Aerospace & Defense Stocks in the US

The largest Aerospace & Defense stocks in the US by market value are Space Exploration Technologies Corp. ($1.8T), GE Aerospace ($334.1B) and RTX Corporation ($255.7B), at prices of 6 Nov 2026.

• Space Exploration Technologies Corp.: $134.16 | market value $1.8T
• GE Aerospace: $323.31 | market value $334.1B | P/E 35.6
• RTX Corporation: $189.51 | market value $255.7B | P/E 29.8
• The Boeing Company: $173.45 | market value $137.5B | P/E 87.4
• Lockheed Martin Corporation: $566.79 | market value $130.9B | P/E 18.4
• General Dynamics Corporation: $354.02 | market value $95.5B | P/E 19.1
• Howmet Aerospace Inc.: $205.76 | market value $81.8B | P/E 43.9
• Northrop Grumman Corporation: $525.28 | market value $74.6B | P/E 15.2
• TransDigm Group Incorporated: $1,196.97 | market value $66.2B | P/E 38.8
• Honeywell Aerospace Inc.: $152.98 | market value $48.5B | P/E 22.4

The other 20 Aerospace & Defense companies are in the full list below.

Share price | market value | P/E, biggest first. Prices and market values as of 6 Nov 2026; ratios as in the score list below.

Ranked by the 4-Factor Sector Score (growth & earnings 35, capital efficiency 25, valuation 20, relative strength 20). Prices as of 6 Nov 2026.

The largest 15 of 30 listed US Aerospace & Defense companies are named here; all 30 are ranked in the scorecard. Every figure is equal-weighted across those companies and carries its own as-of date. One large company cannot set the reading.

1. Space Exploration Technologies Corp.$1.8T
2. GE Aerospace$334.1B
3. RTX Corporation$255.7B
4. The Boeing Company$137.5B
5. Lockheed Martin Corporation$130.9B
6. General Dynamics Corporation$95.5B
7. Howmet Aerospace Inc.$81.8B
8. Northrop Grumman Corporation$74.6B
9. TransDigm Group Incorporated$66.2B
10. Honeywell Aerospace Inc.$48.5B
11. L3Harris Technologies, Inc.$48.4B
12. HEICO Corporation$46.5B
13. Elbit Systems Ltd.$31.8B
14. Rocket Lab Corporation$31.8B
15. Axon Enterprise, Inc.$25.4B

The remaining 15 Aerospace & Defense companies are named and ranked in the scorecard.

61 Aerospace & Defense companies in the Aerospace & Defense industry group (every listed company) have a page on Sector Alpha, by market value as of 6 November 2026, and all 61 are listed below, largest first. The largest is GE Aerospace ($334.1 billion) and the smallest with a market value is Sidus Space, Inc.

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The line below covers up to 5.2 years and opens on the 5Y view; the buttons cut it shorter. Over the last two years (104 weeks) this industry is 37% ahead of S&P 500. Earnings across its companies grew 24% on average over the last four reported quarters.

Price and the fundamentals both up. 9 of 60 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months. 3 are 20% or more behind over a year while earnings grew 20% or more.

Not ahead of S&P 500 on the three-month view this week; 13 of the 57 companies in the industry index above their 200-day average (4 more than four weeks earlier); 9 of those 60 ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months (2 more than four weeks earlier); earnings rising at 45 of the 55 that report earnings.

Not ahead of S&P 500 yet, but 2 more stocks joined in four weeks, 7 → 9 of 60. Earnings confirming, 45 of 55 members have higher trailing twelve-month earnings than a year ago.

Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the gap between them tells the story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 60 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member set to 100 at the start and the industry taking the middle value, so a price line pulling away from flat bars means the market is paying more for the same earnings. A bar turns grey when that figure is lower than the quarter before. The rules are fixed and the same everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover or tap any point to read both values and the gap.

Aerospace & Defense has done worse than the S&P 500 by 7.7% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a shortfall of 9.7%. BETA Technologies, Inc. is the strongest against the sector itself at +39.2%.

Aerospace & Defense has done worse than the S&P 500 by 7.7% over 52 weeks and by 9.7% over 13 weeks. 5 of 30 companies we track are beating the S&P 500 on relative strength (how a share price has done against the index over recent months) (3 have no relative-strength reading yet), and 13 of the 27 with a long enough price history are ahead of the industry itself.

A score that ranks each company against the others in its industry. The four parts shown always add up to the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or old evidence affects only its own part, never as a hidden adjustment.

Lockheed Martin Corporation has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 81.1% evidence confidence.

Northrop Grumman Corporation scores well on valuation against its peers or its own history, but its earnings have not yet improved enough to back that up.

Ranked last: too little evidence (2 companies)

Under 60% of the evidence behind these scores is available, so they rank after every company above, whatever the score.

