INDUSTRY
Aerospace & Defense Industry Stocks
The Aerospace & Defense industry includes 89 US-listed companies on StockSifting — NYSE and NASDAQ stocks that sit within the broader Industrials sector of the American equity market. A review of these businesses highlights recurring competitive themes such as Aircraft, Space, Commercial, Components, Control, which typically drive revenue growth, margin expansion, and capital allocation decisions across this industry. Names like GE Aerospace, RTX Corporation, The Boeing Company, and Lockheed Martin Corporation show how companies in the Aerospace & Defense space compete through differentiated strategies including scale advantages, specialised IP, pricing power, distribution networks, and technology platforms. For US investors, this industry-level view is one of the most efficient ways to compare P/E ratios, ROCE, ROE, dividend yield, market cap, and 52-week trading ranges across true peers — companies that face the same macro drivers, regulatory environment, and end-market demand. Use the table below to rank all Aerospace & Defense stocks by any fundamental metric and identify which US-listed companies in this industry offer the best combination of quality, value, and growth for your portfolio.
About the Aerospace & Defense industry
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89 Companies in Aerospace & Defense
Compare US-listed companies by price, P/E ratio, market cap, dividend yield, ROCE, ROE, and 52-week high-low range.
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| S.No.↑ | Company Name↕ | Price↕ | P/E↕ | Market Cap↕ | Div Yield↕ | ROCE↕ | ROE↕ | 52 Week High↕ | 52 Week Low↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GE Aerospace | $328 | 39.21 | $338.34 B | 0.57% | 9.52% | 46.22% | $348.48 | $232.24 |
| 2 | RTX Corporation | $180.99 | 33.59 | $243.74 B | 1.63% | 8.28% | 11.23% | $214.5 | $135.43 |
| 3 | The Boeing Company | $215.45 | 75.54 | $171.31 B | 0.2% | -9.01% | 143.62% | $254.35 | $176.77 |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $523.76 | 25.16 | $120.58 B | 2.66% | 21.18% | 74.53% | $692 | $410.11 |
| 5 | Elbit Systems Ltd. | $823.36 | 65.46 | $111.69 B | 0% | — | 14.4% | $309,500 | $100,000 |
| 6 | Howmet Aerospace Inc. | $251.9 | 57.79 | $100.79 B | 0.19% | 22.48% | 33.12% | $280.74 | $165.51 |
| 7 | General Dynamics Corporation | $346.44 | 21.42 | $92.99 B | 1.86% | 13.24% | 17.41% | $369.7 | $268.1 |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | $544.4 | 17.01 | $77.85 B | 1.81% | 11.41% | 28.05% | $774 | $472.02 |
| 9 | TransDigm Group Incorporated | $1,238.74 | 33.04 | $68.8 B | 7.69% | 20.21% | 37.11% | $1,623.83 | $1,123.61 |
| 10 | Rocket Lab Corporation | $110.08 | — | $63.72 B | — | -11.5% | -12.26% | $151 | $25.24 |
| 11 | L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | $307.83 | 33.11 | $57.35 B | 1.61% | 6.33% | 8.87% | $379.23 | $237.56 |
| 12 | Axon Enterprise, Inc. | $486.12 | 190.22 | $39.18 B | — | -1.12% | 6.57% | $885.92 | $339.01 |
| 13 | HEICO Corporation | $331.43 | 49.19 | $38.84 B | 0.07% | 13.29% | 17.82% | $361.69 | $256.11 |
| 14 | HEICO Corporation | $243.5 | 49.19 | $38.84 B | 0.07% | 13.29% | 17.82% | $361.69 | $256.11 |
| 15 | HEICO Corporation | $224.04 | 44.45 | $31.26 B | 0% | — | 0.17% | $279.66 | $199.35 |
| 16 | FTAI Aviation Ltd. | $234.05 | 44.75 | $24.01 B | 0.72% | 19.37% | 181.39% | $323.51 | $108.47 |
