DCO vs HII vs LHX Stock Comparison

Ducommun, Huntington Ingalls Industries and L3Harris Technologies Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DCO Ducommun Inc /De/
$131.88 -24.9% 1M +43.6% 1Y
Market cap
$2.05B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$865.07M
Div. yield
–
Defense Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

L3Harris Technologies leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (L3Harris Technologies 7, Huntington Ingalls Industries 3, Ducommun 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDCOHIILHXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.05B $11.44B $48.56B LHX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -96.7x 15.6x 24.1x HII
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.4x 14.3x 22.3x HII
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.2% +12.6% +81.9% LHX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -2.4% 5.4% 5.1% HII
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.1% 7.7% 12.2% LHX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 8.6x 2.1x 1.5x LHX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.02% LHX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +43.6% -5.7% -9.8% DCO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +19.7%/yr +8.3%/yr +2.9%/yr DCO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.6% 40.3% 29.8% LHX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 36/100 55/100 71/100 LHX

Percentile Scorecard

DCOHIILHX

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

AxisDCOHIILHX
Valuation 45 #56 of 101 87 #14 of 101 92 #9 of 101
Growth 6 #92 of 98 38 #61 of 98 85 #16 of 98
Profitability 41 #58 of 97 65 #35 of 97 75 #25 of 97
Financial Health 54 #50 of 107 35 #70 of 107 43 #61 of 107
Shareholder Returns – 49 #33 of 64 59 #27 of 64
Overall 36 55 71
  • DCO ranked among 108 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • HII ranked among 108 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • LHX ranked among 108 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDCOHIILHXSPY
1 month -24.9%+9.6%+8.8% -5.9%
3 months -34.6%-10.2%-10.6% -4.6%
6 months -4.3%-8.1%-14.0% +0.2%
Year to date +38.6%-15.0%-11.8% +7.5%
1 year +43.6%-5.7%-9.8% +8.2%
3 years +177.9%+23.3%+42.4% +68.3%
3 years, per year +40.6%+7.2%+12.5% +19.0%
5 years +145.9%+49.0%+15.6% +56.5%
5 years, per year +19.7%+8.3%+2.9% +9.4%
10 years +497.0%+97.0%+174.7% +251.5%
10 years, per year +19.6%+7.0%+10.6% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureDCOHIILHXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.6%40.3%29.8% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.5%38.7%30.2% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.620.730.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.00-0.14-0.33 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.3%-46.1%-40.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -36.3%-36.3%-31.6% -5.9%
52-week high $206.98$453.73$378.48 $779.14
52-week low $86.41$257.01$233.68 $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.

MultipleDCOHIILHX
P/E now vs peer median -94.2xmedian 24.7x 15.6xmedian 24.7x 24.0xmedian 24.7x
P/S now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 2.6x 0.8xmedian 2.6x 1.2xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 81.2xmedian 14.2x 12.5xmedian 14.2x 10.5xmedian 14.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -81.4xmedian 26.3x 34.8xmedian 26.3x 13.2xmedian 26.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 2.4x 2.1xmedian 2.4x 2.4xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 2.33median 0.89 1.32median 0.89 2.14median 0.89

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 monthsDCOHIILHX
Revenue $865.07M $13.53B $39.55B
Gross profit $237.32M $5.59B $10.14B
Operating income -$14.38M $783.00M $4.20B
Net income -$21.19M $733.00M $2.04B
Free cash flow -$24.47M $327.00M $3.64B
EPS (diluted) $-1.36 $18.51 $10.74
Cash & equivalents $39.80M $387.00M $2.47B
Total debt $276.43M $2.70B $11.00B
Shares (diluted) 15.56M 39.60M 187.30M
Enterprise value $1.87B $10.05B $42.36B

