Aerospace and defense stocks with the highest profit margins

Ranked

44

of 70 aerospace and defense stocks we cover

Median

5.0%

Highest

21.3%

TDG

Range

−78.6% to 21.3%

#	Company	Net margin	Operating margin	Revenue growth (TTM)	Market cap
1	TDGTransDigm	21.3%	46.0%	+16.6%	$61.1B
2	HWMHowmet Aerospace	20.5%	27.4%	+18.1%	$74.1B
3	PKEPark Aerospace	18.4%	21.1%	+27.7%	$566.2M
4	GEGE Aerospace	17.5%	n/m	+19.6%	$296.4B
5	HEIHEICO	16.4%	24.0%	+20.7%	$41.6B
6	FTAIFTAI Aviation	15.9%	23.9%	+45.3%	$15.9B
7	CWCurtiss-Wright	14.8%	18.8%	+10.5%	$17.2B
8	WWDWoodward	13.2%	15.6%	+22.3%	$17.9B
9	LOARLoar	11.6%	21.9%	+29.8%	$5.8B
10	NOCNorthrop Grumman	10.5%	10.7%	+5.9%	$78.3B
11	DRSLeonardo DRS	8.5%	10.5%	+10.5%	$9.2B
12	ATROAstronics	8.4%	13.4%	+14.5%	$2.5B
13	LMTLockheed Martin	8.2%	11.8%	+7.9%	$139.4B
14	GDGeneral Dynamics	8.2%	10.3%	+9.1%	$94.5B
15	NPKNational Presto Industries	7.9%	9.6%	+20.9%	$1.1B
16	KRMNKarman	6.3%	16.8%	+50.2%	$4.9B
17	AXONAxon Enterprise	6.2%	0.7%	+34.6%	$34.1B
18	TXTTextron	6.1%	6.7%	+8.8%	$13.2B
19	MAMOMassimo	6.0%	7.9%	−17.4%	$39.5M
20	AIRAAR	5.5%	8.2%	+22.0%	$3.8B
21	SAROStandardAero	5.1%	9.5%	+12.6%	$7.2B
22	CVUCPI Aerostructures	5.1%	8.2%	+2.6%	$64.4M
23	HIIHuntington Ingalls Industries	5.0%	5.3%	+14.0%	$10.8B
24	HOGHarley-Davidson	4.8%	5.0%	−5.2%	$3B
25	SWBISmith & Wesson Brands	4.4%	6.6%	+17.0%	$614.8M
26	SIFSifco Industries	4.0%	5.2%	+18.8%	$126M
27	BABoeing	2.6%	4.9%	+24.8%	$148.9B
28	RGRSturm Ruger	2.1%	1.0%	+7.6%	$726.5M
29	KTOSKratos Defense & Security Solutions	2.0%	1.2%	+25.5%	$7.3B
30	THOThor Industries	1.8%	2.1%	+0.3%	$3.6B
31	WGOWinnebago Industries	1.3%	2.4%	−3.4%	$814.9M
32	MBUUMalibu Boats	0.2%	0.3%	+13.3%	$433.5M
33	MCFTMasterCraft Boat	−0.5%	−0.3%	+22.8%	$479.5M
34	DCODucommun	−2.5%	−1.7%	+9.2%	$2.4B
35	PIIPolaris	−3.5%	−2.6%	+8.4%	$3.1B
36	NXBNextBoat	−5.4%	−3.6%	+31.5%	$42M
37	WNCWABASH NATIONAL	−5.5%	−5.6%	−17.3%	$524.3M
38	AVAVAeroVironment	−10.1%	−12.6%	+84.4%	$6.3B
39	FOXFFox Factory	−20.4%	−18.3%	+1.6%	$633.4M
40	RKLBRocket Lab USA	−21.5%	−29.1%	+52.5%	$31.5B
41	AIROAIRO	−23.9%	−20.2%	+6.9%	$149.9M
42	LUNRIntuitive Machines	−26.6%	−27.5%	+116.9%	$2.4B
43	RDWRedwire	−57.3%	−50.5%	+63.1%	$2.1B
44	VOYGVoyager Technologies	−78.6%	−88.5%	+10.6%	$1.5B

Not ranked: 7 with a margin moved by items that are not sales, 3 with not a meaningful number, 2 with under $50M of revenue, 1 with a quarter missing. 13 companies whose data behind this number has a caveat are left out until it is checked.

A ranking of numbers, not a recommendation. A low multiple can be a bargain or a business in trouble: open the company to see which.