| 17 | Woodward, Inc. | $357.74 | 40.59 | $20.86 B | 0.32% | 12.86% | 20.25% | $407 | $227 |
| 18 | BWX Technologies, Inc. | $185.95 | 49.48 | $17.05 B | 0.57% | 9.02% | 27.91% | $241.82 | $127.51 |
| 19 | Textron Inc. | $91.08 | 17.02 | $15.9 B | 0.09% | 7.27% | 12.13% | $101.57 | $73.97 |
| 20 | Leonardo DRS, Inc. | $46.15 | 42.45 | $12.31 B | 0.77% | 10.69% | 10.79% | $49.31 | $32.43 |
| 21 | Moog Inc. | $368.25 | 37.74 | $11.66 B | 0.32% | 12.39% | 14.96% | $381.37 | $171.11 |
| 22 | Moog Inc. | $320.25 | 37.74 | $11.66 B | 0.32% | 12.39% | 14.96% | $381.37 | $171.11 |
| 23 | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | $293.04 | 19.18 | $11.61 B | 1.87% | 6.3% | 12.05% | $460 | $215.05 |
| 24 | Planet Labs PBC | $32.22 | — | $11.48 B | — | -14.06% | -69.61% | $51.76 | $4.9 |
| 25 | Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. | $58.52 | 387.16 | $11.38 B | — | 1.28% | 1.26% | $134 | $37.9 |
| 26 | Moog Inc. | $321 | 36.23 | $10.17 B | 0% | — | 0.14% | $344.41 | $177.98 |
| 27 | Moog Inc. | $318.94 | 36.12 | $10.1 B | 0% | — | 0.14% | $354.2 | $171.11 |
| 28 | Embraer S.A. | $56.68 | 29.73 | $9.93 B | 0% | 7.46% | 9.23% | $105.5 | $63.91 |
| 29 | AeroVironment, Inc. | $185.92 | — | $9.74 B | — | 6.24% | -6.41% | $417.86 | $156 |
| 30 | CAE Inc. | $25.5 | 35.61 | $8.02 B | — | 7.17% | 6.12% | $47.65 | $31.42 |
| 31 | Mercury Systems, Inc. | $111.27 | — | $6.87 B | — | -0.49% | -0.96% | $118.57 | $48.75 |
| 32 | Hexcel Corporation | $89.16 | 57.39 | $6.76 B | 0.8% | 7.21% | 8.35% | $98.26 | $53.87 |
| 33 | Karman Holdings Inc. | $49.44 | 218.71 | $6.55 B | — | 9.64% | 7.89% | $118.38 | $42.7 |
| 34 | Intuitive Machines, Inc. | $29.36 | — | $6.37 B | — | -13.8% | -1.03% | $46.75 | $7.78 |
| 35 | Loar Holdings Inc. | $63.29 | 89.24 | $6.07 B | — | 6.06% | 5.86% | $91.19 | $53.15 |
| 36 | Firefly Aerospace Inc. | $36.1 | — | $5.93 B | — | -16.18% | -53.22% | $73.8 | $16 |
| 37 | MDA Space Ltd. | $38.33 | 75.19 | $5.69 B | — | 7.74% | 7.24% | $67.9 | $20.85 |
| 38 | VSE Corporation | $180.56 | 99.31 | $4.94 B | 0.23% | 6.63% | 3.28% | $232.61 | $123.69 |
| 39 | AAR Corp. | $116.65 | 27.14 | $4.64 B | — | 7.85% | 12.07% | $127.21 | $64.99 |
| 40 | Archer Aviation Inc. | $5.54 | — | $4.21 B | — | -30.88% | -38.99% | $14.62 | $4.8 |
| 41 | York Space Systems, Inc. | $29.14 | — | $3.95 B | — | -4.56% | -8.36% | $44.54 | $16.93 |
| 42 | Redwire Corporation | $18.45 | — | $3.67 B | — | -13.43% | -27.32% | $26.64 | $4.87 |
| 43 | Astronics Corporation | $84.72 | 68.12 | $3.09 B | — | 13.51% | 26.6% | $90.65 | $27.27 |
| 44 | Voyager Technologies, Inc. | $41.55 | — | $2.66 B | — | -11.83% | -25.84% | $73.95 | $17.41 |
| 45 | V2X, Inc. | $84.94 | 29.21 | $2.59 B | — | 8.58% | 8.19% | $85.01 | $43.76 |
| 46 | Ducommun Incorporated | $149.89 | — | $2.25 B | — | 7.67% | -5.14% | $156.32 | $72 |
| 47 | Red Cat Holdings, Inc. | $12.68 | — | $1.93 B | — | -25.73% | -36.24% | $18.78 | $5.77 |
| 48 | Cadre Holdings, Inc. | $30.01 | 34.84 | $1.28 B | 1.32% | 11.28% | 11.11% | $48.76 | $25.73 |
| 49 | Satellogic Inc. | $7.12 | — | $1.06 B | — | -24.08% | 50.36% | $12 | $1.25 |
| 50 | Eve Holding, Inc. | $2.86 | — | $996.15 M | — | -72.68% | -258.98% | $7.7 | $2.34 |
| 51 | National Presto Industries, Inc. | $132.61 | 30.01 | $963.33 M | 0.76% | 10.58% | 8.32% | $149.86 | $85.45 |
| 52 | Merlin, Inc. | $8.6 | 138.16 | $830.11 M | — | -216.05% | 2.41% | $17 | $5.78 |