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
MetricDCOHIILHX
P/E -94.2x 15.6x 24.0x
P/FCF -81.4x 34.8x 13.2x
P/Operating cash flow -168.8x 15.2x 11.5x
P/S 2.3x 0.8x 1.2x
P/B 2.9x 2.1x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 3.5x 2.3x 3.5x
EV/EBITDA 81.2x 12.5x 10.5x
EV/EBIT -154.9x 17.5x 13.4x
EV/Revenue 2.6x 1.0x 1.4x
EV/FCF -91.0x 41.9x 15.4x
EV/Operating cash flow -188.8x 18.3x 13.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.33 1.32 2.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDCOHIILHX
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.2% 12.6% 81.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.2% 6.9% 28.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.2% 6.0% 81.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.5% 7.4% 27.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -129.4% 31.6% 83.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -34.2% 10.9% 33.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -170.3% 28.8% 16.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -42.2% 11.4% 11.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -168.8% 28.2% 14.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -40.4% 11.8% 11.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -121.2% -20.1% 84.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -39.3% -9.5% 26.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -160.2% -41.1% 92.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -73.0% -23.8% 28.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDCOHIILHX
Gross margin 27.4% 41.3% 25.6%
EBITDA margin 3.2% 8.1% 13.5%
Operating margin -1.7% 5.8% 10.6%
Pretax margin -3.3% 6.8% 10.0%
Net margin -2.4% 5.4% 5.1%
FCF margin -2.8% 2.4% 9.2%
Operating cash flow margin -1.4% 5.5% 10.6%
Return on equity -3.1% 13.6% 10.2%
Return on assets -1.8% 5.7% 4.7%
Return on invested capital -1.1% 7.7% 12.2%
Return on capital employed -1.4% 7.8% 12.2%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.1x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.6x 1.0x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 2.8% 0.4% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDCOHIILHX
Debt / assets 22.6% 20.8% 25.1%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.5x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 8.6x 2.1x 1.5x
Debt / FCF -11.3x 8.3x 3.0x
Liabilities / assets 43.6% 57.7% 53.8%
Equity / assets 56.4% 42.3% 46.2%
Interest coverage – 7.8x –
Current ratio 3.4x 1.3x 1.2x
Quick ratio 2.3x 0.3x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 3.86 2.86 2.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDCOHIILHX
Dividend yield – 1.9% 1.9%
Net buyback yield – – 1.7%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.9% 3.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 29.6% 45.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 66.4% 25.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.8% 3.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 2.9% 2.4%

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.

ConsensusDCOHIILHX
Forward P/E 29.4xFY2026 14.3xFY2026 22.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.49FY2026 $20.19FY2026 $11.62FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.7%FY2026 +31.2%FY2026 +8.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +24.7% +7.0% +9.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $848.72MFY2026 $13.33BFY2026 $24.23BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.9%FY2026 +6.8%FY2026 +10.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.5% +1.3% -0.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDCOHIILHX
Held by institutions 95.8% 88.5% 87.5%
Institutions holding 267 808 1,693
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.2% -1.2% -0.5%
Institutions buying 156 354 848
Institutions selling 83 301 570
Buyers to sellers 1.88 1.18 1.49

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.

DCOHIILHX
DCO 1.00 0.41 0.28
HII 0.41 1.00 0.52
LHX 0.28 0.52 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DCO, HII and LHX?

L3Harris Technologies (LHX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ducommun (DCO) $2.05B, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) $11.44B, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) $48.56B.

Which stock is cheaper, DCO, HII and LHX?

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ducommun (DCO) -96.7x, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 15.6x, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) 24.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is cheapest (Ducommun (DCO) 29.4x, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 14.3x, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) 22.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

L3Harris Technologies (LHX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ducommun (DCO) +9.2%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) +12.6%, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) +81.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has the highest net margin (Ducommun (DCO) -2.4%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 5.4%, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) 5.1%). On return on invested capital, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) leads (Ducommun (DCO) -1.1%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 7.7%, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) 12.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ducommun (DCO) returned the most: Ducommun (DCO) +43.6%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) -5.7%, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) -9.8%. Over five years, Ducommun (DCO) compounded fastest (Ducommun (DCO) +19.7%/yr, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) +8.3%/yr, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) +2.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

L3Harris Technologies (LHX) has the highest dividend yield: Ducommun (DCO) 0.00%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 0.02%, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) 0.02%. Ducommun (DCO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) has been the steadiest (Ducommun (DCO) 43.6%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 40.3%, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) 29.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DCO, HII and LHX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) 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.