HRS vs. MSI, FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, SATS, IDCC, CALX, EXTR, INFN, and DGII
Should you be buying Harris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harris include Motorola Solutions (MSI), F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Infinera (INFN), and Digi International (DGII). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Harris vs.
Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) and Harris (NYSE:HRS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Motorola Solutions has a net margin of 14.58% compared to Harris' net margin of 13.60%. Motorola Solutions' return on equity of 197.59% beat Harris' return on equity.
In the previous week, Motorola Solutions had 22 more articles in the media than Harris. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Motorola Solutions and 6 mentions for Harris. Motorola Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Harris' score of 0.00 indicating that Motorola Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Motorola Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Harris. Harris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Motorola Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
84.2% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Harris shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Harris shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Motorola Solutions received 289 more outperform votes than Harris when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.89% of users gave Harris an outperform vote while only 67.57% of users gave Motorola Solutions an outperform vote.
Motorola Solutions has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harris has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Motorola Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $505.88, suggesting a potential upside of 18.64%. Given Motorola Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Motorola Solutions is more favorable than Harris.
Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $4.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Harris pays an annual dividend of $2.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Motorola Solutions pays out 47.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Harris pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Motorola Solutions has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Harris is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Motorola Solutions beats Harris on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HRS) was last updated on 3/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