| 53 | Park Aerospace Corp. | $32.5 | 60.2 | $678.53 M | 1.52% | 8.33% | 10.08% | $38.2 | $13.53 |
| 54 | Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. | $14.82 | 54.98 | $659.4 M | 3.43% | 4.33% | 3.28% | $15.79 | $7.73 |
| 55 | Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. | $38.77 | — | $620.25 M | 0.99% | -4.22% | -4.24% | $48.21 | $28.33 |
| 56 | TAT Technologies Ltd. | $44.01 | 35.01 | $574.5 M | — | 9.76% | 9.47% | $64.5 | $25.52 |
| 57 | Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. | $4.38 | — | $440.99 M | — | -46.43% | -105.02% | $8.9 | $2.13 |
| 58 | Starfighters Space, Inc. | $8.3 | — | $422.74 M | — | 69.88% | -66.44% | $31.5 | $4.39 |
| 59 | Sidus Space, Inc. | $4.21 | — | $380.47 M | — | -66.79% | -82.98% | $6.79 | $0.63 |
| 60 | Vertical Aerospace Ltd. | $2.16 | 1.1 | $367.69 M | — | 108.01% | -271.18% | $7.6 | $1.9 |
| 61 | Innovative Aerosystems, Inc. | $17.3 | 18.49 | $315.27 M | — | 23.15% | 26% | $30.94 | $8.13 |
| 62 | AIRO Group Holdings, Inc. | $8.29 | — | $260.68 M | — | -3.87% | -2.44% | $39.07 | $5.71 |
| 63 | Outdoor Holding Company | $1.99 | — | $233.4 M | 1.26% | -25.38% | -1.22% | $2.23 | $1.08 |
| 64 | Momentus Inc. | $14.91 | — | $148.99 M | — | 586.85% | -73.36% | $43.55 | $3.11 |
| 65 | VisionWave Holdings, Inc. | $5.24 | — | $140.14 M | — | 57.15% | -0.2% | $18.41 | $2.06 |
| 66 | Byrna Technologies Inc. | $5.92 | 15.22 | $134.3 M | — | 17.57% | 13.82% | $34.3 | $4.84 |
| 67 | Coda Octopus Group, Inc. | $11.8 | 32.08 | $133.06 M | — | 8.53% | 7.17% | $17.28 | $5.98 |
| 68 | SIFCO Industries, Inc. | $20.32 | 17.26 | $128.08 M | — | 0.37% | 19.42% | $22.5 | $2.95 |
| 69 | Safe Pro Group Inc. | $5.51 | — | $123.92 M | — | -176.33% | -119.17% | $9.16 | $2.39 |
| 70 | Optex Systems Holdings, Inc | $12.17 | 20.57 | $84.7 M | — | 27.97% | 16.73% | $17.76 | $8.42 |
| 71 | New Horizon Aircraft Ltd. | $2.26 | — | $81.08 M | — | -191.72% | -314.87% | $4.18 | $0.85 |
| 72 | GrabAGun Digital Holdings Inc. | $2.62 | — | $79.38 M | — | -3.81% | -4.79% | $21.4 | $2.49 |
| 73 | XTI Aerospace, Inc. | $1.81 | — | $73.88 M | — | -407.32% | -525.25% | $7.43 | $1.22 |
| 74 | Hyperscale Data, Inc. | $0.15 | — | $73.3 M | 12.4% | -685.12% | -132.5% | $5.28 | $0.11 |
| 75 | CPI Aerostructures, Inc. | $5.03 | 38.85 | $66.71 M | — | -0.34% | 6.74% | $5.4 | $2.02 |
| 76 | Mobilicom Limited | $5.89 | — | $62.63 M | — | -54.95% | -349.07% | $11.02 | $1.88 |
| 77 | T3 Defense Inc. | $0.31 | 0.21 | $18.56 M | — | 125.65% | -140.85% | $17.28 | $0.3 |
| 78 | ParaZero Technologies Ltd. | $0.67 | — | $17.35 M | — | -189.8% | -171.45% | $2.15 | $0.45 |
| 79 | Air Industries Group | $3.01 | — | $14.65 M | — | -1.63% | -7.38% | $4.17 | $2.55 |
| 80 | DEFSEC Technologies Inc. | $3.87 | — | $8.61 M | — | -90.77% | -142.44% | $20.5 | $2.29 |
| 81 | Nauticus Robotics, Inc. | $1.54 | — | $7.7 M | — | -222.6% | -504.73% | $87.12 | $1.5 |
| 82 | AEVEX Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Arxis, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | BETA Technologies, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Curtiss-Wright Corporation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | DUKE Robotics Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | HawkEye 360, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | StandardAero, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | The Elmet Group Co. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |