Leonardo DRS (DRS) Competitors

Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) and STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DRS or STM?

STMicroelectronics has higher revenue and earnings than Leonardo DRS. STMicroelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leonardo DRS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Leonardo DRS	$2.83B	2.59	$168M	$0.70	39.63
STMicroelectronics	$15.41B	1.65	$4.21B	$3.90	7.22

Which has more volatility and risk, DRS or STM?

Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STMicroelectronics has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DRS or STM?

STMicroelectronics received 511 more outperform votes than Leonardo DRS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.00% of users gave Leonardo DRS an outperform vote while only 61.97% of users gave STMicroelectronics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Leonardo DRS	Outperform Votes 17 85.00%	Underperform Votes 3 15.00%
STMicroelectronics	Outperform Votes 528 61.97%	Underperform Votes 324 38.03%

Do analysts rate DRS or STM?

Leonardo DRS currently has a consensus target price of $28.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.93%. STMicroelectronics has a consensus target price of $43.13, indicating a potential upside of 52.74%. Given STMicroelectronics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe STMicroelectronics is more favorable than Leonardo DRS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leonardo DRS	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
STMicroelectronics	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Does the media prefer DRS or STM?

In the previous week, STMicroelectronics had 26 more articles in the media than Leonardo DRS. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for STMicroelectronics and 5 mentions for Leonardo DRS. Leonardo DRS's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat STMicroelectronics' score of 0.05 indicating that Leonardo DRS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Leonardo DRS	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
STMicroelectronics	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DRS or STM?

18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of STMicroelectronics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DRS or STM more profitable?

STMicroelectronics has a net margin of 19.68% compared to Leonardo DRS's net margin of 6.12%. STMicroelectronics' return on equity of 18.18% beat Leonardo DRS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leonardo DRS	6.12%	9.48%	5.80%
STMicroelectronics	19.68%	18.18%	12.52%

Summary

STMicroelectronics beats Leonardo DRS on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.