Orbital Infrastructure Group (NASDAQ:OIG – Get Rating) and Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS – Get Rating) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Orbital Infrastructure Group and Leonardo DRS's top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
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| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
| Orbital Infrastructure Group | $82.95 million | 0.29 | -$61.25 million | ($2.34) | -0.09 |
| Leonardo DRS | $117.24 million | 5.42 | $25.07 million | $1.92 | 6.66 |
Leonardo DRS has higher revenue and earnings than Orbital Infrastructure Group. Orbital Infrastructure Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leonardo DRS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
15.1% of Orbital Infrastructure Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Orbital Infrastructure Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Orbital Infrastructure Group and Leonardo DRS's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
| Orbital Infrastructure Group | -77.18% | -345.21% | -27.48% |
| Leonardo DRS | 39.19% | 4.94% | 2.80% |
Volatility & Risk
Orbital Infrastructure Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Orbital Infrastructure Group and Leonardo DRS, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
| Orbital Infrastructure Group | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Leonardo DRS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Orbital Infrastructure Group currently has a consensus price target of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 614.29%. Leonardo DRS has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.67%. Given Orbital Infrastructure Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Orbital Infrastructure Group is more favorable than Leonardo DRS.
Summary
Leonardo DRS beats Orbital Infrastructure Group on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Orbital Infrastructure Group
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Orbital Infrastructure Group, Inc. provides engineering, design, construction, and maintenance services to customers in the electric power, telecommunications, and renewable industries. It designs, installs, upgrades, repairs, and maintains electric power transmission and distribution infrastructure, and substation facilities, as well as offers emergency restoration services; and provides drilled shaft foundation construction services to the electric transmission and substation, industrial, telecommunication, and disaster restoration market sectors. The company also offers engineering, design, construction, and maintenance services to the broadband and wireless telecommunication industries; enterprise solutions to the cable and telecommunication industries; and telecommunication services, such as various wireless service capabilities. In addition, it provides engineering, procurement, and construction services that support the development of renewable energy generation focused on utility-scale solar construction. The company was formerly known as Orbital Energy Group, Inc. and changed its name to Orbital Infrastructure Group, Inc. in August 2022. Orbital Infrastructure Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
About Leonardo DRS
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Leonardo DRS, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides defense products and technologies in the land, air, sea, space, cyber and security, and commercial domains for military applications. It operates in two segments, Advanced Sensing and Computing, and Integrated Mission Systems. The company offers advanced sensor technologies, including infrared systems and sensors for threat detection and situational awareness; uncooled infrared systems and brownout solutions; airborne, ground vehicle mounted, and dismounted soldier electronic warfare (EW) systems; and EW software and training systems, and intelligence solutions. It also provides computing systems for ground vehicles, ships, and submarines; network and data distribution applications; sensor systems; and networked computing infrastructure on military platform. In addition, the company offers force protection systems, such as solutions for counter-unmanned aerial systems, short-range air defense systems, and active protection systems; and power control, distribution, conversion, and propulsion systems, as well as hybrid electric drive propulsion systems, energy storage, gas turbine packages, nuclear instrumentation and controls, and thermal management and refrigeration equipment. It serves the U.S. military, aerospace and defense prime contractors, government intelligence agencies, and international military customers. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Arlington, Virginia. Leonardo DRS, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Leonardo S.p.a.
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