HII vs LDOS vs CW Stock Comparison

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Leidos Holdings and Curtiss Wright Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LDOS Leidos Holdings, Inc.
$139.65 +12.9% 1M -26.2% 1Y
Market cap
$17.52B
P/E
12.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.63B
Div. yield
1.23%
Defense Industrials
4 wins
CW Curtiss Wright Corp
$477.08 -11.6% 1M -16.8% 1Y
Market cap
$17.62B
P/E
32.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.65B
Div. yield
0.21%
Defense Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Curtiss Wright leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Curtiss Wright 5, Leidos Holdings 4, Huntington Ingalls Industries 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHIILDOSCWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.09B $17.52B $17.62B CW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.8x 12.8x 32.6x LDOS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.6x 11.0x 33.2x LDOS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.0% +3.4% +10.5% HII
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.0% 7.8% 14.8% CW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.9% 13.9% 14.7% CW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 2.3x 0.6x CW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.96% 1.23% 0.21% HII
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.7% -26.2% -16.8% HII
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.6%/yr +7.2%/yr +29.9%/yr CW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.4% 35.6% 35.9% LDOS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 70/100 68/100 LDOS

Percentile Scorecard

HIILDOSCW

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

AxisHIILDOSCW
Valuation 77 #24 of 100 98 #3 of 100 52 #49 of 100
Growth 25 #73 of 97 58 #41 of 97 60 #39 of 97
Profitability 61 #38 of 96 86 #14 of 96 95 #6 of 96
Financial Health 31 #73 of 105 33 #71 of 105 66 #36 of 105
Shareholder Returns 55 #30 of 65 75 #17 of 65 67 #22 of 65
Overall 50 70 68
  • HII ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • LDOS ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • CW 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

PeriodHIILDOSCWSPY
1 month +6.6%+12.9%-11.6% -0.2%
3 months -6.2%+18.0%-34.5% +3.9%
6 months -22.1%-4.4%-32.4% +8.2%
Year to date -17.3%-22.6%-13.5% +12.9%
1 year -6.7%-26.2%-16.8% +12.3%
3 years +32.0%+54.3%+143.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year +9.7%+15.6%+34.6% +23.3%
5 years +37.6%+41.7%+269.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year +6.6%+7.2%+29.9% +10.9%
10 years +76.8%+239.1%+438.6% +261.1%
10 years, per year +5.9%+13.0%+18.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureHIILDOSCWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.4%35.6%35.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.7%37.2%38.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.720.261.41 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.18-0.74-0.47 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.1%-50.3%-41.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.0%-30.0%-39.8% -1.2%
52-week high $453.73$199.55$792.61 $779.14
52-week low $257.01$100.00$464.99 $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.

MultipleHIILDOSCW
P/E now vs peer median 16.8xmedian 26.5x 12.8xmedian 26.5x 32.6xmedian 26.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 3.0x 1.0xmedian 3.0x 4.8xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.5xmedian 14.6x 9.8xmedian 14.6x 22.5xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -130.4xmedian 26.4x 8.1xmedian 26.4x 28.2xmedian 26.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.5x 3.3xmedian 2.5x 6.4xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 1.96median 0.90 0.45median 0.90 1.58median 0.90

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 monthsHIILDOSCW
Revenue $13.19B $17.63B $3.65B
Gross profit $5.53B $3.14B $1.38B
Operating income $698.00M $2.03B $686.21M
Net income $661.00M $1.40B $541.18M
Free cash flow -$85.00M $2.16B $625.29M
R&D – – $98.16M
EPS (diluted) $16.73 $10.92 $14.58
Cash & equivalents $12.00M $748.00M $477.15M
Total debt $10.67B $21.66B $957.39M
Shares (diluted) 39.50M 126.00M 37.12M
Enterprise value $9.77B $14.29B $16.20B

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
MetricHIILDOSCW
P/E 16.8x 12.8x 32.6x
P/FCF -130.4x 8.1x 28.2x
P/Operating cash flow 32.0x 7.6x 24.4x
P/S 0.8x 1.0x 4.8x
P/B 2.1x 3.3x 6.4x
P/Tangible book 2.4x 4.0x 7.8x
EV/EBITDA 13.5x 9.8x 22.5x
EV/EBIT 19.7x 11.2x 26.4x
EV/Revenue 1.0x 1.3x 5.0x
EV/FCF -162.1x 10.5x 28.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 39.7x 9.9x 25.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.96 0.45 1.58

