Head-To-Head Comparison: Sidus Space (NASDAQ:SIDU) versus L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX)

Sidus Space (NASDAQ:SIDU) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Sidus Space and L3Harris Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sidus Space	1	0	0	0	1.00
L3Harris Technologies	0	5	13	0	2.72

L3Harris Technologies has a consensus price target of $295.63, suggesting a potential upside of 1.67%. Given L3Harris Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe L3Harris Technologies is more favorable than Sidus Space.

Profitability

This table compares Sidus Space and L3Harris Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sidus Space	-515.33%	-129.29%	-69.46%
L3Harris Technologies	7.94%	11.82%	5.47%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sidus Space and L3Harris Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sidus Space	$4.67 million	5.83	-$17.52 million	($1.98)	-0.54
L3Harris Technologies	$21.74 billion	2.50	$1.50 billion	$9.31	31.23

L3Harris Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Sidus Space. Sidus Space is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than L3Harris Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Sidus Space has a beta of -1.33, meaning that its stock price is 233% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L3Harris Technologies has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

17.9% of Sidus Space shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of L3Harris Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Sidus Space shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of L3Harris Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

L3Harris Technologies beats Sidus Space on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sidus Space

Sidus Space, Inc., a space-as-a-service company, engages in the design, manufacture, launch, and data collection of commercial satellite worldwide. Its space services include satellite/space hardware manufacturing; Low Earth Orbit (LEO) launch and deployment services; and space-based geospatial intel, imagery, and data analytics. The company also provides platforms, such as External Flight Test Platform (EFTP) which offers multiple industries to develop, test, and fly experiments, hardware, materials, and advanced electronics on the ISS at a reduced cost and schedule; LizzieSat; Space Station Integrated Kinetic Launcher for Orbital Payload Systems; and Phoenix Deployer. In addition, it offers aerospace and defense manufacturing services, including 3D printing; mechanical/electrical assembly and test; design engineering; and program management comprising of supply chain management, customer requirement compliance, logistics and configuration management, resource and budget control, and schedule. It serves commercial space, aerospace, and defense industries, as well as government and commercial customers. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Merritt Island, Florida. Sidus Space, Inc. is a subsidiary of Craig Technical Consulting, Inc.

About L3Harris Technologies

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. provides mission-critical solutions for government and commercial customers worldwide. The company's Integrated Mission Systems segment provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, passive sensing and targeting, electronic attack, autonomy, power and communications, and networks and sensors, as well as advanced combat systems for air, land, and sea sectors. Its Space and Airborne Systems segment offers space payloads, sensors, and full-mission solutions; classified intelligence and cyber; mission avionics; electronic warfare systems; and mission networks systems for air traffic management operations. The company's Communication Systems segment provides broadband communications; tactical radios, software, satellite terminals, and end-to-end battlefield systems for the U.S. Department of Defense, international, federal, and state agency customers; integrated vision solutions, including helmet-mounted integrated night vision goggles with leading-edge image intensifier tubes and weapon-mounted sights, aiming lasers, and range finders; and public safety radios, and system applications and equipment. Its Aerojet Rocketdyne segment provides propulsion technologies and armament systems for strategic defense, missile defense, hypersonic, and tactical systems; and space propulsion and power systems for national security, and space and exploration missions. The company was formerly known as Harris Corporation and changed its name to L3Harris Technologies, Inc. in June 2019. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1895 and is based in Melbourne, Florida.