L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (LHX) earnings on July 29, 2026
More L3Harris Technologies, Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Partial
L3Harris shares fell sharply despite beating earnings estimates, as investors focused on other concerns.
LHX price around the earnings
271.90
Change: -8.6%
2026-07-30, 20:00 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Partial
- Thesis published
- Results released
Strong recent record of beating earnings and strong analyst support contrast with declining trajectory and after a strong recent rise conditions into event.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Declined from 83.4 to 62.2 as event approached; after a strong recent rise conditions suggest profit-taking risk.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.6
- Analysts covering the stock
- 18
- Average price target
- 375.11
- Lowest price target
- 285
- Highest price target
- 443
- Upside to price target
- 26.8%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 74.7%
- Revenue growth
- 190%
- Forward EPS
- 13.63
- Trailing EPS
- 9.22
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 0
- Strong buy: 2
- Buy: 13
- Hold: 5
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 2
- Buy
- 13
- Hold
- 5
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (5)
- Why Is L3Harris Stock Gaining Monday? (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- CPI Aerostructures Receives Fully Definitized Contract From L3Harris Technologies Totaling $13.6M To Deliver Airborne Pod Structures (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Trump’s Golden Dome Push Gets $1.75 Billion Boost, Space Force Orders 36 Missile-Tracking Satellites From Sierra Space and L3Harris (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- L3Harris Technologies Receives A Contract From The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency To Produce 18 Accelerated Missile Defense Tranche 3 Satellites To Support The Golden Dome For America’s Space-based Capabilities; Size Not Disclosed (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- L3Harris Technologies Bags Orders Totaling $84M In Support Of US Army For Next Generation Command And Control Manpack Falcon Systems (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Price when the context was analyzed
- 305.18
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.5%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -21.3%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +5.2%
- 30-day change (32d)
- +4.8%
- 30-day relative strength
- +3.2%
- SPY change (32d)
- +1.6%
- Nearest support
- 304.59
- Distance to nearest support
- 0.2%
- Nearest resistance
- 306.31
- Distance to nearest resistance
- 0.4%
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.87
- Mid: 304.59 (0.2% away, 0.08 ATR, 25 touches)
- Major: 302.35 (0.9% away, 0.37 ATR, 34 touches)
- Minor: 300.41 (1.6% away, 0.62 ATR, 4 touches)
- Minor: 306.31 (0.4% away, 0.15 ATR, 4 touches)
- Major: 309.56 (1.4% away, 0.58 ATR, 20 touches)
- Minor: 312.75 (2.5% away, 0.99 ATR, 6 touches)
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +8.3%
- April 30, 2026: actual EPS 2.91 vs estimate 2.57 (surprise +13.0%)
- January 29, 2026: actual EPS 2.86 vs estimate 2.76 (surprise +3.6%)
- October 30, 2025: actual EPS 2.7 vs estimate 2.57 (surprise +5.1%)
- July 24, 2025: actual EPS 2.78 vs estimate 2.5 (surprise +11.3%)
Expected move
- Implied move
- +3.4%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 2.7%
- 75th percentile move
- 3.6%
- 90th percentile move
- 5.9%
- Up / down moves
- 11 / 9
- Average up move
- +2.8%
- Average down move
- -2.8%
Monitoring and close
What L3Harris Technologies, Inc. reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 3.13 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 2.8 |
| EPS surprise | +11.8% |
| Revenue | $5,881 million |
| Revenue estimate | $5,808 million |
| Revenue surprise | +1.3% |
L3Harris beats Q2 earnings and revenue estimates, raises 2026 outlook. BNP Paribas maintains neutral, lowers price target to $310.
Sources (18)
- BNP Paribas Maintains Neutral on L3Harris Technologies, Lowers Price Target to $310 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Why Is L3Harris Stock Falling on Thursday? (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- L3Harris Q2 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates, 2026 Outlook Raised (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Why L3Harris Technologies Stock Is Plummeting Today (opens in a new tab) — Motley Fool
- L3Harris Missile Business Is Booming. So Why Is the Stock Tanking? (opens in a new tab) — Barrons.com
- L3Harris Technologies Q2 Earnings Call Highlights (opens in a new tab) — MarketBeat
- L3Harris Technologies Inc (LHX) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Record Orders and Revenue ... (opens in a new tab) — GuruFocus.com
- L3Harris (LHX) Q2 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- L3Harris (LHX) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (LHX) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript (opens in a new tab) — SeekingAlpha
- L3Harris Shares Slip Despite Q2 Earnings Beat: Details (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- L3Harris Stock Jumps on Earnings Beat. The Defense Business Is Growing. (opens in a new tab) — Barrons.com
- L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) Beats Q2 Estimates and Raises Full-Year Guidance (opens in a new tab) — ChartMill
- L3Harris Raises Guidance on Higher Profit, Revenue (opens in a new tab) — The Wall Street Journal
- L3Harris Technologies Raises FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance from $11.40-$11.60 to $11.80-$12.00 vs $11.61 Est; Raises FY2026 Sales Guidance from $23.000B-$23.500B to $23.200B-$23.700B vs $23.579B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- L3Harris beat Q2 expectations with EPS of $3.13 versus $2.80 estimate, and revenue of $5.881B above $5.808B. — Benzinga
- L3Harris Technologies Q2 EPS $3.13 Beats $2.80 Estimate, Sales $5.881B Beat $5.808B Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- L3Harris Technologies Reports Robust Second Quarter 2026 Results (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
Pre-market second reading after the results
- Verdict
- Beat expectations
Heading into the open, results beat expectations on both earnings and revenue and the price is indicating -5.3% pre-market, a move above the stock's usual reaction (about 3%). The figures overturn the prior optimistic scenario. Across our market history, in the 716 similar cases the close held that direction 86% of the time.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Partial
- Consolidated
- -8.6%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 3.6%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 11.7%