Moog Inc. has the strongest one-year price move in Aerospace & Defense at +51.2%. BETA Technologies, Inc. leads on relative strength against the S&P 500, at +26.5%. 5 of 30 companies we track are ahead of the index on that measure (3 have no relative-strength reading yet). Every line covers 313 weekly closes through 6 November 2026.

Price and relative strength

Price · same starting point: Every company, the sector's own index and S&P 500 all start level on the left edge of the window, so only the distance between the lines counts: the highest line has risen the most since then, and the chart at the top of this page is drawn the same way. It opens on one year; the buttons beside it stretch that to three or five.

RS vs S&P 500: How far ahead of or behind S&P 500 each company has been running, measured against its own recent average of that comparison, so the flat line at zero IS S&P 500: above it the company is beating the market, below it the market is beating the company. It opens on one year.

RS vs sector: The same measure taken against Aerospace & Defense itself instead of the whole market, so the flat line at zero is the sector: above it the company is beating its own peers, which is the sharper test of the two. It opens on one year.

Biggest one-year moves

Strongest against S&P 500

Strongest against the sector itself

RTX Corporation has the highest Revenue among the 30 Aerospace & Defense companies compared here, at $95,987 million. The Boeing Company is next at $94,913 million. BETA Technologies, Inc. has the highest Revenue growth at 86.2%, so level and change sit with different companies. 28 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Sep 2026.

What the numbers say: RTX Corporation is the largest at $95,987 million, 1.1% ahead of The Boeing Company. BETA Technologies, Inc.'s growth is 86.2% from a $54 million base, with 11 reported quarters out of the last 20. Fast growth from a smaller base is not yet the same as proven size.

What this means: RTX Corporation is the size to compare against; BETA Technologies, Inc. is the one growing fastest. The faster grower has to keep that growth and turn it into margin and returns before it counts as more than a fast start.

This conclusion weakens if: RTX Corporation's growth falls below BETA Technologies, Inc.'s for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.

Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.

Revenue · company comparison

Revenue · largest

Revenue growth · fastest growers

All-company data · latest reported quarter

In every all-company table on this page, each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above them use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.

Revenue shows both size and speed. A large company can absorb shocks and pay for wide distribution; faster growth can mean market-share gains, new capacity or stronger demand. The best sign is usually growth that lasts without hurting margins and returns.

TransDigm Group Incorporated has the highest OPM among the 30 Aerospace & Defense companies compared here, at 46%. Howmet Aerospace Inc. is next at 28.8%. BETA Technologies, Inc. has the highest Margin change at +180.3 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 30 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.

What the numbers say: TransDigm Group Incorporated leads opm at 46%; BETA Technologies, Inc. leads margin change at +180.3 percentage points.

What this means: TransDigm Group Incorporated sets the level to compare against; the company improving fastest needs another report to confirm the change.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.

Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.

Operating margin · company comparison

OPM · highest

Margin change · fastest expanders

All-company data · latest reported quarter

GE Aerospace has the highest Net profit among the 30 Aerospace & Defense companies compared here, at $9,124 million. RTX Corporation is next at $8,827 million. Hexcel Corporation has the highest Profit growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies.

What the numbers say: GE Aerospace earns the most, $9,124 million of profit over the last 12 months, 3.4% above RTX Corporation. Hexcel Corporation shows at least 100% on the scoring scale (144.3% in full) growth from a profit base of $171 million. A fast rate from a small base matters less than a large profit that keeps coming.

What this means: GE Aerospace sets the level to compare against; the company improving fastest needs another report to confirm the change.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.

Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.

Net profit · company comparison

Net profit · largest

Profit growth · fastest growers

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Howmet Aerospace Inc. has the highest ROCE among the 30 Aerospace & Defense companies compared here, at 24.6%. Lockheed Martin Corporation is next at 21.5%. The Boeing Company has the highest ROCE change at +16.9 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 30 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Sep 2026.

What the numbers say: Howmet Aerospace Inc. leads ROCE at 24.6%, 3.1 percentage points above Lockheed Martin Corporation. A high return reported once may be one good year; a high return reported year after year shows a lasting business.

What this means: Howmet Aerospace Inc. sets the level to compare against; the company improving fastest needs another report to confirm the change.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.

ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.

Return on capital · company comparison

ROCE · highest

ROCE change · fastest improvers

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Lockheed Martin Corporation has the lowest PEG among the 30 Aerospace & Defense companies compared here, at 0.32×. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. is next at 0.51×. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has the lowest P/E at −957.7×, so level and change sit with different companies. 18 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Sep 2026.

What the numbers say: Lockheed Martin Corporation has the lowest comparable PEG at 0.32×, 37.3% below Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. That would need today's multiple, the company's own history and steady growth to agree.

What this means: A low valuation is a reason to look closer at the business, not a conclusion on its own.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.

PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is worked out the same way every time, as the P/E on the last 12 months of reported earnings divided by that growth rate, never on expected earnings. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data feeds agreed. Where any of that fails the ratio is left out rather than printed: a P/E divided by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, is a number that looks precise and means nothing.

Valuation · company comparison