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHIILDOSCW
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.0% 3.4% 10.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.6% 5.9% 10.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.6% 4.8% 11.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.5% 14.4% 11.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 35.3% -0.4% 17.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 21.1% 14.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 25.9% -0.8% 19.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.3% 24.8% 19.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 25.6% 1.3% 22.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.6% 28.6% 20.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -66.4% 54.9% 25.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -19.1% 35.7% 21.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -112.7% 63.2% 24.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -30.7% 41.7% 19.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHIILDOSCW
Gross margin 41.9% 17.8% 37.7%
EBITDA margin 7.7% 13.2% 22.0%
Operating margin 5.3% 11.5% 18.8%
Pretax margin 6.4% 10.2% 18.9%
Net margin 5.0% 7.8% 14.8%
FCF margin -0.6% 12.3% 17.1%
Operating cash flow margin 2.6% 13.0% 19.7%
Return on equity 12.6% 26.8% 20.0%
Return on assets 5.2% 9.0% 10.1%
Return on invested capital 6.9% 13.9% 14.7%
Return on capital employed 7.0% 16.5% 17.3%
Asset turnover 1.0x 1.1x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 1.6x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.6% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHIILDOSCW
Debt / assets 21.3% 38.6% 17.5%
Debt / equity 0.5x 1.1x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 2.3x 0.6x
Debt / FCF -31.8x 2.8x 1.5x
Liabilities / assets 58.1% 65.9% 49.2%
Equity / assets 41.9% 34.1% 50.8%
Interest coverage 7.1x – 16.2x
Current ratio 1.2x 1.6x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.2x 1.4x 1.4x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 2.81 3.20 6.38

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHIILDOSCW
Dividend yield 2.0% 1.2% 0.2%
Net buyback yield – 3.8% 2.5%
Shareholder yield 2.0% 5.0% 2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 32.7% 15.5% –
Payout ratio (FCF) -254.1% 10.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.9% 3.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 3.1% 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.

ConsensusHIILDOSCW
Forward P/E 14.6xFY2026 11.0xFY2026 33.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $19.23FY2026 $12.75FY2026 $14.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +25.0%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026 +8.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +16.1% -9.0% +11.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.12BFY2026 $17.52BFY2026 $4.03BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.2%FY2026 +2.0%FY2026 +15.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.3% +14.9% -3.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHIILDOSCW
Held by institutions 88.5% 79.3% 85.6%
Institutions holding 806 773 946
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.2% +4.1% +2.8%
Institutions buying 354 380 479
Institutions selling 301 294 313
Buyers to sellers 1.18 1.29 1.53

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.

HIILDOSCW
HII 1.00 0.43 0.49
LDOS 0.43 1.00 0.12
CW 0.49 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HII, LDOS and CW?

Curtiss Wright (CW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) $11.09B, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) $17.52B, Curtiss Wright (CW) $17.62B.

Which stock is cheaper, HII, LDOS and CW?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 16.8x, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 12.8x, Curtiss Wright (CW) 32.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) is cheapest (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 14.6x, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 11.0x, Curtiss Wright (CW) 33.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) +14.0%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +3.4%, Curtiss Wright (CW) +10.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Curtiss Wright (CW) has the highest net margin (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 5.0%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 7.8%, Curtiss Wright (CW) 14.8%). On return on invested capital, Curtiss Wright (CW) leads (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 6.9%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 13.9%, Curtiss Wright (CW) 14.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) returned the most: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) -6.7%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) -26.2%, Curtiss Wright (CW) -16.8%. Over five years, Curtiss Wright (CW) compounded fastest (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) +6.6%/yr, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +7.2%/yr, Curtiss Wright (CW) +29.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has the highest dividend yield: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 1.96%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 1.23%, Curtiss Wright (CW) 0.21%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) has been the steadiest (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 38.4%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 35.6%, Curtiss Wright (CW) 35.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HII, LDOS and CW?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Curtiss Wright (CW) leads on 5. 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.