Industry

Aerospace & Defense stocks

47 Aerospace & Defense companies have a page on Investingly, worth $1.53T together. The largest is GE Aerospace (GE) at $329.7B.

The median company trades at 34.1 times earnings, keeps 10.1% of revenue as operating profit and grew revenue 19.8% over the last year.

Firefly Aerospace grew revenue fastest (+657%); Transdigm Group has the widest operating margin (46%); 22 of them pay a dividend (median yield 0.8%).

Companies47
Total market cap$1.53T
Median P/E34.1x
Median operating margin10.1%
Median revenue growth+19.8%
Median dividend yield0.8%

Aerospace & Defense companies, largest first

#CompanyMarket capP/EP/FCFRevenue growthOperating marginROEDividend yield
1 GE AerospaceGE $329.7B39.2x45.4x+21.1%18.1%50.9%—
2 Raytheon Technologies CorpRTX $245.4B34.2x30.9x+14.5%11.2%11.7%1.6%
3 The Boeing CompanyBA $137.5B68.7x—+8.0%4.9%39.9%0.25%
4 Lockheed Martin CorporationLMT $119.0B25.0x17.2x+10.5%11.9%71.7%2.7%
5 General Dynamics CorporationGD $89.3B20.8x22.5x+10.3%10.2%16.6%1.8%
6 Howmet Aerospace IncHWM $83.5B48.6x58.4x+24.1%27.4%32.6%—
7 Northrop Grumman CorporationNOC $66.9B14.8x20.2x+5.1%10.7%25.1%2.0%
8 Transdigm Group IncorporatedTDG $62.4B34.8x34.4x+22.5%46.0%——
9 L3Harris Technologies IncLHX $44.6B26.0x16.6x+8.4%10.3%9.4%2.1%
10 Heico CorporationHEI $41.7B59.1x48.4x+23.1%24.0%17.1%—
11 Rocket Lab USA Inc.RKLB $41.1B——+62.0%-29.1%-4.7%—
12 Axon Enterprise Inc.AXON $36.2B181.9x482.4x+35.3%0.74%5.4%—
13 Elbit Systems LtdESLT $30.3B57.6x50.7x+16.3%8.5%12.9%—
14 Woodward IncWWD $18.6B37.5x54.8x+21.2%—22.3%—
15 Curtiss-Wright CorporationCW $18.0B35.6x32.5x+5.4%18.8%19.5%—
16 FTAI Aviation Ltd.FTAI $15.4B29.8x—+40.9%23.9%118.2%0.97%
17 BWX Technologies IncBWXT $12.9B37.3x43.8x+18.0%12.1%26.6%0.76%
18 Textron IncTXT $12.4B13.7x14.1x+3.0%—11.6%0.15%
19 Embraer S.A.EMBJ $12.3B148.2x31.7x+18.5%8.0%10.2%—
20 Moog IncMOG-A $11.4B40.5x88.5x+15.2%13.3%17.0%0.33%
21 Huntington Ingalls Industries IncHII $10.1B16.7x12.8x+10.9%5.3%12.4%2.2%
22 Leonardo DRS, Inc. Common StockDRS $9.4B33.1x41.6x+10.1%10.5%11.5%—
23 Kratos Defense & Security SolutionsKTOS $8.1B253.8x—+30.5%1.2%0.90%—
24 CAE Inc.CAE $7.5B27.3x16.7x+9.9%15.5%8.3%—
25 AeroVironment IncAVAV $6.8B——+5.7%-12.6%-4.6%—
26 StandardAero, Inc.SARO $6.6B22.7x28.3x+4.6%9.5%11.8%—
27 Planet Labs PBCPL $6.4B—110.4x+58.1%-27.2%-63.8%—
28 Hexcel CorporationHXL $6.1B53.7x19.9x+8.0%11.5%11.8%0.89%
29 Loar Holdings Inc.LOAR $5.6B83.6x56.0x+39.4%21.9%5.7%—
30 VSE CorporationVSEC $4.4B53.9x765.0x+65.0%9.2%2.6%0.21%
31 Karman Holdings Inc.KRMN $4.3B139.4x—+58.2%16.8%8.8%—
32 Beta Technologies, Inc.BETA $4.2B——+145.7%-1129.3%-53.1%—
33 AAR CorpAIR $3.9B21.5x2775.0x+24.1%8.2%11.1%—
34 Archer Aviation IncACHR $3.5B————-42.3%—
35 Firefly Aerospace Inc. Common StockFLY $3.3B——+656.9%-118.0%-29.7%—
36 Redwire CorpRDW $2.3B——+89.6%-50.5%-15.0%—
37 Astronics CorporationATRO $2.3B34.0x52.4x+27.0%13.4%39.9%—
38 V2X IncVVX $2.2B24.7x12.7x+16.5%4.2%8.1%—
39 Voyager Technologies, Inc.VOYG $2.0B——+15.5%-88.5%-42.0%—
40 Intuitive Machines Inc. LUNR $2.0B——+304.3%-28.0%——
41 National Presto Industries IncNPK $1.1B25.3x—+21.7%9.6%10.4%—
42 Cadre Holdings IncCDRE $1.0B27.8x17.6x+31.8%10.1%10.4%1.6%
43 Red Cat Holdings IncRCAT $835M——+527.2%-150.2%-20.7%—
44 Eve Holding IncEVEX $526M————-936.6%—
45 T3 Defense Inc.DFNS $256M0.79x—————
46 Coda Octopus Group IncCODA $116M27.7x19.2x+9.2%20.1%8.0%—
47 Byrna Technologies IncBYRN $102M12.5x—-45.7%-11.3%-16.0%—

Medians use companies with a value for that measure; P/E only counts companies with positive earnings. Every company links to its page with the reverse DCF, insider buying and 13F holders.

Questions

What are the largest Aerospace & Defense stocks?

By market value: GE Aerospace (GE), Raytheon Technologies (RTX), Boeing (BA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), General Dynamics (GD).

What is the average P/E ratio of Aerospace & Defense stocks?

The median Aerospace & Defense company on Investingly trades at 34.1 times trailing earnings (companies with positive earnings only).

How many Aerospace & Defense stocks pay a dividend?

22 of 47, with a median yield of 0.8%.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026. Statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice.