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Axon EnterpriseAXONCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Industrials›Aerospace & Defense

Maker of Tasers, body cameras and cloud evidence-management software for police and public-safety agencies.

Momentum laggard 10
Mkt cap
$25.4B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
94%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$488M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
36.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-11.2 pp
WACC 11.8%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Official | Implied
BB+ / BB+
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
116 days
2 Mar 2027
Close · USD$313.00
1D-18.2%
1W-26.8%
1M-25.0%
3M-47.5%
6M-22.4%
YTD-44.9%
1Y-51.1%
ATR %8.0%
Beta1.60
52w lowhigh52.9% off high

What Axon Enterprise does

Maker of Tasers, body cameras and cloud evidence-management software for police and public-safety agencies.

Sells body cameras and Tasers mainly through multi-year bundled plans, such as the Officer Safety Plan, that combine regular hardware replacement with a cloud subscription, so software and service income grows with each camera deployed and is hard for an agency to leave. Police departments are the core buyer.

Products and services

  • Taser conducted-energy weapons
  • Body-worn cameras
  • Evidence.com cloud software
  • Drones/robotics (public safety)

Customers

  • Police departments and public-safety agencies
  • Corrections/enterprise security

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Public safety technology
  • Conducted-energy weapons, body cameras…

What could go right

  • Body-camera/software subscription attach growth
  • International/public-safety market expansion

What could go wrong

  • Taser use-of-force controversy/regulatory scrutiny
  • Government procurement budget cyclicality

Moat: wide (network effects, switching costs, installed base). Deep integration of hardware and its Evidence.com cloud software creates high agency switching costs.

Headquarters: Scottsdale, Arizona, US · Founded: 1993 · Employees: 6,300

Named competitors

Axon Enterprise at a glance

Size Axon Enterprise (AXON) is a United States Industrials company (Aerospace & Defense) with a market value of $25.4B, the 420th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $313.00 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 22.4%, against -6.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 34.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.2%); the operating margin is 1.1% (peer median 12.2%).

Valuation It trades at 36.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 27.4× (9th most expensive of 20).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 11.2 points below its cost of capital (11.8% WACC).

Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $10.2B at 30 Sep 2026 — 3.0 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →

Credit Axon Enterprise has 3 bonds outstanding ($2.90B), rated BB+ by the agencies and trading like BB+ at a weighted spread of 157 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 5.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 2 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

7510012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 94AXON 79
Six months, rebased to 100: Axon Enterprise against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Axon Enterprise financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$3.22B$2.78B$2.08B$1.56B$1.19B
Revenue growth—+33%+33%+31%—
Gross profit$1.91B$1.66B$1.24B$955M$729M
EBITDA$146M$23.2M$112M$179M$124M
Net income$199M$125M$377M$176M$147M
Free cash flow$133M$75.1M$330M$130M$180M
Capital expenditure$133M$136M$78.8M$59.6M$56.1M
Total debt$1.83B$1.91B$722M$711M$711M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Axon Enterprise competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%012450AMS63BBD-BARXSBELMTXLDO600760RKLBKOGESLTSAAB-BFTAIHALCWHEI600893RHMCSGAXON6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Axon Enterprise is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%0×50×100×150×012450AMS63BBD-BARXSBELMTX600760KOGSAAB-BFTAIHEI600893CSGAXONRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Axon Enterprise is the large dot.

Axon Enterprise competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (AXON vs MSI vs LHX)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Axon Enterprise AXON$25.4B-22%+35%1%36.5×n/a
Motorola Solutions MSI$85.1B+34%+10%25%27.0×16.4%
L3Harris LHX$48.4B-13%+7%12%20.1×7.0%

How Axon Enterprise compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Axon Enterprise against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureAXONPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-25.0%+4.2%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return-22.4%-6.7%6th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-52.9%-23.7%5th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+34.6%+15.2%5th highest of 21
Operating margin1.1%12.2%2nd lowest of 21
Forward P/E36.5×27.4×9th most expensive of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital-11.2 pp+8.3 pp3rd lowest of 20
Net debt / EBITDA7.7×1.0×most indebted of 17
Bond spread157 bp80 bpwidest of 6

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Axon Enterprise AXONUnited States$25.4B-22%+35%1%36.5×n/an/a
Hanwha Aerospace 012450.KSSouth Korea$25.0B-53%+28%11%17.2×-7.0%+38.1%
Dassault Aviation AM.PAFrance$26.0B+6%+33%9%19.6×5.2%+6.2%
Singapore Technologies Engineering S63.SISingapore$22.6B-13%+11%9%27.3×5.3%+11.5%
Bombardier BBD-B.TOCanada$22.5B+8%+11%11%22.1×19.0%+8.9%
Arxis ARXSUnited States$21.5B+42%+114%20%54.2×58.8%n/a
Bharat Electronics BEL.NSIndia$30.6B-10%+20%26%41.5×38.2%+14.3%
MTU Aero Engines MTX.DEGermany$20.9B+21%+12%13%18.5×6.3%+17.1%
Leonardo LDO.MIItaly$31.0B-4%+10%7%20.2×14.3%+7.8%
AVIC Shenyang Aircraft 600760.SSChina$20.8B+4%-1%8%45.1×n/an/a
Rocket Lab RKLBUnited States$31.8B-50%+53%-29%n/an/an/a
Kongsberg Gruppen KOG.OLNorway$31.8B+13%-28%17%46.3×21.7%+4.3%
Elbit Systems ESLTUnited States$32.0B-13%+12%9%46.5×10.1%+11.5%
Saab SAAB-B.STSweden$33.3B+19%+28%10%40.2×6.0%+17.4%
FTAI Aviation FTAIUnited States$18.4B-33%+46%23%16.7×n/an/a
Hindustan Aeronautics HAL.NSIndia$35.2B+4%+7%23%33.6×42.7%+7.2%
Curtiss-Wright CWUnited States$17.1B-36%+11%19%27.4×16.2%+7.9%
HEICO HEIUnited States$39.2B+14%+21%24%47.8×24.5%+20.2%
AECC Aviation Power 600893.SSChina$15.8B-15%+18%2%173.7×n/an/a
Rheinmetall RHM.DEGermany$42.5B-29%-2%18%22.0×6.5%+12.9%
Csg CSG.ASNetherlands$14.6B-20%+72%25%11.7×n/an/a

Axon Enterprise bonds and credit

Axon Enterprise has 3 bonds outstanding with $2.90B face value. The agencies rate it BB+; its bonds trade like BB+. Weighted yield 6.16%, a spread of 157 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Axon Enterprise backlog

Axon Enterprise reported $10.2B of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026. That is 3.0 years of trailing revenue already under contract.

Questions

Who are Axon Enterprise's main competitors?
Named competitors: Motorola Solutions (MSI), Digital Ally (private or unlisted), L3Harris (public safety radios) (LHX), Wrap Technologies (private or unlisted), Byrna Technologies (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Hanwha Aerospace (012450.KS), Dassault Aviation (AM.PA), Singapore Technologies Engineering (S63.SI), Bombardier (BBD-B.TO), Arxis (ARXS), Bharat Electronics (BEL.NS).
Is Axon Enterprise expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 36.5× against a peer median of 27.4×, 9th most expensive of 20 in its peer set.
How has Axon Enterprise stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -22.4% against -6.7% for the median peer; over one year -51.1%.
What is Axon Enterprise's backlog?
Axon Enterprise's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $10.2B at 30 Sep 2026.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.