Aerospace & Defense industry stocks

The Aerospace & Defense industry has 94 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Industrials sector, with a combined market value of $3.36T. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SPCX) is the largest at $1.68T, followed by GE Aerospace and RTX Corporation. The median Aerospace & Defense stock trades at 28.5× trailing earnings, above the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 2.74% (market: 1.06%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 18.0%. 24 of the 94 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 0.98%.

Aerospace & Defense medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 28.5× 17.9×
P/S 2.9× 1.9×
P/B 2.7× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 31.7× 14.1×
EV/EBITDA 16.9× 10.9×
EV/Sales 2.7× 2.1×
Earnings yield 0.89% 1.55%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 0.93%
Gross margin 26.4% 45.1%
Operating margin 3.69% 0.00%
Net margin 2.74% 1.06%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 4.44% 0.51%
Return on assets 1.90% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.26% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 18.0% 7.58%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 24.8% 14.0%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.73% 8.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.2× 0.1×
Current ratio 2.9× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 1.3× 0.6×
Dividend yield 0.91% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.3× 0.3×
Market cap $1.8B $676.4M

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11.40 2.01 +21.41%
32.10 1.26 +4.09%
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133.59 22.75 −14.55%
17.25 2.88 −14.31%
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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 1.68t 125.10 (7.96%) — (10.71%) — 2.87%
GE GE Aerospace 325.23b 314.03 (4.68%) 35.97 17.31% 19.62% 0.56%
RTX RTX Corporation 258.93b 192.37 (3.05%) 30.88 8.75% 11.63% 1.47%
BA The Boeing Company 136.70b 172.84 (2.35%) 17.89 7.70% 17.53% —
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation 133.10b 577.58 (2.93%) 20.43 8.23% 7.86% 2.39%
GD General Dynamics Corporation 96.29b 356.91 (2.18%) 20.71 8.24% 9.73% 1.76%
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. 79.89b 201.48 (5.66%) 39.32 21.10% 22.02% 0.32%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation 74.62b 524.83 (0.10%) 16.52 10.37% 6.51% 1.82%
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated 65.73b 1,191.49 (2.09%) 36.15 19.09% 16.66% 0.00%
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc 48.06b 258.94 (0.31%) 23.79 8.62% 7.33% 1.91%
HONA Honeywell Aerospace inc. 47.42b 149.79 (4.22%) — 13.68% — 0.00%
HEI.A Heico Corporation 38.89b 243.44 (2.51%) 40.04 16.38% 20.69% —
HEI Heico Corporation 38.54b 326.61 (3.28%) 53.72 16.38% 20.69% 0.08%
AXON Axon Enterprise, Inc 31.08b 385.55 (9.11%) 155.46 6.19% 34.60% —
ESLT Elbit Systems Ltd. 30.53b 654.90 (6.90%) 47.87 7.44% 13.70% 0.57%
RKLB Rocket Lab Corporation 27.52b 46.65 (10.92%) — (21.51%) 52.53% —
ARXS Arxis, Inc. 20.90b 48.51 (3.98%) — 11.56% — —
WWD Woodward, Inc. 18.12b 307.27 (5.85%) 33.22 13.17% 22.35% 0.40%
FTAI FTAI Aviation Ltd. 16.61b 162.87 (9.31%) 32.46 14.98% 46.04% 1.04%
CW Curtiss-Wright Corporation 16.02b 436.47 (3.46%) 28.98 14.86% 10.71% 0.23%
TXT Textron Inc. 14.44b 85.56 (1.26%) 15.37 6.30% 8.51% 0.09%
EMBJ Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica 13.20b 74.28 (5.40%) 30.07 5.35% 20.38% 1.13%
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 11.40b 289.71 (4.70%) 15.57 5.42% 12.64% 1.91%
BWXT BWX Technologies, Inc. 10.53b 115.73 (4.75%) 28.28 10.41% 17.71% 0.92%
MOG.A Moog Inc. 9.78b 308.10 (5.44%) 25.89 8.73% 15.81% —
DRS Leonardo DRS, Inc. 8.80b 33.08 (6.87%) 23.95 9.40% 8.85% —
SARO StandardAero, Inc. 8.37b 25.13 (2.26%) 25.38 5.12% 12.56% —
LOAR Loar Holdings Inc. 6.84b 72.52 4.02% 113.31 9.44% 33.82% —
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. 6.27b 33.48 (6.90%) 196.94 1.34% 28.17% —
HXL Hexcel Corporation 6.10b 80.94 (2.94%) 35.97 8.50% 7.57% 0.89%
BETA BETA Technologies, Inc. 5.65b 24.16 (4.54%) — (1,340.32%) 94.55% —
AVAV AeroVironment, Inc. 5.19b 102.69 (9.31%) — (10.13%) 84.44% —
VSEC VSE Corporation 4.62b 166.08 1.29% 59.96 5.53% 41.55% 0.24%
MDA MDA Space Ltd. 4.35b 26.80 2.17% 45.59 5.68% — —
KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. 4.25b 32.29 (5.50%) 111.34 6.31% 50.23% —
AIR AAR Corp. 4.20b 104.46 (3.93%) 21.23 5.55% 21.97% —
PL Planet Labs PBC 4.14b 11.47 (9.33%) — (95.13%) 44.12% —
DPC DPC Holdings PLC 4.06b 27.20 (4.29%) — — — —
MRCY Mercury Systems Inc 3.99b 65.65 (8.51%) — (3.02%) 7.85% —
MOG.B Moog Inc. 3.66b 321.08 (2.30%) 26.98 8.73% 15.81% —
ACHR Archer Aviation Inc. 2.98b 3.88 (5.83%) — 0.00% — —
FLY Firefly Aerospace, Inc. 2.54b 15.31 (10.78%) — (129.06%) 179.17% —
VVX V2X, Inc. 2.32b 74.15 (4.29%) 23.39 1.98% 13.16% —
ATRO Astronics Corporation 2.28b 52.91 (7.95%) 28.68 8.40% 14.49% —
DCO Ducommun Incorporated 2.00b 133.59 (14.55%) — (2.45%) 9.24% —
LUNR Intuitive Machines, Inc. 1.97b 8.75 (11.88%) — (26.77%) 116.89% —
RDW Redwire Corporation 1.55b 6.21 (19.56%) — (55.33%) 45.83% —
AADX Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. 1.48b 8.62 (8.00%) — (34.42%) — —
CDRE Cadre Holdings, Inc. 1.38b 32.10 4.09% 33.09 5.61% 18.35% 1.25%
LYNX Lyntris Inc. 1.31b 11.40 21.41% — — — —
VOYG Voyager Technologies, Inc. 1.26b 20.52 (11.09%) — (78.96%) 41.83% —
HAWK HawkEye 360 Inc. 1.25b 12.78 (4.41%) — (10.67%) — —
AVEX AEVEX Corp. 1.17b 9.30 (10.40%) — (3.02%) — —
NPK National Presto Industries, Inc. 1.00b 141.57 (5.37%) 23.67 7.86% 20.88% 0.71%
RGR Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. 790.92m 49.22 (1.38%) 47.79 2.74% 10.60% 0.89%
SWBI Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. 771.97m 14.27 (1.52%) 26.43 4.44% 16.96% 3.64%
YSS York Space Systems Inc. 756.84m 5.51 (9.52%) — (67.28%) — —
EVEX Eve Holding, Inc. 547.13m 1.58 (5.95%) — 0.00% — —
ELMT The Elmet Group Co. 525.12m 17.25 (14.31%) — (1.10%) — —
RCAT Red Cat Holdings, Inc. 519.99m 3.44 (14.00%) — (136.27%) 836.18% —
PKE Park Aerospace Corp. 498.34m 22.58 (8.69%) 31.36 18.43% 27.71% 2.21%
TATT TAT Technologies Ltd. 466.76m 36.01 (5.41%) 19.67 12.17% 13.71% —
SATL Satellogic Inc. 444.31m 2.92 (9.03%) — (325.65%) 130.07% —
SPCE Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. 360.80m 2.38 (5.18%) — (23,867.44%) (38.87%) —
IA Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc. 324.34m 18.18 (8.00%) 16.99 20.50% 20.30% —
POWW Outdoor Holding Company 268.10m 2.30 (4.17%) 76.67 6.42% 9.74% —
PUSA Powerus Corporation 243.13m 1.43 (10.63%) — (154.22%) 6.11% —
EH EHang Holdings Limited Unsponsored ADR 206.55m 3.69 (9.56%) — (107.24%) (20.63%) —
NSTR NorthStar Earth & Space Enterprises Inc 153.30m 3.74 8.41% — — — —
AIRO AIRO Group Holdings, Inc. 150.83m 4.81 (11.25%) — (23.86%) 52.76% —
DPRO Draganfly Inc. 109.98m 2.82 (8.14%) — (358.23%) 27.07% —
SIF SIFCO Industries, Inc. 105.50m 16.87 (10.93%) 25.81 4.00% 18.78% —
SIDU Sidus Space, Inc. 94.14m 0.94 (9.62%) — (970.23%) (32.60%) —
CODA Coda Octopus Group Inc. 90.72m 8.16 (9.23%) 18.55 17.63% 17.48% —
BYRN Byrna Technologies Inc. 87.53m 3.75 (9.86%) — (9.21%) (13.42%) —
MRLN Merlin Inc 78.34m 0.78 (14.29%) — (3,463.45%) — —
HOVR New Horizon Aircraft Ltd. 75.85m 1.13 (3.42%) — 0.00% — —
EVTL Vertical Aerospace Ltd. 66.66m 0.39 (2.50%) 0.91 0.00% — —
CVU CPI Aerostructures, Inc. 59.10m 4.43 (8.28%) 15.28 5.06% 2.59% —
OPXS Optex Systems Holdings Inc. 56.23m 8.42 (5.50%) 15.04 9.77% 0.81% —
SPAI Safe Pro Group Inc. 56.20m 2.80 (8.20%) — (499.97%) 92.57% —
PEW GrabAGun Digital Holdings Inc. 55.19m 1.88 (7.39%) — (7.00%) — —
FBDT First Breach Inc. 47.96m 0.86 (2.27%) — — — —
FJET Starfighters Space, Inc. 41.00m 0.76 (10.59%) — 0.00% — —
MNTS Momentus Inc. 37.34m 1.67 (10.22%) — (930.73%) 323.98% —
XTIA XTI Aerospace, Inc. 32.33m 0.84 (14.29%) — (88.95%) 2,622.73% —
MOB Mobilicom Limited Sponsored ADR 30.49m 2.37 (20.74%) — (97.95%) — —
PRZO ParaZero Technologies Ltd. 13.98m 0.48 (4.00%) — — — —
AIRI Air Industries Group 12.91m 2.59 0.78% — (3.77%) (10.60%) —
DUKR DUKE Robotics Corp. 9.90m 2.81 (13.80%) — (444.87%) — —
DFNS T3 Defense Inc. 7.71m 2.31 (18.95%) — (1,753.86%) (47.31%) —
VWAV visionwave holdings, inc. 5.23m 1.62 (15.62%) — 0.00% — —
DFSC DEFSEC Technologies Inc. 2.43m 0.54 (3.57%) — (120.61%) 84.58% —
KITT Nauticus Robotics, Inc. 1.79m 1.17 (17.61%) — (1,842.89%) 32.36% —

Updated 5 November 2026