Why is DRS up?
Up 12% on Oct 29 while the S&P 500 fell 0.4%.
- Its Oct 29 results:
DRS's Quality Score rose 1 point on Mon, Nov 2, to 9.
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Up 12% on Oct 29 while the S&P 500 fell 0.4%.
| The company | Profit up 29% to $322M |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 29 |
Thu Nov 12: Ex-dividend, $0.09 a shareAt the open. Pays Nov 25.
After its last 4 reports it closed +6.0% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
Averagefor quality, not price, 2 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
Well above its recent run. DRS scores 9 today, against a median of 5 over its last 20 recorded sessions.
DRS is #4 of 8 by Quality Score among Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical Systems.
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Share count against a year before: DRS +0.2%, LASR +15%, AVAV +6.3%, CW -2%.
Expected to report Wed Feb 24, before the open (in 114 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $1.1B, 11% more than a year ago; a profit of $0.43 a share.
DRS's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
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| Revenue | $3.950B to $3.985B |
Sales grew 5.6% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $0.36 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | +6.4% | +11.7% | open |
| Jul 30, 2026 | +0.3% | -2.0% | -4.1% |
| May 5, 2026 | +2.5% | -0.8% | +3.7% |
Sales grew in five of the last six years, to $3.6B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the seven years.
One insider bought $1.1M across 1 filing, and one insider sold $521K across 1 filing, in the last 6 months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: DRS is under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Leonardo DRS Inc is a provider of defense products and technologies that are used across land, air, sea, space, and cyber domains. It is in the design, development, and manufacture of Advanced sensing, network computing, force protection, and electric power and propulsion technologies and solutions. The company has two segments: Advanced Sensing and Computing, which generates the majority of revenue, and the Integrated Mission Systems segment. The Advanced Sensing and Computing segment is engaged in designing, developing, and manufacturing sensing and network computing technology that enables real-time situational awareness required for enhanced operational decision-making and execution by the customers.
“We operate in a highly competitive market and we compete with a variety of companies in the defense market including divisions of the large defense primes, mid-tier and smaller defense companies as well as certain non-traditional companies.”
DRS scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #4 of 8 in Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical Systems by Quality Score, with 2 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 12% on Oct 29 while the S&P 500 fell 0.4%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
DRS scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #4 of 8 in Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical Systems by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind DRS's 9.
One insider bought $1.1M across 1 filing, and one insider sold $521K across 1 filing, in the last 6 months. The newest is Pamela Morrow, SVP and Controller, who sold $521K on May 27. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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