HII vs LDOS vs MSI Stock Comparison

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Leidos Holdings and Motorola Solutions Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LDOS Leidos Holdings, Inc.
$139.62 +14.1% 1M -25.7% 1Y
Market cap
$17.52B
P/E
12.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.63B
Div. yield
1.23%
Defense Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Motorola Solutions leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Motorola Solutions 6, Leidos Holdings 4, Huntington Ingalls Industries 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHIILDOSMSILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.00B $17.52B $80.00B MSI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.7x 12.8x 37.6x LDOS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.5x 11.0x 26.3x LDOS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.0% +3.4% +10.3% HII
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.0% 7.8% 17.4% MSI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.9% 13.9% 20.3% MSI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 2.3x 2.3x LDOS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.98% 1.23% 1.00% HII
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.6% -25.7% +9.8% MSI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.6%/yr +6.9%/yr +14.2%/yr MSI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.4% 35.6% 26.1% MSI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 70/100 55/100 LDOS

Percentile Scorecard

HIILDOSMSI

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

AxisHIILDOSMSI
Valuation 77 #24 of 100 98 #3 of 100 48 #53 of 100
Growth 27 #71 of 97 58 #41 of 97 48 #51 of 97
Profitability 60 #39 of 96 86 #14 of 96 99 #2 of 96
Financial Health 30 #74 of 105 32 #72 of 105 19 #85 of 105
Shareholder Returns 53 #31 of 65 73 #18 of 65 59 #27 of 65
Overall 49 70 55
  • HII ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • LDOS ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • MSI 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

PeriodHIILDOSMSISPY
1 month +8.7%+14.1%+6.9% +0.9%
3 months -0.5%+22.1%+11.3% +5.9%
6 months -22.9%-4.3%+12.6% +8.5%
Year to date -17.9%-22.6%+26.1% +13.3%
1 year -6.6%-25.7%+9.8% +12.4%
3 years +31.0%+54.3%+77.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year +9.4%+15.6%+21.1% +23.5%
5 years +37.7%+39.6%+94.5% +68.2%
5 years, per year +6.6%+6.9%+14.2% +11.0%
10 years +74.5%+237.2%+563.8% +263.4%
10 years, per year +5.7%+12.9%+20.8% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureHIILDOSMSISPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.4%35.6%26.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.7%37.1%26.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.720.260.12 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.17-0.720.38 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.1%-50.3%-27.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.5%-30.0%-1.6% -0.9%
52-week high $453.73$199.55$491.32 $779.14
52-week low $257.01$100.00$363.83 $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.

MultipleHIILDOSMSI
P/E now vs peer median 16.7xmedian 26.4x 12.8xmedian 26.4x 37.6xmedian 26.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 3.0x 1.0xmedian 3.0x 6.5xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.4xmedian 14.5x 9.8xmedian 14.5x 24.6xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median -129.5xmedian 26.1x 8.1xmedian 26.1x 29.9xmedian 26.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.5x 3.3xmedian 2.5x 29.8xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 1.94median 0.90 0.45median 0.90 2.84median 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 monthsHIILDOSMSI
Revenue $13.19B $17.63B $12.24B
Gross profit $5.53B $3.14B $6.36B
Operating income $698.00M $2.03B $3.05B
Net income $661.00M $1.40B $2.14B
Free cash flow -$85.00M $2.16B $2.68B
R&D – – $1.02B
EPS (diluted) $16.73 $10.92 $12.76
Cash & equivalents $12.00M $748.00M $710.00M
Total debt $10.67B $21.66B $9.03B
Shares (diluted) 39.50M 126.00M 167.20M
Enterprise value $9.69B $14.29B $76.37B

