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Commercial aviation (manufacturers)

The 8 companies in this industry listed on the NYSE and Nasdaq are worth $708 bn combined; the largest are GE Aerospace (GE), Boeing (BA) and Howmet Aerospace (HWM). For each one: what it does, revenue, margin, free cash flow over the last five years and a score from 0 to 10.

Data as of October 2026

Comfortable leader
8 companies value 708 bn revenue 196 bn margin 9.4% free cash flow 15 bn avg. score 4.5
GE holds 45.4% of the group's value, 2.1x the runner-up · BA leads the industry without being the largest
Rank Ticker Company Share Value Revenue Margin FCF 5 years FCF/px Yield What it does · why it is here
1 GE GE Aerospace
United States · score 5.9
 45% 322 bn 53 bn 17.3% 8.0 bn 2.5% — Commercial and military aircraft engines · World's largest aircraft engine maker; decades of maintenance revenue
2 BA Boeing
United States · score 0.7
 21% 151 bn 94 bn 2.6% -0.2 bn -0.1% 0.2% Commercial airplanes, defense, space and security · Global commercial aircraft duopoly with Airbus; years-long order backlog
3 HWM Howmet Aerospace
United States · score 6.0
 12% 88 bn 9.1 bn 20.5% 1.8 bn 2.0% — Forged and machined parts for jet engines, and wheels · Leader in forged components and turbine blades; highest margin in the aerospace supply chain
4 TDG TransDigm Group
United States · score 3.2
 9% 63 bn 10 bn 21.3% 1.9 bn 3.1% 8.4% Proprietary aftermarket parts for aviation · ~90% of revenue from proprietary aftermarket parts, with rare pricing power
5 HONA Honeywell Aerospace
United States · score 4.8
 7% 52 bn 18 bn 11.1% 2.5 bn 4.8% — Mission-critical aerospace and defense systems · Spun off from Honeywell in Jun 2026; leader in avionics and APUs
6 WWD Woodward, Inc.
United States · score 5.8
 3% 19 bn 4.2 bn 13.2% 0.4 bn 1.9% — Designs and makes control systems for aerospace and industry · Colorado — revenue of $4.2bn
7 EMBJ EMBRAER S.A.
Brazil · score 5.6
 2% 13 bn 7.6 bn 4.7% 0.7 bn 5.2% 0.1% Commercial, business and military aircraft, from Brazil · Brazil — revenue of $7.6bn
8 SIF SIFCO INDUSTRIES INC
United States · score 4.2
 0% 0.1 bn 0.1 bn 4.0% 0.0 bn 2.6% — Forgings and machined components for aerospace and energy · Ohio — revenue of $99m

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