AERG vs LDOS vs TDY Stock Comparison

Applied Energetics, Leidos Holdings and Teledyne Technologies Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LDOS Leidos Holdings, Inc.
$139.91 +13.2% 1M -26.3% 1Y
Market cap
$17.59B
P/E
12.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.63B
Div. yield
0.01%
Defense Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Teledyne Technologies leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Teledyne Technologies 7, Leidos Holdings 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAERGLDOSTDYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $209.21M $17.59B $30.34B TDY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -13.0x 12.8x 29.5x LDOS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 11.0x 24.8x LDOS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -82.5% +3.4% +8.6% TDY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -5,128.4% 7.8% 15.8% TDY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 13.9% 8.1% LDOS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.3x 0.9x TDY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -43.0% -26.3% +21.4% TDY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -17.2%/yr +7.2%/yr +7.4%/yr TDY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 72.0% 35.6% 25.6% TDY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 18/100 70/100 69/100 LDOS

Percentile Scorecard

AERGLDOSTDY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAERGLDOSTDY
Valuation 5 #95 of 100 98 #3 of 100 65 #36 of 100
Growth 2 #95 of 97 57 #42 of 97 38 #61 of 97
Profitability 5 #91 of 96 85 #15 of 96 83 #17 of 96
Financial Health 53 #50 of 105 34 #70 of 105 73 #29 of 105
Shareholder Returns 24 #49 of 64 75 #17 of 64 87 #9 of 64
Overall 18 70 69
  • AERG ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • LDOS ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • TDY ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAERGLDOSTDYSPY
1 month +6.8%+13.2%+5.2% -0.8%
3 months -26.6%+21.6%-1.0% +3.5%
6 months -30.4%-3.0%-1.5% +7.0%
Year to date -48.1%-22.4%+26.4% +12.2%
1 year -43.0%-26.3%+21.4% +13.0%
3 years -59.7%+54.6%+74.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year -26.1%+15.6%+20.3% +23.1%
5 years -61.0%+41.4%+42.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -17.2%+7.2%+7.4% +11.0%
10 years —+235.6%+508.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+12.9%+19.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAERGLDOSTDYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 72.0%35.6%25.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 73.3%37.3%24.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.100.261.12 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.60-0.740.83 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -84.1%-50.3%-32.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -51.8%-29.9%-6.6% -1.8%
52-week high $1.95$199.55$691.24 $779.14
52-week low $0.68$100.00$484.47 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAERGLDOSTDY
P/E now vs peer median -13.4xmedian 26.8x 12.8xmedian 26.8x 29.1xmedian 26.8x
P/S now vs peer median 688.9xmedian 2.9x 1.0xmedian 2.9x 4.6xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -13.8xmedian 15.2x 9.8xmedian 15.2x 19.0xmedian 15.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -20.8xmedian 25.5x 8.1xmedian 25.5x 26.0xmedian 25.5x
P/B now vs peer median 99.0xmedian 2.5x 3.3xmedian 2.5x 2.7xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.40median 0.94 0.45median 0.94 -49.04median 0.94

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAERGLDOSTDY
Revenue $313.97K $17.63B $6.52B
Gross profit $143.70K $3.14B $2.84B
Operating income -$16.17M $2.03B $1.30B
Net income -$16.07M $1.40B $1.03B
Free cash flow -$10.40M $2.16B $1.15B
R&D $2.09M – $330.60M
EPS (diluted) $-0.07 $10.92 $21.90
Cash & equivalents $1.19M $748.00M $562.40M
Total debt – $21.66B $2.03B
Shares (diluted) 229.90M 126.00M 46.90M
Enterprise value $196.18M $14.30B $28.57B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAERGLDOSTDY
P/E -13.4x 12.8x 29.1x
P/FCF -20.8x 8.1x 26.0x
P/Operating cash flow -21.1x 7.6x 23.3x
P/S 688.9x 1.0x 4.6x
P/B 99.0x 3.3x 2.7x
P/Tangible book 99.0x 4.0x 3.2x
EV/EBITDA -13.8x 9.8x 19.0x
EV/EBIT -13.3x 11.3x 24.0x
EV/Revenue 685.1x 1.3x 4.8x
EV/FCF -20.7x 10.6x 27.3x
EV/Operating cash flow -21.0x 9.9x 24.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.40 0.45 -49.04

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAERGLDOSTDY
Revenue growth (1Y) -82.5% 3.4% 8.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -47.4% 5.9% 0.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -83.3% 4.8% 10.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -54.8% 14.4% -0.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -41.9% -0.4% 23.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -37.6% 21.1% 0.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -41.0% -0.8% 25.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -37.4% 24.8% -1.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -36.1% 1.3% 27.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -33.4% 28.6% -0.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -56.2% 54.9% 11.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -39.5% 35.7% 26.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -34.3% 63.2% 10.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -39.0% 41.7% 29.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAERGLDOSTDY
Gross margin 45.8% 17.8% 43.6%
EBITDA margin -4,975% 13.2% 25.3%
Operating margin -5,150% 11.5% 20.0%
Pretax margin -5,118% 10.2% 19.4%
Net margin -5,128% 7.8% 15.8%
FCF margin -3,312% 12.3% 17.6%
Operating cash flow margin -3,260% 13.0% 19.6%
Return on equity -440.1% 26.8% 9.3%
Return on assets -300.4% 9.0% 6.7%
Return on invested capital – 13.9% 8.1%
Return on capital employed -409.2% 16.5% 9.4%
Asset turnover 0.1x 1.1x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.6x 1.6x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 1,759% 0.6% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAERGLDOSTDY
Debt / assets – 38.6% 13.0%
Debt / equity – 1.1x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.3x 0.9x
Debt / FCF – 2.8x 1.8x
Liabilities / assets 46.3% 65.9% 28.5%
Equity / assets 53.7% 34.1% 71.5%
Interest coverage – – 26.9x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.6x 2.3x
Quick ratio 0.9x 1.4x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.2x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 6.92 3.20 5.60

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAERGLDOSTDY
Dividend yield – 1.2% –
Net buyback yield -5.0% 3.7% 1.5%
Shareholder yield -5.0% 5.0% 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 15.5% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 10.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 3.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 2.8% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAERGLDOSTDY
Forward P/E – 11.0xFY2026 24.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $12.75FY2026 $26.05FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +6.3%FY2026 +18.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -9.0% +13.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $17.52BFY2026 $6.20BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +2.0%FY2026 +1.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +14.9% +5.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAERGLDOSTDY
Held by institutions 0.0% 79.3% 97.2%
Institutions holding 1 773 886
Change in shares held, QoQ – +4.1% +2.7%
Institutions buying 0 380 399
Institutions selling 0 294 327
Buyers to sellers – 1.29 1.22

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AERGLDOSTDY
AERG 1.00 0.00 0.09
LDOS 0.00 1.00 0.22
TDY 0.09 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AERG, LDOS and TDY?

Teledyne Technologies (TDY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Applied Energetics (AERG) $209.21M, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) $17.59B, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) $30.34B.

Which stock is cheaper, AERG, LDOS and TDY?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Applied Energetics (AERG) -13.0x, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 12.8x, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 29.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) is cheapest (Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 11.0x, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 24.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Teledyne Technologies (TDY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Applied Energetics (AERG) -82.5%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +3.4%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +8.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Teledyne Technologies (TDY) has the highest net margin (Applied Energetics (AERG) -5,128.4%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 7.8%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 15.8%). On return on invested capital, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) leads (Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 13.9%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 8.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Teledyne Technologies (TDY) returned the most: Applied Energetics (AERG) -43.0%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) -26.3%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +21.4%. Over five years, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) compounded fastest (Applied Energetics (AERG) -17.2%/yr, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +7.2%/yr, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +7.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Applied Energetics (AERG) 0.00%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 0.01%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 0.00%. Applied Energetics (AERG) and Teledyne Technologies (TDY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) has been the steadiest (Applied Energetics (AERG) 72.0%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 35.6%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 25.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AERG, LDOS and TDY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.