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
MetricHIILDOSMSI
P/E 16.7x 12.8x 37.6x
P/FCF -129.5x 8.1x 29.9x
P/Operating cash flow 31.7x 7.6x 26.9x
P/S 0.8x 1.0x 6.5x
P/B 2.1x 3.3x 29.8x
P/Tangible book 2.4x 4.0x -304.2x
EV/EBITDA 13.4x 9.8x 24.6x
EV/EBIT 19.6x 11.2x 29.0x
EV/Revenue 1.0x 1.3x 7.2x
EV/FCF -161.1x 10.5x 33.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 39.5x 9.9x 29.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.94 0.45 2.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHIILDOSMSI
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.0% 3.4% 10.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.6% 5.9% 8.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.6% 4.8% 11.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.5% 14.4% 11.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 35.3% -0.4% 8.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 21.1% 15.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 25.9% -0.8% 0.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.3% 24.8% 12.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 25.6% 1.3% 1.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.6% 28.6% 13.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -66.4% 54.9% 13.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -19.1% 35.7% 19.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -112.7% 63.2% 12.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -30.7% 41.7% 21.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHIILDOSMSI
Gross margin 41.9% 17.8% 52.0%
EBITDA margin 7.7% 13.2% 29.4%
Operating margin 5.3% 11.5% 24.9%
Pretax margin 6.4% 10.2% 22.6%
Net margin 5.0% 7.8% 17.4%
FCF margin -0.6% 12.3% 21.9%
Operating cash flow margin 2.6% 13.0% 24.3%
Return on equity 12.6% 26.8% 81.5%
Return on assets 5.2% 9.0% 11.2%
Return on invested capital 6.9% 13.9% 20.3%
Return on capital employed 7.0% 16.5% 22.4%
Asset turnover 1.0x 1.1x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 1.6x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.6% 2.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHIILDOSMSI
Debt / assets 21.3% 38.6% 46.9%
Debt / equity 0.5x 1.1x 3.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 2.3x 2.3x
Debt / FCF -31.8x 2.8x 3.4x
Liabilities / assets 58.1% 65.9% 86.0%
Equity / assets 41.9% 34.1% 14.0%
Interest coverage 7.1x – 6.9x
Current ratio 1.2x 1.6x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.2x 1.4x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.81 3.20 4.28

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHIILDOSMSI
Dividend yield 2.0% 1.2% 1.0%
Net buyback yield – 3.8% 1.3%
Shareholder yield 2.0% 5.0% 2.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 32.7% 15.5% 35.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) -254.1% 10.0% 28.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.9% 3.3% 10.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 3.1% 2.8% 11.0%

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.

ConsensusHIILDOSMSI
Forward P/E 14.5xFY2026 11.0xFY2026 26.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $19.23FY2026 $12.75FY2026 $18.41FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +25.0%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026 +19.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +16.1% -9.0% +10.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.12BFY2026 $17.52BFY2026 $12.12BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.2%FY2026 +2.0%FY2026 +3.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.3% +14.9% +8.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHIILDOSMSI
Held by institutions 88.5% 79.3% 88.3%
Institutions holding 806 773 1,466
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.2% +4.1% +3.4%
Institutions buying 354 380 639
Institutions selling 301 294 596
Buyers to sellers 1.18 1.29 1.07

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.

HIILDOSMSI
HII 1.00 0.43 0.19
LDOS 0.43 1.00 0.25
MSI 0.19 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HII, LDOS and MSI?

Motorola Solutions (MSI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) $11.00B, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) $17.52B, Motorola Solutions (MSI) $80.00B.

Which stock is cheaper, HII, LDOS and MSI?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 16.7x, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 12.8x, Motorola Solutions (MSI) 37.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) is cheapest (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 14.5x, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 11.0x, Motorola Solutions (MSI) 26.3x). 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%, Motorola Solutions (MSI) +10.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Motorola Solutions (MSI) has the highest net margin (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 5.0%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 7.8%, Motorola Solutions (MSI) 17.4%). On return on invested capital, Motorola Solutions (MSI) leads (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 6.9%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 13.9%, Motorola Solutions (MSI) 20.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Motorola Solutions (MSI) returned the most: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) -6.6%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) -25.7%, Motorola Solutions (MSI) +9.8%. Over five years, Motorola Solutions (MSI) compounded fastest (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) +6.6%/yr, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +6.9%/yr, Motorola Solutions (MSI) +14.2%/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) 1.98%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 1.23%, Motorola Solutions (MSI) 1.00%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Motorola Solutions (MSI) has been the steadiest (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 38.4%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 35.6%, Motorola Solutions (MSI) 26.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Motorola Solutions (MSI) leads on 6. 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.