Leidos (LDOS) Competitors

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) and Gartner (NYSE:IT) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, LDOS or IT?

Leidos has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gartner has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LDOS or IT?

Leidos received 197 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.52% of users gave Leidos an outperform vote while only 58.20% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Leidos	Outperform Votes 662 64.52%	Underperform Votes 364 35.48%
Gartner	Outperform Votes 465 58.20%	Underperform Votes 334 41.80%

Does the media prefer LDOS or IT?

In the previous week, Gartner had 5 more articles in the media than Leidos. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Gartner and 13 mentions for Leidos. Leidos' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Gartner's score of 0.57 indicating that Leidos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Leidos	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gartner	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LDOS or IT?

76.1% of Leidos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Leidos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Gartner shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend LDOS or IT?

Leidos currently has a consensus target price of $191.23, indicating a potential upside of 20.81%. Gartner has a consensus target price of $539.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.16%. Given Leidos' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Leidos is more favorable than Gartner.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leidos	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
Gartner	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LDOS or IT?

Gartner has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Leidos. Leidos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gartner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Leidos	$15.44B	1.37	$199M	$8.78	18.03
Gartner	$5.90B	6.77	$882.47M	$13.56	38.18

Is LDOS or IT more profitable?

Gartner has a net margin of 17.33% compared to Leidos' net margin of 7.37%. Gartner's return on equity of 118.27% beat Leidos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leidos	7.37%	30.31%	10.39%
Gartner	17.33%	118.27%	11.93%

Summary

Gartner beats Leidos on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.