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Defense and aerospace

The 12 companies in this industry listed on the NYSE and Nasdaq are worth $562 bn combined; the largest are RTX Corporation (RTX), Lockheed Martin (LMT) and General Dynamics (GD). 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
12 companies value 562 bn revenue 263 bn margin 8.0% free cash flow 29 bn avg. score 4.5
RTX holds 46.0% of the group's value, 2.0x the runner-up
Rank Ticker Company Share Value Revenue Margin FCF 5 years FCF/px Yield What it does · why it is here
1 RTX RTX Corporation
United States · score 6.3
 46% 259 bn 94 bn 8.3% 11 bn 4.4% 1.4% Pratt & Whitney engines, Collins avionics and Raytheon missiles · World's largest aerospace and defense supplier by revenue (missiles, engines, avionics)
2 LMT Lockheed Martin
United States · score 7.0
 23% 127 bn 77 bn 8.2% 8.7 bn 6.9% 2.5% F-35 fighters, missiles, satellites and defense systems · Largest pure-play US defense contractor; a practical monopoly on the F-35 fighter
3 GD General Dynamics
United States · score 7.2
 16% 92 bn 53 bn 8.5% 6.2 bn 6.7% 1.8% Gulfstream jets, submarines, combat vehicles and military IT · Nuclear submarines (Virginia/Columbia class) + Gulfstream jets
4 ESLT Elbit Systems
Israel · score 6.0
 6% 35 bn 7.9 bn 6.7% 0.6 bn 1.6% 0.3% Defense systems and military electronics, from Israel · Israeli defense electronics with a full international order book
5 TXT Textron
United States · score 5.8
 2% 13 bn 15 bn 6.1% 0.8 bn 5.8% 0.1% Cessna aircraft, Bell helicopters and defense systems · Cessna jets, Bell helicopters and defense systems
6 BWXT BWX Technologies, Inc.
United States · score 5.4
 2% 12 bn 3.5 bn 10.1% 0.3 bn 2.5% 0.8% Nuclear components and technologies for defense and energy · Virginia — revenue of $3.5bn
7 MOG-A MOOG INC.
United States · score 5.7
 2% 12 bn 4.3 bn 8.7% 0.3 bn 3.0% 0.3% Motion and fluid controls for aerospace, defense and industry · New York — revenue of $4.3bn
8 SAIC SAIC
United States · score 6.4
 1% 5.6 bn 7.4 bn 5.1% 0.6 bn 11.1% 1.2% Technology and engineering for the US government · Major systems integrator for defense and federal agencies
9 KRMN Karman Holdings Inc.
United States · score 1.3
 1% 4.5 bn 0.6 bn 6.3% -0.0 bn -0.6% — Mission-critical systems for missile, defense and space programs · California — revenue of $590m
10 AADX Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc.
United States · score 0.1
 0% 1.9 bn 0.6 bn -30.2% -0.1 bn — -6.9% — Vertically integrated design and manufacturing for space and defense · Alabama — revenue of $576m
11 CVU CPI AEROSTRUCTURES INC
United States · score 2.7
 0% 0.1 bn 0.1 bn 5.1% 0.0 bn -3.8% — Structures and integrated systems for aerospace and defense · New York — revenue of $74m
12 TPCS TECHPRECISION CORP
United States · score 0.0
 0% 0.1 bn 0.0 bn -3.7% 0.0 bn -5.8% — Large machined metal components and structures · Massachusetts — revenue of $33m

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