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$278.19 +3.37 (+1.23%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$279.51 +1.32 (+0.47%)
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LHX vs. GD, LMT, NOC, RTX, ARM, NXPI, VRT, UI, ERIC, and ON

Should you be buying L3Harris Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of L3Harris Technologies include General Dynamics (GD), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOC), RTX (RTX), ARM (ARM), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Vertiv (VRT), Ubiquiti (UI), Ericsson (ERIC), and ON Semiconductor (ON).

L3Harris Technologies vs. Its Competitors

General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

General Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than L3Harris Technologies. General Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than L3Harris Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
General Dynamics$47.72B1.75$3.78B$14.9020.84
L3Harris Technologies$21.33B2.44$1.50B$8.9531.08

General Dynamics has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L3Harris Technologies has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

General Dynamics presently has a consensus price target of $315.78, suggesting a potential upside of 1.72%. L3Harris Technologies has a consensus price target of $279.47, suggesting a potential upside of 0.46%. Given General Dynamics' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe General Dynamics is more favorable than L3Harris Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
General Dynamics
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36
L3Harris Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72

General Dynamics has a net margin of 8.13% compared to L3Harris Technologies' net margin of 7.94%. General Dynamics' return on equity of 17.99% beat L3Harris Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General Dynamics8.13% 17.99% 7.21%
L3Harris Technologies 7.94%11.82%5.47%

In the previous week, L3Harris Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than General Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for L3Harris Technologies and 52 mentions for General Dynamics. General Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat L3Harris Technologies' score of 1.13 indicating that General Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
General Dynamics
28 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
L3Harris Technologies
38 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

General Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. L3Harris Technologies pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. General Dynamics pays out 40.3% 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. General Dynamics has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years and L3Harris Technologies has increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years. General Dynamics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

86.1% of General Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of L3Harris Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of General Dynamics 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

General Dynamics beats L3Harris Technologies on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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LHX vs. The Competition

MetricL3Harris TechnologiesAEROSP/DEFENSE IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$51.42B$46.30B$27.48B$20.69B
Dividend Yield1.75%1.15%0.96%3.67%
P/E Ratio31.0816.6573.5029.07
Price / Sales2.443.836.6357.23
Price / Cash13.6225.2136.1022.84
Price / Book2.705.748.844.43
Net Income$1.50B$586.89M$368.78M$994.22M
7 Day Performance3.39%-5.91%-3.25%-3.35%
1 Month Performance9.69%0.70%2.29%-2.05%
1 Year Performance20.85%33.13%54.47%10.15%

L3Harris Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.5997 of 5 stars
$278.19
+1.2%
$279.47
+0.5%
+21.4%$51.42B$21.33B31.0847,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GD
General Dynamics
4.5622 of 5 stars
$312.60
-0.5%
$312.17
-0.1%
+5.8%$84.09B$47.72B20.98117,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.5856 of 5 stars
$421.88
+0.2%
$506.65
+20.1%
-23.3%$98.51B$71.84B23.76121,000Trending News
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.2098 of 5 stars
$567.81
-0.3%
$569.33
+0.3%
+19.0%$81.30B$41.03B20.9397,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RTX
RTX
4.4609 of 5 stars
$156.04
-0.5%
$155.69
-0.2%
+34.4%$208.88B$80.74B34.30186,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ARM
ARM
3.4088 of 5 stars
$163.85
+0.4%
$162.96
-0.5%
+13.2%$172.85B$4.01B218.138,330Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.8672 of 5 stars
$228.32
+2.3%
$256.05
+12.1%
-13.8%$57.64B$12.61B27.1933,100Positive News
Insider Trade
VRT
Vertiv
3.493 of 5 stars
$142.34
+3.5%
$136.76
-3.9%
+91.4%$54.20B$8.01B82.6831,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
UI
Ubiquiti
1.5977 of 5 stars
$456.82
+2.3%
$343.50
-24.8%
+142.6%$27.63B$1.93B50.311,515Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
ERIC
Ericsson
3.7086 of 5 stars
$7.40
-1.3%
$9.80
+32.5%
+6.9%$24.76B$23.45B14.7994,326Trending News
ON
ON Semiconductor
4.2117 of 5 stars
$58.65
+3.0%
$58.73
+0.1%
-21.0%$24.49B$7.08B40.7026,490Trending News
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