Aerospace & Defense industry stocks

The Aerospace & Defense industry has 82 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Industrials sector, with a combined market value of $1.60T. GE Aerospace (GE) is the largest at $323.7B, followed by RTX Corporation and The Boeing Company. The median Aerospace & Defense stock trades at 31.8× trailing earnings, above the market median of 18.1×, with a median net margin of 2.22% (market: 0.45%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 18.4%. 23 of the 82 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 1.01%.

Aerospace & Defense medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 31.8× 18.1×
P/S 3.6× 1.9×
P/B 2.6× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 32.0× 14.2×
EV/EBITDA 18.1× 11.0×
EV/Sales 3.4× 2.1×
Earnings yield 1.38% 1.20%
Free cash flow yield 0.21% 0.27%
Gross margin 25.5% 46.2%
Operating margin 4.54% 0.00%
Net margin 2.22% 0.45%
Free cash flow margin 1.43% 0.00%
Return on equity 6.43% 1.35%
Return on assets 2.70% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 1.56% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 18.4% 7.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 24.3% 13.7%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.73% 8.93%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.2× 0.1×
Current ratio 2.7× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 1.1× 0.6×
Dividend yield 0.90% 2.26%
Payout ratio 0.3× 0.3×
Market cap $2.2B $584.7M

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
GE GE Aerospace 323.72b 314.43 0.78% 36.73 17.72% 21.69% 0.56%
RTX RTX Corporation 251.96b 193.92 3.73% 33.73 8.28% 11.84% 1.45%
BA The Boeing Company 149.17b 190.20 0.78% 71.24 2.22% 24.78% —
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation 122.93b 552.09 3.65% 20.26 8.16% 7.20% 2.50%
GD General Dynamics Corporation 91.19b 344.25 2.14% 20.73 8.18% 9.13% 1.82%
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. 87.62b 220.96 0.57% 47.42 20.51% 18.08% 0.23%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation 70.98b 519.86 4.05% 16.48 10.48% 5.90% 1.84%
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated 62.70b 1,139.34 0.45% 34.57 19.09% 16.66% 0.00%
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc 44.78b 248.51 3.33% 24.95 8.11% 7.29% 1.99%
HEI Heico Corporation 36.66b 309.87 0.40% 50.97 16.38% 20.69% 0.08%
HEI.A Heico Corporation 36.55b 233.06 0.74% 38.33 16.38% 20.69% —
ESLT Elbit Systems Ltd. 34.76b 755.43 1.86% 55.22 7.44% 13.70% 0.50%
AXON Axon Enterprise, Inc 33.89b 390.29 (6.45%) 157.38 6.19% 34.60% —
RKLB Rocket Lab Corporation 33.06b 50.84 (7.98%) 0.00 (21.51%) 52.53% —
WWD Woodward, Inc. 19.68b 328.55 (1.42%) 35.52 13.17% 22.35% 0.38%
CW Curtiss-Wright Corporation 18.52b 502.32 0.17% 34.38 14.81% 10.54% 0.20%
FTAI FTAI Aviation Ltd. 17.31b 164.46 (2.43%) 35.29 15.34% 45.26% 1.03%
TXT Textron Inc. 12.92b 75.93 1.04% 14.33 6.12% 8.80% 0.11%
EMBJ Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica 12.83b 72.34 0.33% 29.29 5.35% 20.38% 1.16%
BWXT BWX Technologies, Inc. 12.57b 137.00 (0.15%) 35.31 10.11% 22.67% 0.77%
MOG.A Moog Inc. 11.57b 368.60 0.95% 30.97 8.73% 15.81% —
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 10.53b 272.00 1.79% 16.19 5.01% 13.97% 2.03%
DRS Leonardo DRS, Inc. 9.47b 35.47 0.00% 29.07 8.52% 10.46% —
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. 7.65b 40.42 (0.79%) 237.76 2.03% 25.50% —
SARO StandardAero, Inc. 6.95b 21.31 1.52% 21.53 5.12% 12.56% —
HXL Hexcel Corporation 6.80b 90.22 0.40% 45.11 7.76% 5.41% 0.79%
AVAV AeroVironment, Inc. 6.26b 121.41 (1.47%) 0.00 (10.13%) 84.44% —
LOAR Loar Holdings Inc. 5.88b 62.21 (0.84%) 86.40 11.60% 29.76% —
PL Planet Labs PBC 5.29b 13.49 (7.22%) 0.00 (95.13%) 44.12% —
MRCY Mercury Systems Inc 4.65b 74.27 (2.80%) 0.00 (3.02%) 7.85% —
VSEC VSE Corporation 4.53b 163.27 1.06% 51.83 5.53% 41.55% 0.24%
KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. 4.49b 34.68 2.30% 119.59 6.31% 50.23% —
BETA BETA Technologies, Inc. 4.40b 18.03 (4.10%) 0.00 (2,343.89%) — —
AIR AAR Corp. 3.94b 98.84 0.88% 20.08 5.55% 21.97% —
MOG.B Moog Inc. 3.66b 356.74 (3.15%) 29.98 8.73% 15.81% —
ACHR Archer Aviation Inc. 3.29b 4.07 (4.68%) 0.00 0.00% — —
FLY Firefly Aerospace, Inc. 2.98b 16.75 (6.06%) 0.00 (129.06%) 179.17% —
LUNR Intuitive Machines, Inc. 2.65b 10.74 (7.17%) 0.00 (26.77%) 116.89% —
ATRO Astronics Corporation 2.63b 61.53 (0.06%) 33.35 8.40% 14.49% —
DCO Ducommun Incorporated 2.58b 170.76 0.10% 0.00 (2.45%) 9.24% —
RDW Redwire Corporation 2.23b 8.38 (5.95%) 0.00 (60.67%) 63.10% —
VVX V2X, Inc. 2.15b 70.15 2.26% 23.94 1.88% 12.99% —
VOYG Voyager Technologies, Inc. 1.63b 25.20 (5.83%) 0.00 (78.61%) 10.63% —
CDRE Cadre Holdings, Inc. 1.11b 26.38 1.77% 30.32 5.26% 19.74% 1.50%
NPK National Presto Industries, Inc. 1.05b 149.05 1.15% 24.92 7.86% 20.88% 0.67%
RCAT Red Cat Holdings, Inc. 748.30m 4.72 (3.67%) 0.00 (136.27%) 1,977.49% —
RGR Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. 686.11m 43.38 1.02% 56.34 2.11% 7.64% 1.01%
SWBI Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. 634.93m 14.14 (0.14%) 26.19 4.44% 16.96% 3.68%
SATL Satellogic Inc. 631.87m 3.84 (6.57%) 0.00 (325.65%) 130.07% —
EVEX Eve Holding, Inc. 581.98m 1.62 (2.99%) 0.00 0.00% — —
PKE Park Aerospace Corp. 578.76m 26.31 0.15% 36.54 18.43% 27.71% 1.90%
TATT TAT Technologies Ltd. 418.67m 32.84 1.96% 20.40 11.26% 12.06% —
SPCE Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. 391.12m 2.43 (5.81%) 0.00 (23,867.44%) (38.87%) —
IA Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc. 338.12m 19.35 2.44% 18.08 20.50% 20.30% —
POWW Outdoor Holding Company 249.53m 2.18 1.40% 72.67 6.42% 9.74% —
EH EHang Holdings Limited Unsponsored ADR 219.49m 3.61 (7.44%) 0.00 (107.24%) (20.63%) —
AIRO AIRO Group Holdings, Inc. 173.24m 5.30 (3.46%) 0.00 (23.86%) 52.76% —
SIF SIFCO Industries, Inc. 133.21m 20.79 (2.39%) 31.81 4.00% 18.78% —
SIDU Sidus Space, Inc. 125.52m 1.19 (4.03%) 0.00 (970.23%) (32.60%) —
MRLN Merlin Inc 113.19m 1.10 (1.79%) 0.00 (3,463.45%) — —
CODA Coda Octopus Group Inc. 111.93m 9.93 0.10% 22.57 17.63% 17.48% —
BYRN Byrna Technologies Inc. 111.87m 4.85 1.46% 0.00 (9.21%) (13.42%) —
HOVR New Horizon Aircraft Ltd. 94.65m 1.38 (2.13%) 0.00 0.00% — —
SPAI Safe Pro Group Inc. 71.88m 3.30 (6.52%) 0.00 (499.97%) 92.57% —
OPXS Optex Systems Holdings Inc. 69.32m 9.82 (1.41%) 17.54 9.77% 0.81% —
FJET Starfighters Space, Inc. 69.29m 1.11 (11.90%) 0.00 0.00% — —
EVTL Vertical Aerospace Ltd. 68.65m 0.39 (4.88%) 0.00 0.00% — —
CVU CPI Aerostructures, Inc. 65.85m 4.94 (0.60%) 17.03 5.06% 2.59% —
MNTS Momentus Inc. 61.72m 2.61 (7.12%) 0.00 (930.73%) 323.98% —
PEW GrabAGun Digital Holdings Inc. 55.19m 1.84 (1.60%) 0.00 (7.00%) — —
MOB Mobilicom Limited Sponsored ADR 41.82m 2.99 (8.00%) 0.00 (97.95%) — —
LILMF Lilium N.V. 32.96m 0.00 0.00% 0.00 0.00% — —
XTIA XTI Aerospace, Inc. 30.79m 0.78 (2.50%) 0.00 (182.54%) 1,347.95% —
GPUS Hyperscale Data, Inc. 27.84m 0.14 (6.67%) 0.01 (78.15%) 28.38% —
DFNS T3 Defense Inc. 19.95m 4.82 (21.50%) 0.00 (1,634.66%) (47.31%) —
PRZO ParaZero Technologies Ltd. 15.46m 0.52 (1.89%) — — — —
DUKR DUKE Robotics Corp. 14.70m 4.46 3.96% 0.00 (444.87%) — —
AIRI Air Industries Group 12.27m 2.49 (1.58%) 0.00 (3.77%) (10.60%) —
VWAV visionwave holdings, inc. 9.62m 4.31 7.48% 0.00 0.00% — —
HLSQ Tessera Defense and Homeland Security Inc. 2.61m 0.22 (12.00%) 0.00 0.00% — —
KITT Nauticus Robotics, Inc. 1.98m 1.25 (1.57%) 0.00 (1,842.89%) 32.36% —
DFSC DEFSEC Technologies Inc. 1.95m 0.70 (4.11%) 0.00 (120.61%) 84.58% —

Updated 17 October 2026