LDOS vs HII vs OSIS Stock Comparison

Leidos Holdings, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Osi Systems Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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LDOS Leidos Holdings, Inc.
$135.72 +13.6% 1M -32.0% 1Y
Market cap
$16.93B
P/E
11.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.80B
Div. yield
0.01%
Defense Industrials
5 wins
OSIS Osi Systems Inc
$202.92 +2.6% 1M -26.9% 1Y
Market cap
$3.15B
P/E
19.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.80B
Div. yield
–
Defense Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionLDOSHIIOSISLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.93B $12.00B $3.15B LDOS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 11.9x 16.4x 19.9x LDOS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.6x 15.8x 17.5x LDOS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.7% +12.6% +2.9% HII
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.0% 5.4% 8.8% OSIS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.5% 7.7% 9.8% LDOS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 2.1x 2.6x HII
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.02% 0.00% HII
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -32.0% -3.9% -26.9% HII
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +7.5%/yr +9.4%/yr +16.2%/yr OSIS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.0% 40.1% 41.7% LDOS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 73/100 55/100 75/100 OSIS

Percentile Scorecard

LDOSHIIOSIS

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

AxisLDOSHIIOSIS
Valuation 99 #2 of 101 88 #13 of 101 86 #15 of 101
Growth 72 #28 of 98 35 #64 of 98 68 #32 of 98
Profitability 84 #16 of 97 65 #35 of 97 81 #19 of 97
Financial Health 31 #74 of 107 35 #70 of 107 43 #62 of 107
Shareholder Returns 80 #14 of 66 51 #33 of 66 99 #2 of 66
Overall 73 55 75
  • LDOS ranked among 108 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • HII ranked among 108 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • OSIS 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

PeriodLDOSHIIOSISSPY
1 month +13.6%+13.9%+2.6% -1.0%
3 months +6.9%-4.4%-13.7% -0.4%
6 months +0.6%-5.0%-15.5% +4.5%
Year to date -24.8%-10.7%-20.4% +12.4%
1 year -32.0%-3.9%-26.9% +13.6%
3 years +30.6%+29.8%+87.1% +76.4%
3 years, per year +9.3%+9.1%+23.2% +20.8%
5 years +43.3%+56.5%+111.5% +63.7%
5 years, per year +7.5%+9.4%+16.2% +10.4%
10 years +210.1%+107.0%+206.6% +267.7%
10 years, per year +12.0%+7.5%+11.9% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureLDOSHIIOSISSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.0%40.1%41.7% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.3%38.3%44.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.270.681.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.89-0.10-0.64 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.3%-46.1%-37.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.0%-33.1%-34.5% -1.6%
52-week high $199.55$453.73$309.68 $779.14
52-week low $100.00$257.01$192.30 $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.

MultipleLDOSHIIOSIS
P/E now vs peer median 11.9xmedian 25.9x 16.4xmedian 25.9x 20.3xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 2.8x 0.9xmedian 2.8x 1.8xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.3xmedian 14.7x 13.0xmedian 14.7x 14.7xmedian 14.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.5xmedian 26.9x 36.6xmedian 26.9x 13.0xmedian 26.9x
P/B now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 2.5x 2.2xmedian 2.5x 4.1xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.10median 0.94 1.39median 0.94 0.94median 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 monthsLDOSHIIOSIS
Revenue $17.80B $13.53B $1.80B
Gross profit $3.14B $5.59B $593.71M
Operating income $2.05B $783.00M $219.47M
Net income $1.44B $733.00M $158.73M
Free cash flow $1.96B $327.00M $245.20M
R&D – – $78.14M
EPS (diluted) $11.35 $18.51 $9.77
Cash & equivalents $630.00M $387.00M $236.30M
Total debt $6.03B $2.70B $999.57M
Shares (diluted) 125.00M 39.60M 16.25M
Enterprise value $13.99B $10.61B $1.81B

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
MetricLDOSHIIOSIS
P/E 11.9x 16.4x 20.3x
P/FCF 8.5x 36.6x 13.0x
P/Operating cash flow 7.8x 16.0x 10.8x
P/S 0.9x 0.9x 1.8x
P/B 3.2x 2.2x 4.1x
P/Tangible book 3.8x 2.5x 5.4x
EV/EBITDA 9.3x 13.0x 14.7x
EV/EBIT 10.7x 18.2x 17.7x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 1.1x 2.2x
EV/FCF 11.2x 43.7x 15.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.4x 19.1x 13.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.10 1.39 0.94

