRS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -44% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    8 people have added Leonardo DRS to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Leonardo DRS insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $3,019,773.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.34% of the stock of Leonardo DRS is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    Only 18.76% of the stock of Leonardo DRS is held by institutions.

  • Read more about Leonardo DRS's insider trading history.
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DRS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Leonardo DRS's stock was trading at $32.31 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, DRS shares have increased by 30.0% and is now trading at $42.00.
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Leonardo DRS, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRS) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 1st. The company reported $0.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.03. Leonardo DRS's revenue for the quarter was up 16.1% on a year-over-year basis.
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Leonardo DRS's board initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, February 20th 2025, which allows the company to buy back $75,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 0.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Leonardo DRS (DRS) raised $670 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, March 24th 2021. The company issued 31,900,000 shares at $20.00-$22.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities, J.P.Morgan, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley served as the underwriters for the IPO and Credit Agricole CIB, IMI - Intesa Sanpaolo, MUFG and UniCredit Capital Markets were co-managers.

Top institutional investors of Leonardo DRS include Vanguard Group Inc. (2.99%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (2.20%), Invesco Ltd. (1.09%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.09%). Insiders that own company stock include SPA Leonardo, William Lynn III, John Baylouny, Michael Dippold, Sally Wallace, Pamela Morrow and Eric Salzman.
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Shares of DRS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Leonardo DRS investors own include Chevron (CVX), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), McKesson (MCK), Comcast (CMCSA), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Edwards Lifesciences (EW) and Yum! Brands (YUM).

Company Calendar

Record date for 3/27 Dividend
3/13/2025
Ex-Dividend for 3/27 Dividend
3/13/2025
Dividend Payable
3/27/2025
Last Earnings
5/01/2025
Today
5/20/2025
Record date for 6/5 Dividend
5/22/2025
Ex-Dividend for 6/5 Dividend
5/22/2025
Dividend Payable
6/05/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
7/29/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Aerospace
Industry
Search & navigation equipment
Sub-Industry
Electronic Equipment
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:DRS
Employees
6,580
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$41.00
High Stock Price Target
$49.00
Low Stock Price Target
$33.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-2.4%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.67
Research Coverage
6 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
53.16
Forward P/E Ratio
40.38
P/E Growth
1.41
Net Income
$168 million
Pretax Margin
7.80%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$3.35 billion
Cash Flow
$1.43 per share
Price / Cash Flow
29.34
Book Value
$8.86 per share
Price / Book
4.74

Miscellaneous

Free Float
264,080,000
Market Cap
$11.17 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.64

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This page (NASDAQ:DRS) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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