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Leonardo DRS, Inc.

DRS

Industrials · 36.05 -0.7% today

Partial group confirmationMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Leonardo DRS, Inc.'s move is spreading beyond its market group.

DRS accounts for 23.9% of the group's measured movement across 6.6 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 0 of 12 SPY-adjusted paths align to the mixed. Capital-flow agreement is 13%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

MOVE ANATOMY

Is this move genuinely shared?

SPY-adjusted 5m paths
Role in the moveIndependent mover#1 of 12 by movement share
Group movement share23.9%Absolute path energy—not portfolio weight
Relative path-1.30%mixed
Effective breadth6.6 / 12broad
Relative alignment0/12mixed path · 0 counter-moving
Capital-flow agreement13%not yet clean
SEQUENCE READ

DRS was the first measured mover. DRS crossed its material path threshold at 10:35 ET. LHX, HII, NOC followed.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 5.9% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating cash flow covered only -1.06x net income.
EVIDENCE COVERAGE

5 of 12 members in Aerospace & Defense are active. 0 of 6 disclosed connections are confirming.

What would change this read
  • At least 8 of 12 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • BWXT remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 4 of 12 members or fewer.

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Research brief

The story so far

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense

DRS accounts for 23.9% of the group's measured movement across 6.6 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 0 of 12 SPY-adjusted paths align to the mixed. Capital-flow agreement is 13%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 5.9% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 1.7 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 24.0% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges
  • Operating cash flow covered only -1.06x net income.
What would clarify the read
  • At least 8 of 12 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • BWXT remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 12, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods7
Price observations328
Usable filing statements70
Verified relationships6
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +12.8% year over year.
  • Net margin changed +1.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.32x in the latest annual period.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
Evidence challenging the case

No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.

Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 19% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

36.05
6m-21.5%12m-12.4%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$2.9B+3.6%$0.73+0.0%
2022-12-31$2.7B-6.5%$1.88+2.4%
2023-12-31$2.8B+4.9%$0.64+22.8%
2024-12-31$3.2B+14.4%$0.80+1.3%
2025-12-31$3.6B+12.8%$1.03+0.4%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Credit and interest ratesmixed · 5 filings
The change is attributed to increased interest income as a result of higher cash balances 26 and reduced interest expense with the repayment and termination of the 2022 Term Loan A in January 2026.
10-Q · Jul 30, 2026
Capital investment and capacitymixed · 4 filings
Investing Activities Net cash used in investing activities decreased by $2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 when compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to slightly lower capital expenditures.
10-Q · Jul 30, 2026
Product pipeline and R&Dpositive · 3 filings
For the year ended December 31, 2025 the Company reduced both income taxes payable and deferred tax assets by approximately $ 66 million as a result of the election to deduct a portion of previously capitalized research and development costs.
10-K · Feb 27, 2026
Demand and volumepositive · 2 filings
The revenue increase is attributed to our advanced sensing and tactical radars used in space based, force protection and counter drone applications, reflecting execution of our backlog programs coupled with increased customer demand driven by the elevated glo…
10-Q · Jul 30, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 2.7× · EV/sales 2.6×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

36.05-0.7% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for DRS. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

The latest filing presents a mixed picture

10-Q filed 2026-05-05 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-01.

mixed
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +3
liquiditycautiousEvidence score -1
valuationmixed

What improved

  • Revenue increased 5.9% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 1.7 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 24.0% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

  • Operating cash flow covered only -1.06x net income.

Filing receipts

Gross Profit Gross profit increased by $31 million, or 17.1%, to $212 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in the prior year, resulting from the revenue and cost of revenues trends noted above.

The increase was driven by increased revenue contribution, favorable program mix and better program execution.

The cost of revenues increase was due to the increased revenue contribution realized during the period.

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind DRS

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

HNSDFFiling-linked namepartnerFeb 27, 2026

Organized into five business Sectors, Leonardo S.p.A.

Depended on by

MRCYMercury Systems, Inc.customerAug 11, 2025

Our top customers include Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, General Atomics, General Dynamics, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, RTX Corporation and the U.S.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

DRS is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Aerospace & Defense. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.