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Leonardo DRS

DRS
59
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials
Price
$44.14
+1.04 (+2.41%)
Market Cap
$11.77B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
59
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+85.4% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 145.0M (2021) → 268.8M (2025)

Leonardo DRS, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides defense products and technologies in the land, air, sea, space, cyber and security, and commercial domains for military applications. It operates in two segments, Advanced Sensing and Computing, and Integrated Mission Systems. The company offers advanced sensor technologies, including infrared systems and sensors for threat detection and situational awareness; uncooled infrared systems and brownout solutions; airborne, ground vehicle m

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+21.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

71.5%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~10 months

$328M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Leonardo DRS has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin
24.5%
Thin — 24.5% gross margin
Operating Margin
9.1%
Modest — 9.1% operating margin
ROCE
2.6%
Weak — 2.6% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+10.5%
Steady sales growth (10.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
+21.3%
Earnings growing fast (21.3% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
151%
Turns 151% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
8.1%
Modest free cash flow (8.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.06
Conservative — low debt load (0.06)
Interest Cover
52.29x
Comfortably covers interest (52.3x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
40.9x
Pricey — P/E 40.9

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+12.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (40.9 → 28.8)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
0.78%
Small dividend — 0.78% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
N/A
no trend
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