DRS vs. LHX, VRT, NOK, ERIC, STM, UI, ASX, HUBB, GFS, and UMC
Should you be buying Leonardo DRS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leonardo DRS include L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Vertiv (VRT), Nokia (NOK), Ericsson (ERIC), STMicroelectronics (STM), Ubiquiti (UI), ASE Technology (ASX), Hubbell (HUBB), GlobalFoundries (GFS), and United Microelectronics (UMC). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Leonardo DRS vs. Its Competitors
Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Leonardo DRS currently has a consensus target price of $44.29, indicating a potential downside of 5.67%. L3Harris Technologies has a consensus target price of $258.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.77%. Given L3Harris Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe L3Harris Technologies is more favorable than Leonardo DRS.
Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L3Harris Technologies has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
L3Harris Technologies has a net margin of 7.55% compared to Leonardo DRS's net margin of 7.00%. L3Harris Technologies' return on equity of 12.38% beat Leonardo DRS's return on equity.
18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of L3Harris Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of L3Harris Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, L3Harris Technologies had 16 more articles in the media than Leonardo DRS. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for L3Harris Technologies and 11 mentions for Leonardo DRS. L3Harris Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Leonardo DRS's score of 0.30 indicating that L3Harris Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Leonardo DRS pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. L3Harris Technologies pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Leonardo DRS pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. L3Harris Technologies pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. L3Harris Technologies has raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years. L3Harris Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
L3Harris Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Leonardo DRS. L3Harris Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leonardo DRS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
L3Harris Technologies beats Leonardo DRS on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:DRS) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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