Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. EXLS scored 80.6, LDOS scored 62.6 — EXLS leads.
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EXLS
ExlService Holdings, Inc.
Information Technology Services · Quality-Growth
80.6
$36.79 · $5.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
18.0
EXLS 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 growthEXLS+13.6%
Strongest balance sheetEXLS0.57
Highest qualityEXLS85 / 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)
EXLS
stronger →← stronger
LDOS
85
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
77
85
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
46
73
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
69
EXLS is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
EXLS
LDOS
$275mC
FCF
$2.2bB
+13.6%B+
Rev
+3.4%C+
0.57C+
D/E
1.23C
23.3xB+
P/E
11.1xA
0.96B+
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
EXLS
LDOS
4% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
67% below
~8%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-21%/yr
-8%
1-yr DCF upside
+209%
+4%
5-yr DCF upside
+207%
+25%
10-yr DCF upside
+205%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
EXLS
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
LDOS
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
The companies
EXLSExlService Holdings, Inc.
Information Technology Services · $36.79 · beta 0.84
Why now
Information Technology Services · market cap $5.6b. 16% off the 52-week high of $43.88. Revenue growing +14%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.96 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $44.63 (implying +21% 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 110% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
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 EXLS and LDOS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 18.0 points in favor of EXLS. The widest single difference is Growth, where EXLS leads by 39.0 points.
GrowthEXLS 85.0 · LDOS 46.0EXLS +39.0
QualityEXLS 84.7 · LDOS 76.9EXLS +7.8
ValueEXLS 72.6 · LDOS 69.5EXLS +3.1
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 EXLS or LDOS the better stock?
EXLS scores higher: EXLS 80.6, 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 EXLS and LDOS differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where EXLS leads by 39 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. EXLS leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are EXLS 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.