L3Harris (LHX) reported $5.66 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.9%. EPS of $2.70 for the same period compares to $3.34 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.53 billion, representing a surprise of +2.27%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +5.47%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.56.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how L3Harris performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- Corporate eliminations: $-67 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $-54.59 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +67.5%.
- Revenue- Space and Airborne Systems: $1.81 billion compared to the $1.82 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +7.5% year over year.
- Revenue- Aerojet Rocketdyne: $755 million compared to the $727.54 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +26.7% year over year.
- Revenue- Integrated Mission Systems: $1.7 billion versus $1.57 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.7% change.
- Revenue- Communication Systems: $1.46 billion versus $1.45 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.8% change.
- Segment operating income- Aerojet Rocketdyne: $96 million compared to the $92.2 million average estimate based on five analysts.
- Segment operating income- Communication Systems (CS): $382 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $362.02 million.
- Segment operating income- Space and Airborne Systems (SAS): $218 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $226.95 million.
- Segment operating income- Integrated Mission System (IMS): $204 million versus $180.83 million estimated by five analysts on average.
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Shares of L3Harris have returned -4.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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