Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AXON scored 44.1, ARXS scored 72.0 — ARXS leads.
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AXON
Axon Enterprise, Inc.
Aerospace & Defense · Quality-Growth
44.1
$422.89 · $34.4B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
27.9
ARXS leads
ARXS
Arxis, Inc.
Aerospace & Defense · Quality-Growth
72
$47.89 · $20.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthARXS+115.5%
Strongest balance sheetARXS0.40
Highest qualityARXS77 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
AXON
stronger →← stronger
ARXS
34
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
77
96
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
98
26
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
62
ARXS is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AXON
ARXS
$133mC
FCF
$314mC
+33.5%A
Rev
+115.5%A
0.50B+
D/E
0.40B+
175.5xD
P/E
—
1.52C+
PEG
—
—
P/S
11.7xD
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
AXON
ARXS
1405% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
183% above
>60%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~43%/yr
-95%
1-yr DCF upside
-73%
-93%
5-yr DCF upside
-65%
-90%
10-yr DCF upside
-48%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
AXON
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
ARXS
Why this score
Short track record
The companies
AXONAxon Enterprise, Inc.
Aerospace & Defense · $422.89 · beta 1.44
Why now
Aerospace & Defense · market cap $34.4b. Down 45% from 52-week high of $764.02 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +33% — in hypergrowth territory. 19 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $704.11 (implying +66% upside).
Moat
Moat signals from the quantitative card are modest — profitability and capital efficiency are middle-of-pack. The thesis here depends on softer factors (switching costs, brand, distribution, regulatory protection) not captured by the quality-growth screen.
Risk
Trailing P/E 175.5x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Down 45% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 1.44 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
ARXSArxis, Inc.
Aerospace & Defense · $47.89
Why now
Aerospace & Defense · market cap $20.6b. Down 22% from 52-week high of $61.50 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +115% — in hypergrowth territory. 10 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $63.30 (implying +32% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of depreciation and amortization ($206m) — non-cash charges that hold down reported earnings while cash generation stays strong.
Risk
P/S 11.7x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where AXON and ARXS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 27.9 points in favor of ARXS. The widest single difference is Quality, where ARXS leads by 43.0 points.
QualityAXON 33.8 · ARXS 76.8ARXS +43.0
ValueAXON 26.3 · ARXS 62.5ARXS +36.2
GrowthAXON 96.2 · ARXS 98.0level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is ARXS or AXON the better stock?
ARXS scores higher: ARXS 72.0, AXON 44.1 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do ARXS and AXON differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where ARXS leads by 43 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. ARXS also leads value, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are ARXS and AXON scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.