TDY vs TER vs LHX Stock Comparison

Teledyne Technologies, Teradyne and L3Harris Technologies Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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TER Teradyne, Inc
$211.71 -50.8% 1M +12.9% 1Y
Market cap
$35.91B
P/E
26.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.00B
Div. yield
–
Test and Measurement Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Teradyne leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Teradyne 4, Teledyne Technologies 4, L3Harris Technologies 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTDYTERLHXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $27.76B $35.91B $47.51B LHX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 27.0x 26.2x 23.6x LHX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 22.7x 21.2x 22.3x TER
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.6% +74.9% +81.9% LHX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.8% 27.5% 5.1% TER
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.1% 38.8% 12.2% TER
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.9x — 1.5x TDY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +15.5% +12.9% -9.8% TDY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +5.8%/yr +8.0%/yr +2.9%/yr TER
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.0% 79.1% 29.8% TDY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 69/100 71/100 TDY

Percentile Scorecard

TDYTERLHX

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

AxisTDYTERLHX
Valuation 66 #35 of 101 36 #72 of 112 92 #9 of 101
Growth 41 #58 of 98 95 #6 of 108 85 #16 of 98
Profitability 82 #18 of 97 94 #7 of 104 75 #25 of 97
Financial Health 76 #26 of 107 68 #38 of 116 43 #61 of 107
Shareholder Returns 91 #7 of 64 50 #42 of 83 59 #27 of 64
Overall 71 69 71
  • TDY ranked among 108 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • TER ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • 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

PeriodTDYTERLHXSPY
1 month -4.8%-50.8%+8.8% -5.9%
3 months -13.9%-45.0%-10.6% -4.6%
6 months -6.1%-40.2%-14.0% +0.2%
Year to date +16.0%+9.4%-11.8% +7.5%
1 year +15.5%+12.9%-9.8% +8.2%
3 years +57.0%+141.7%+42.4% +68.3%
3 years, per year +16.2%+34.2%+12.5% +19.0%
5 years +32.7%+46.8%+15.6% +56.5%
5 years, per year +5.8%+8.0%+2.9% +9.4%
10 years +476.0%+827.3%+174.7% +251.5%
10 years, per year +19.1%+25.0%+10.6% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureTDYTERLHXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.0%79.1%29.8% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.0%89.6%30.2% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.123.370.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.570.16-0.33 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.2%-59.7%-40.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.3%-56.2%-31.6% -5.9%
52-week high $691.24$483.84$378.48 $779.14
52-week low $484.47$155.90$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.

MultipleTDYTERLHX
P/E now vs peer median 26.7xmedian 24.7x 24.1xmedian 25.2x 24.0xmedian 24.7x
P/S now vs peer median 4.2xmedian 2.6x 6.6xmedian 2.4x 1.2xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.5xmedian 14.2x 18.5xmedian 16.2x 10.5xmedian 14.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.9xmedian 26.3x 32.9xmedian 23.4x 13.2xmedian 26.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 2.4x 9.0xmedian 2.3x 2.4xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median -44.98median 0.89 0.58median 0.98 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 monthsTDYTERLHX
Revenue $6.52B $5.00B $39.55B
Gross profit $2.84B $2.97B $10.14B
Operating income $1.30B $1.61B $4.20B
Net income $1.03B $1.38B $2.04B
Free cash flow $1.15B $1.00B $3.64B
R&D $330.60M $598.20M –
EPS (diluted) $21.90 $8.71 $10.74
Cash & equivalents $562.40M $460.74M $2.47B
Total debt $2.03B – $11.00B
Shares (diluted) 46.90M 157.69M 187.30M
Enterprise value $25.98B $34.52B $41.30B

