DRS vs. LHX, VRT, NOK, ERIC, UI, STM, ASX, GFS, HUBB, 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 Oyj (NOK), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Ubiquiti (UI), STMicroelectronics (STM), ASE Technology (ASX), GlobalFoundries (GFS), Hubbell (HUBB), and United Microelectronics (UMC). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Leonardo DRS vs.
Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L3Harris Technologies has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Leonardo DRS pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. L3Harris Technologies pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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.
Leonardo DRS currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.81%. L3Harris Technologies has a consensus price target of $256.56, suggesting a potential upside of 10.27%. Given L3Harris Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe L3Harris Technologies is more favorable than Leonardo DRS.
L3Harris Technologies has a net margin of 7.04% compared to Leonardo DRS's net margin of 6.59%. L3Harris Technologies' return on equity of 13.11% beat Leonardo DRS's return on equity.
In the previous week, L3Harris Technologies had 27 more articles in the media than Leonardo DRS. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for L3Harris Technologies and 10 mentions for Leonardo DRS. L3Harris Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Leonardo DRS's score of 1.15 indicating that L3Harris Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of L3Harris Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of L3Harris Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
L3Harris Technologies received 158 more outperform votes than Leonardo DRS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.41% of users gave Leonardo DRS an outperform vote while only 64.39% of users gave L3Harris Technologies an outperform vote.
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 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DRS) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff