Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BR scored 73.4, LDOS scored 62.6 — BR leads.
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BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
Information Technology Services · Quality-Growth
73.4
$165.45 · $18.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
10.8
BR leads
LDOS
Leidos Holdings, Inc.
Information Technology Services · Quality-Growth
62.6
$121.68 · $15.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestLDOS11.1x
Fastest growthBR+8.5%
Strongest balance sheetLDOS1.23
Highest qualityBR82 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueLDOS-67%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BR
stronger →← stronger
LDOS
82
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
77
69
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
46
70
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
69
BR is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BR
LDOS
$1.2bC+
FCF
$2.2bB
+8.5%B
Rev
+3.4%C+
1.24C
D/E
1.23C
17.2xA-
P/E
11.1xA
1.80C+
PEG
2.46C
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
BR
LDOS
13% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
67% below
~3%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-21%/yr
+8%
1-yr DCF upside
+209%
+15%
5-yr DCF upside
+207%
+26%
10-yr DCF upside
+205%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BR
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
LDOS
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
The companies
BRBroadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
Information Technology Services · $165.45 · beta 0.93
Why now
Information Technology Services · market cap $18.7b. Down 30% from 52-week high of $236.02 — deep drawdown territory. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $213.38 (implying +29% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 41% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 110% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
LDOSLeidos Holdings, Inc.
Information Technology Services · $121.68 · beta 0.59
Why now
Information Technology Services · market cap $15.3b. Down 41% from 52-week high of $205.77 — deep drawdown territory. 15 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $152.07 (implying +25% upside).
Moat
ROE 26% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 157% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 41% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where BR and LDOS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 10.8 points in favor of BR. The widest single difference is Growth, where BR leads by 23.2 points.
GrowthBR 69.2 · LDOS 46.0BR +23.2
QualityBR 81.6 · LDOS 76.9BR +4.7
ValueBR 69.9 · LDOS 69.5level
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 BR or LDOS the better stock?
BR scores higher: BR 73.4, LDOS 62.6 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 BR and LDOS differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where BR leads by 23 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. BR also leads quality, while value is effectively level between them.
How are BR and LDOS 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.