L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. vs RTX CORPORATION, two Aerospace & Defense stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LHX and RTX diverge most: on debt / equity, LHX reads 0.46 and RTX reads 0.00; on ev/ebitda, LHX reads 11.4 and RTX reads 27.3. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What LHX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LHX | RTX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $277.09 | $215.22 |
| Market cap | $51.9B | $293.8B |
| Sector | Aerospace & Defense | Aerospace & Defense |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +20.6% |
| P/E | 28.0 | 37.9 |
| P/B | 2.61 | 4.31 |
| P/S | 1.33 | 3.14 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.4 | 27.3 |
| Revenue growth | +7.4% | +11.8% |
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 11.4% |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Return on equity | 9.4% | 11.4% |
| Return on assets | 4.4% | 4.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.7% | 12.6% |
| FCF yield | 5.4% | 3.9% |
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.46 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.18 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.57 | 2.73 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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