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$41.49 +0.24 (+0.58%)
Closing price 08/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$41.90 +0.41 (+0.98%)
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DRS vs. LHX, UI, ERIC, ON, STM, ASX, HUBB, NOK, GFS, and ALAB

Should you be buying Leonardo DRS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leonardo DRS include L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Ubiquiti (UI), Ericsson (ERIC), ON Semiconductor (ON), STMicroelectronics (STM), ASE Technology (ASX), Hubbell (HUBB), Nokia (NOK), GlobalFoundries (GFS), and Astera Labs (ALAB). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L3Harris Technologies has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of L3Harris Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of L3Harris Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

L3Harris Technologies has a net margin of 7.94% compared to Leonardo DRS's net margin of 7.31%. L3Harris Technologies' return on equity of 11.82% beat Leonardo DRS's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Leonardo DRS7.31% 11.02% 6.93%
L3Harris Technologies 7.94%11.82%5.47%

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 1.8%. Leonardo DRS pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. L3Harris Technologies pays out 53.6% 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 presently has a consensus target price of $46.29, suggesting a potential upside of 11.56%. L3Harris Technologies has a consensus target price of $279.47, suggesting a potential upside of 3.63%. Given Leonardo DRS's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Leonardo DRS is more favorable than L3Harris Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Leonardo DRS
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
L3Harris Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72

In the previous week, L3Harris Technologies had 27 more articles in the media than Leonardo DRS. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for L3Harris Technologies and 4 mentions for Leonardo DRS. L3Harris Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Leonardo DRS's score of 0.61 indicating that L3Harris Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Leonardo DRS
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
L3Harris Technologies
23 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Leonardo DRS$3.23B3.41$213M$0.9344.61
L3Harris Technologies$21.33B2.37$1.50B$8.9530.13

Summary

L3Harris Technologies beats Leonardo DRS on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DRS vs. The Competition

MetricLeonardo DRSAEROSP/DEF EQ IndustryAerospace SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.98B$17.63B$27.67B$9.61B
Dividend Yield0.87%0.76%0.96%4.14%
P/E Ratio44.61130.3676.6724.84
Price / Sales3.417.346.7698.65
Price / Cash32.0848.2136.6158.36
Price / Book4.257.389.065.64
Net Income$213M$265.73M$368.78M$265.68M
7 Day Performance-0.43%0.81%0.00%4.95%
1 Month Performance-11.74%2.88%0.66%0.83%
1 Year Performance50.33%79.60%52.65%22.18%

Leonardo DRS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DRS
Leonardo DRS
3.0392 of 5 stars
$41.49
+0.6%
$46.29
+11.6%
+50.7%$10.98B$3.23B44.617,000Dividend Announcement
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.6054 of 5 stars
$269.28
flat
$276.53
+2.7%
+16.9%$50.34B$21.33B30.0947,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
UI
Ubiquiti
1.1956 of 5 stars
$459.03
+2.8%
$343.50
-25.2%
+170.4%$27.77B$1.93B50.551,515Positive News
Short Interest ↑
ERIC
Ericsson
4.0867 of 5 stars
$7.41
-1.1%
$9.80
+32.3%
+11.8%$24.81B$23.45B14.8294,326Analyst Revision
ON
ON Semiconductor
4.5907 of 5 stars
$58.66
+3.1%
$58.73
+0.1%
-34.0%$24.51B$7.08B40.7426,490Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
STM
STMicroelectronics
4.5883 of 5 stars
$26.70
+1.4%
$32.21
+20.7%
-14.4%$23.98B$13.27B38.7049,602Positive News
ASX
ASE Technology
3.2968 of 5 stars
$10.57
+0.7%
N/A+8.4%$23.33B$18.54B22.4997,079Positive News
HUBB
Hubbell
3.4024 of 5 stars
$437.14
-1.2%
$456.25
+4.4%
+12.1%$23.33B$5.59B29.5817,700
NOK
Nokia
3.8966 of 5 stars
$4.27
-1.4%
$5.85
+37.0%
+7.8%$22.98B$20.80B21.3580,361
GFS
GlobalFoundries
3.623 of 5 stars
$40.68
+1.8%
$47.46
+16.7%
-27.2%$22.49B$6.75B-119.6413,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ALAB
Astera Labs
2.8376 of 5 stars
$124.05
+1.5%
$102.67
-17.2%
+337.2%$20.46B$490.47M563.89225Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:DRS) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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