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Harris (HRS) Competitors

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HRS vs. MSI, FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, SATS, IDCC, CALX, EXTR, INFN, and VSAT

Should you be buying Harris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harris include Motorola Solutions (MSI), F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Infinera (INFN), and Viasat (VSAT). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

Harris vs.

Harris (NYSE:HRS) and Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.

Harris pays an annual dividend of $2.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $4.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Harris pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Motorola Solutions pays out 47.3% 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. Motorola Solutions has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Harris is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Harris has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Motorola Solutions has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

96.7% of Harris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Harris shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Motorola Solutions has a net margin of 14.58% compared to Harris' net margin of 13.60%. Motorola Solutions' return on equity of 197.59% beat Harris' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Harris13.60% 27.13% 9.36%
Motorola Solutions 14.58%197.59%15.81%

Motorola Solutions has a consensus price target of $515.25, indicating a potential upside of 26.68%. Given Motorola Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Motorola Solutions is more favorable than Harris.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Harris
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Motorola Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

Motorola Solutions received 291 more outperform votes than Harris when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.89% of users gave Harris an outperform vote while only 67.57% of users gave Motorola Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HarrisOutperform Votes
509
70.89%
Underperform Votes
209
29.11%
Motorola SolutionsOutperform Votes
800
67.57%
Underperform Votes
384
32.43%

In the previous week, Motorola Solutions had 30 more articles in the media than Harris. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Motorola Solutions and 7 mentions for Harris. Motorola Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Harris' score of 0.00 indicating that Motorola Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Harris
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Motorola Solutions
26 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Harris$6.18B4.20$718M$6.5033.83
Motorola Solutions$10.82B6.28$1.58B$9.2244.11

Summary

Motorola Solutions beats Harris on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HRS vs. The Competition

MetricHarrisSearch & Navigation Equipment IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.98B$14.83B$23.81B$19.23B
Dividend Yield1.45%1.61%2.96%4.00%
P/E Ratio33.8318.6542.8133.45
Price / Sales4.2036.662,005.5929.18
Price / Cash21.4321.6034.7417.52
Price / Book7.8622.296.304.55
Net Income$718M$687.20M$736.77M$1.02B

Harris Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HRS
Harris
0.793 of 5 stars
$219.75
-0.1%
N/A+4.1%$25.96B$6.18B33.8117,500
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.8705 of 5 stars
$430.85
+0.1%
$515.25
+19.6%
+21.1%$71.94B$10.82B46.7320,000Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
FFIV
F5
3.5267 of 5 stars
$265.07
-1.8%
$289.67
+9.3%
+61.9%$15.28B$2.89B26.357,090Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
JNPR
Juniper Networks
3.7407 of 5 stars
$35.79
+0.5%
$39.80
+11.2%
+5.7%$11.96B$5.07B41.6210,900Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
CIEN
Ciena
4.2468 of 5 stars
$66.54
+0.9%
$77.62
+16.6%
+53.3%$9.46B$4.05B116.748,080Positive News
SATS
EchoStar
0.9293 of 5 stars
$22.68
+0.5%
$23.75
+4.7%
+41.4%$6.50B$15.83B-2.482,300Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
IDCC
InterDigital
1.9559 of 5 stars
$194.56
+0.4%
$130.00
-33.2%
+105.1%$5.00B$868.52M16.16420Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
CALX
Calix
3.2242 of 5 stars
$40.05
+1.1%
$47.83
+19.4%
+45.1%$2.67B$825.45M-89.001,430Insider Trade
Positive News
EXTR
Extreme Networks
4.0611 of 5 stars
$13.07
+4.6%
$19.50
+49.2%
+22.5%$1.74B$1.02B-13.902,656Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
INFN
Infinera
0.1943 of 5 stars
$6.64
flat
$7.09
+6.7%
N/A$1.57B$1.46B-13.833,220Analyst Forecast
VSAT
Viasat
4.5289 of 5 stars
$9.37
+3.5%
$14.57
+55.5%
-44.1%$1.21B$4.52B-2.797,000News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:HRS) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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