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLDOSHIIOSIS
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.7% 12.6% 2.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.5% 6.9% 11.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.8% 6.0% 0.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 13.1% 7.4% 10.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -0.4% 31.6% -0.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 57.4% 10.9% 16.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 2.0% 28.8% 4.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 110.2% 11.4% 19.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 5.0% 28.2% 12.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 119.5% 11.8% 21.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 36.3% -20.1% 94.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.9% -9.5% 46.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 41.9% -41.1% 120.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.6% -23.8% 59.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLDOSHIIOSIS
Gross margin 17.6% 41.3% 32.9%
EBITDA margin 13.2% 8.1% 14.7%
Operating margin 11.5% 5.8% 12.2%
Pretax margin 10.1% 6.8% 10.9%
Net margin 8.0% 5.4% 8.8%
FCF margin 11.0% 2.4% 13.6%
Operating cash flow margin 11.9% 5.5% 16.4%
Return on equity 27.3% 13.6% 19.6%
Return on assets 9.3% 5.7% 6.4%
Return on invested capital 14.5% 7.7% 9.8%
Return on capital employed 16.6% 7.8% 11.3%
Asset turnover 1.1x 1.1x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.0x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.4% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLDOSHIIOSIS
Debt / assets 39.0% 20.8% 40.2%
Debt / equity 1.2x 0.5x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 2.1x 2.6x
Debt / FCF 3.1x 8.3x 4.1x
Liabilities / assets 66.2% 57.7% 68.6%
Equity / assets 33.8% 42.3% 31.4%
Interest coverage – 7.8x 9.9x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.3x 2.9x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.3x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 3.18 2.90 3.09

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLDOSHIIOSIS
Dividend yield 1.3% 1.8% –
Net buyback yield 6.4% – 5.6%
Shareholder yield 7.7% 1.8% 5.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) 15.1% 29.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 11.1% 66.4% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.8% 2.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 2.8% 2.9% –

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.

ConsensusLDOSHIIOSIS
Forward P/E 10.6xFY2026 15.8xFY2026 17.5xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $12.75FY2026 $19.23FY2026 $11.62FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +6.3%FY2026 +25.0%FY2026 +12.3%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after -9.0% +16.1% +7.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $17.52BFY2026 $13.12BFY2026 $1.85BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +2.0%FY2026 +5.2%FY2026 +3.5%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +14.9% +1.3% +16.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLDOSHIIOSIS
Held by institutions 79.3% 88.5% 100.0%
Institutions holding 774 808 368
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.1% -1.2% +0.7%
Institutions buying 380 354 192
Institutions selling 295 301 134
Buyers to sellers 1.29 1.18 1.43

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.

LDOSHIIOSIS
LDOS 1.00 0.40 0.35
HII 0.40 1.00 0.41
OSIS 0.35 0.41 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LDOS, HII and OSIS?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Leidos Holdings (LDOS) $16.93B, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) $12.00B, Osi Systems (OSIS) $3.15B.

Which stock is cheaper, LDOS, HII and OSIS?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 11.9x, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 16.4x, Osi Systems (OSIS) 19.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) is cheapest (Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 10.6x, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 15.8x, Osi Systems (OSIS) 17.5x). 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: Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +2.7%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) +12.6%, Osi Systems (OSIS) +2.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Osi Systems (OSIS) has the highest net margin (Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 8.0%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 5.4%, Osi Systems (OSIS) 8.8%). On return on invested capital, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) leads (Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 14.5%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 7.7%, Osi Systems (OSIS) 9.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) returned the most: Leidos Holdings (LDOS) -32.0%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) -3.9%, Osi Systems (OSIS) -26.9%. Over five years, Osi Systems (OSIS) compounded fastest (Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +7.5%/yr, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) +9.4%/yr, Osi Systems (OSIS) +16.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has the highest dividend yield: Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 0.01%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 0.02%, Osi Systems (OSIS) 0.00%. Osi Systems (OSIS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) has been the steadiest (Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 36.0%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 40.1%, Osi Systems (OSIS) 41.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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