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
MetricTDYTERLHX
P/E 26.7x 24.1x 24.0x
P/FCF 23.9x 32.9x 13.2x
P/Operating cash flow 21.4x 24.9x 11.5x
P/S 4.2x 6.6x 1.2x
P/B 2.5x 9.0x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 3.0x 9.2x 3.5x
EV/EBITDA 17.5x 18.5x 10.5x
EV/EBIT 22.1x 20.3x 13.4x
EV/Revenue 4.4x 6.5x 1.4x
EV/FCF 25.1x 32.5x 15.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 22.5x 24.5x 13.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -44.98 0.58 2.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTDYTERLHX
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.6% 74.9% 81.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.5% 22.2% 28.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.8% 76.1% 81.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -0.1% 23.4% 27.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 23.3% 214.6% 83.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 0.0% 43.5% 33.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 25.5% 211.2% 16.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -1.3% 39.9% 11.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 27.2% 212.7% 14.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -0.6% 41.5% 11.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 11.9% 96.9% 84.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.7% 36.8% 26.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 10.5% 135.5% 92.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.4% 39.5% 28.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTDYTERLHX
Gross margin 43.6% 59.3% 25.6%
EBITDA margin 25.3% 35.2% 13.5%
Operating margin 20.0% 32.1% 10.6%
Pretax margin 19.4% 32.1% 10.0%
Net margin 15.8% 27.5% 5.1%
FCF margin 17.6% 20.1% 9.2%
Operating cash flow margin 19.6% 26.6% 10.6%
Return on equity 9.3% 38.7% 10.2%
Return on assets 6.7% 26.7% 4.7%
Return on invested capital 8.1% 38.8% 12.2%
Return on capital employed 9.4% 41.8% 12.2%
Asset turnover 0.4x 1.0x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.0x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 1.6% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTDYTERLHX
Debt / assets 13.0% – 25.1%
Debt / equity 0.2x – 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.9x – 1.5x
Debt / FCF 1.8x – 3.0x
Liabilities / assets 28.5% 32.3% 53.8%
Equity / assets 71.5% 67.7% 46.2%
Interest coverage 26.9x 147.1x –
Current ratio 2.3x 2.1x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.3x 1.2x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.3x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 5.27 13.89 2.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTDYTERLHX
Dividend yield – 0.2% 1.9%
Net buyback yield 1.7% 1.0% 1.7%
Shareholder yield 1.7% 1.2% 3.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 45.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 25.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 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.

ConsensusTDYTERLHX
Forward P/E 22.7xFY2026 21.2xFY2026 22.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $26.12FY2026 $9.99FY2026 $11.62FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +18.8%FY2026 +152.3%FY2026 +8.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +13.6% +27.2% +9.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.21BFY2026 $5.09BFY2026 $24.23BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.5%FY2026 +59.5%FY2026 +10.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.1% +21.3% -0.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTDYTERLHX
Held by institutions 97.2% 97.3% 87.5%
Institutions holding 888 1,423 1,693
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.7% +5.2% -0.5%
Institutions buying 398 831 848
Institutions selling 329 457 570
Buyers to sellers 1.21 1.82 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.

TDYTERLHX
TDY 1.00 0.53 0.36
TER 0.53 1.00 -0.05
LHX 0.36 -0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TDY, TER and LHX?

L3Harris Technologies (LHX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Teledyne Technologies (TDY) $27.76B, Teradyne (TER) $35.91B, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) $47.51B.

Which stock is cheaper, TDY, TER and LHX?

L3Harris Technologies (LHX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 27.0x, Teradyne (TER) 26.2x, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) 23.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Teradyne (TER) is cheapest (Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 22.7x, Teradyne (TER) 21.2x, 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: Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +8.6%, Teradyne (TER) +74.9%, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) +81.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Teradyne (TER) has the highest net margin (Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 15.8%, Teradyne (TER) 27.5%, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) 5.1%). On return on invested capital, Teradyne (TER) leads (Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 8.1%, Teradyne (TER) 38.8%, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) 12.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Teledyne Technologies (TDY) returned the most: Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +15.5%, Teradyne (TER) +12.9%, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) -9.8%. Over five years, Teradyne (TER) compounded fastest (Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +5.8%/yr, Teradyne (TER) +8.0%/yr, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) +2.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 0.00%, Teradyne (TER) 0.00%, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) 0.02%. Teledyne Technologies (TDY) and Teradyne (TER) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) has been the steadiest (Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 27.0%, Teradyne (TER) 79.1%, L3Harris Technologies (LHX) 29.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TDY, TER 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, Teradyne (TER) leads on 4. 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.