Draganfly (NASDAQ:DPRO – Get Free Report) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Draganfly and Lockheed Martin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Draganfly | -355.34% | -26.61% | -25.42% |
| Lockheed Martin | 8.16% | 91.42% | 11.02% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
10.4% of Draganfly shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Draganfly and Lockheed Martin, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Draganfly | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.25 |
| Lockheed Martin | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2.47 |
Draganfly currently has a consensus target price of $11.62, indicating a potential upside of 108.52%. Lockheed Martin has a consensus target price of $637.56, indicating a potential upside of 21.58%. Given Draganfly’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Draganfly is more favorable than Lockheed Martin.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Draganfly and Lockheed Martin”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Draganfly | $5.53 million | 34.66 | -$16.45 million | ($0.78) | -7.15 |
| Lockheed Martin | $77.01 billion | 1.57 | $5.02 billion | $27.13 | 19.33 |
Lockheed Martin has higher revenue and earnings than Draganfly. Draganfly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lockheed Martin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lockheed Martin beats Draganfly on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Draganfly
Draganfly Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells cutting-edge unmanned and remote data collection and analysis platforms and systems in the United States and Canada. The company offers quadcopters, fixed-wing aircraft, ground-based robots, handheld controllers, and flight training, as well as software used for tracking, live streaming, and data collection. It also operates a health/telehealth platform that is a set of technologies that remotely detect various biometrics, such as heart rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure. In addition, the company provides sanitary spraying services to indoor and outdoor public gathering spaces, including sport stadiums and fields, and custom engineering, training, consulting, flight, and geographic information systems data services. It serves public safety, agriculture, industrial inspections, and mapping and surveying markets. Draganfly Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.
About Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin Corporation, a security and aerospace company, engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of technology systems, products, and services worldwide. The company operates through Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems, and Space segments. The Aeronautics segment offers combat and air mobility aircraft, unmanned air vehicles, and related technologies. The Missiles and Fire Control segment provides air and missile defense systems; tactical missiles and air-to-ground precision strike weapon systems; logistics; fire control systems; mission operations support, readiness, engineering support, and integration services; manned and unmanned ground vehicles; and energy management solutions. The Rotary and Mission Systems segment offers military and commercial helicopters, surface ships, sea and land-based missile defense systems, radar systems, sea and air-based mission and combat systems, command and control mission solutions, cyber solutions, and simulation and training solutions. The Space segment offers satellites; space transportation systems; strategic, advanced strike, and defensive systems; and classified systems and services in support of national security systems. This segment also provides network-enabled situational awareness and integrates space and ground global systems to help its customers gather, analyze, and securely distribute critical intelligence data. It serves primarily serves the U.S. government, as well as foreign military sales contracted through the U.S. government. The company was founded in 1912 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.
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