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The Boeing Company (BA) vs General Dynamics Corporation (GD)

The Boeing Company and General Dynamics Corporation are both Aerospace & Defense companies. The Boeing Company is the larger, with a market value of $149.2B against $91.2B — 1.6× the size. General Dynamics Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 20.7× against 71.2×. The Boeing Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 24.8% against 9.13%. General Dynamics Corporation has the higher net margin (8.18% vs 2.22%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.8% vs 8.99%). Across the 21 metrics below, General Dynamics Corporation leads on 16 and The Boeing Company on 5.

Valuation

Metric BA GD Aerospace & Defense median
P/E 71.24 20.73 31.81
P/S 1.60 1.70 3.55
P/B 24.61 3.47 2.59
Price to free cash flow n/m 14.43 31.99
EV/EBITDA 25.93 14.56 18.08
EV/Sales 1.88 1.75 3.37
Earnings yield 1.40% 4.82% 1.38%
Free cash flow yield (0.09%) 6.93% 0.21%

Profitability

Metric BA GD Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 4.68% 15.38% 25.48%
Operating margin 4.89% 10.32% 4.54%
Net margin 2.22% 8.18% 2.22%
Free cash flow margin (0.14%) 11.75% 1.43%
Return on equity 148.84% 17.80% 6.43%
Return on assets 1.30% 7.67% 2.70%
Return on invested capital 8.99% 11.79% 1.56%

Growth

Metric BA GD Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 24.78% 9.13% 18.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 113.51% 13.43% 24.27%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.00% 6.74% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 5.86% 0.00%

Health

Metric BA GD Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 7.51 0.28 0.24
Current ratio 1.14 1.44 2.72
Net debt to EBITDA 3.96 0.90 1.12

Dividend

Metric BA GD Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — 1.82% 0.90%
Payout ratio — 0.38 0.32

Size

Metric BA GD Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 149.17b 91.19b 2.19b

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