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L3Harris
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- Russell 1000
What L3Harris is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to October 3, 2025: $21.7 billion, up 2.8% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to July 3, 2026: $2.81 billion, up 30% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to July 3, 2026: $0.48 billion, up 41% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to January 2, 2026: $1.15 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 29, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 2 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 12, 2026): 3 risk factors added, 1 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q2 2026: $0.7 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,701 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−44 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 3 (4 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 2 — latest OSHA inspection, Jun 4, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What L3Harris is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Expanding · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Expanding
- Capital spending82nd pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex56th pct
- Hiring filings60th pct
- Deals and private raises42nd pct
- Patent publications66th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment84th pct
- Call confidence80th pct
- Guidance changes87th pct
- Risk factors added9th pct
- Insider open-market trades44th pct
- + Guidance changes
- + Call sentiment
- − Risk factors added
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver17th pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →L3Harris's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$11.0B
- Due within a year $1.8B
- Longer term $9.2B
- Default point $6.4B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jul 3, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2024 | $600M | 5.500% | 2054 (30y) | +115bp | 5.593% |
| Mar 11, 2024 | $750M | 5.050% | 2029 (5y) | +100bp | 5.095% |
| Mar 11, 2024 | $750M | 5.250% | 2031 (7y) | +115bp | 5.259% |
| Mar 11, 2024 | $750M | 5.350% | 2034 (10y) | +125bp | 5.364% |
From the pricing term sheets L3Harris filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name L3Harris, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- PositiveL3Harris: An Attractive Entry Into The Global Rearmament Cycle (Rating Upgrade) (NYSE:LHX)
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 8, 2026
- PositiveL3Harris Technologies (LHX) Secures $461.9M Contract to Enhance Satellite Communications
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Sep 30, 2026
- NeutralL3Harris gets $4.7 billion deal to help boost Patriot interceptor production
Defense News · Sep 14, 2026
- PositiveL3Harris launches new facility in Rhode Island to produce undersea training systems
Breaking Defense · Aug 12, 2026
- NeutralL3Harris postpones missile unit IPO until mid-2027
Breaking Defense · Jul 30, 2026
- NeutralPentagon inks deal with L3Harris to ramp rocket motor production
Breaking Defense · Jul 27, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE GABOTON GROUP, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.5 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (PRASAM)third_quarter 2026
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Sep 29, 2026Patent
- Aug 17, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 24, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 22, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE GABOTON GROUP, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jul 18, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.)second_quarter 2026 · $0.5 million
- Jul 17, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (PRASAM)second_quarter 2026
- Jul 1, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of Defense$38.3 million
- Jun 30, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of Defense$15.2 million
- Jun 26, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of Defense$13.8 million
- Jun 23, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of Defense$28.0 million
- Jun 9, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of Defense$66.2 million
- Jun 7, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of Defense$11.8 million
- Jun 5, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of Defense$83.0 million
- Jun 4, 2026Risk event
- May 29, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of Defense$46.0 million
- May 12, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Mar 12, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Mar 2, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 12, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)3 risk factors added, 1 removed
- Feb 10, 2026Risk event
- Jan 5, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 4, 2025Trademark
- Nov 13, 2025Trademark
- Nov 6, 2025Trademark
- Nov 6, 2025Trademark
- Sep 16, 2025Trademark
- Apr 22, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Mar 31, 2025Risk event
- Feb 21, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Feb 21, 20258-KMaterial agreement terminatedItem 1.02
- Feb 14, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 3 removed
Peers
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