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Best Aerospace & Defense stocks by quality

Of the 60 stocks listed here, 4 reach the maximum quality score. The median valuation of the group comes out at 28.1 times its free cash flow. Among those with the maximum score, the cheapest is HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (009540.KS), at 7.6 times its free cash flow.

The Aerospace & Defense stocks with the highest scores from our fundamental analysis, ranked from best to worst quality, with their valuation (P/FCF). Click a stock for its full analysis.

#StockQuality scoreP/FCF
1Sika Interplant Systems Limited (SIKA.NS)10/1049.4x
2Curtiss-Wright Corp (CW)10/1045.6x
3Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (010140.KS)10/1013.7x
4HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. (009540.KS)10/107.6x
5Safran SA (SAF.PA)9/1035.4x
6RTX Corp (RTX)9/1023.9x
7Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L)9/1035.1x
8Rheinmetall AG (RHM.DE)9/1037.8x
9Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (KOG.OL)9/1027.9x
10Howmet Aerospace Inc (HWM)9/1068.2x
11Thales S.A. (HO.PA)9/1017.9x
12HEICO Corp (HEI.A)9/1044.3x
13Firan Technology Group Corporation (FTG.TO)9/1067.0x
14FACC AG (FACC.VI)9/109.8x
15Colt CZ Group SE (COLT.PR)9/108.0x
16Sogeclair SA (ALSOG.PA)9/106.3x
17HD Hyundai Marine Solution CO.,LTD. (443060.KS)9/1034.0x
18HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (329180.KS)9/1013.8x
19Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation (2645.TW)9/1021.3x
20SMAG Mobile Antenna Masts AG (1SMA.DE)9/1028.0x
21Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. (012450.KS)9/1025.9x
22Lubair Aviation Technology Co., Ltd. (001316.SZ)9/1020.1x
23Woodward Inc (WWD)8/1056.1x
24TransDigm Group Inc (TDG)8/1039.7x
25Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd. (SO7.SI)8/1028.2x
26Saab AB (publ) (SAAB-B.ST)8/1071.5x
27RENK Group AG (R3NK.DE)8/1047.0x
28Officina Stellare S.p.A. (OS.MI)8/10102.6x
29Moog Inc (MOG.B)8/1030.0x
30Moog Inc (MOG.A)8/1030.0x
31L3Harris Technologies Inc (LHX)8/1021.6x
32HEICO Corp (HEI)8/1040.1x
33Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE.NS)8/10n.d.
34PT Garuda Maintenance Facility Aero Asia Tbk (GMFI.JK)8/101.8x
35Exosens (EXENS.PA)8/1025.9x
36Exail Technologies (EXA.PA)8/1024.7x
37Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT)8/10146.9x
38Leonardo DRS Inc (DRS)8/1043.8x
39CSG N.V. (CSG.PR)8/10459.9x
40CSG N.V. (CSG.AS)8/1024.9x
41Coda Octopus Group Inc (CODA)8/1020.2x
42Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd. (BS6.SI)8/1043.1x
43Avio S.p.A. (AVIO.MI)8/1010.8x
44ASELSAN Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (ASELS.IS)8/10144.6x
45Dassault Aviation société anonyme (AM.PA)8/1013.5x
46Naikai Zosen Corporation (7018.T)8/101.6x
47Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (7014.T)8/109.7x
48CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) Company Limited (0317.HK)8/10n.d.
49Vincorion SE (V1NC.VI)7/9n.d.
50Vincorion SE (V1NC.DE)7/9n.d.
51TKMS AG & Co KGaA (TKMS.DE)7/96.4x
52VEEM Ltd (VEE.AX)7/1013.5x
53Unimech Aerospace and Manufacturing Limited (UNIMECH.NS)7/10332.3x
54Smith & Wesson Brands Inc (SWBI)7/106.7x
55Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (S63.SI)7/1029.6x
56QinetiQ Group plc (QQ.L)7/1017.6x
57Paras Defence and Space Technologies Limited (PARAS.NS)7/10n.d.
58Porto Aviation Group S.p.A. (PAG.MI)7/10n.d.
59Optex Systems Holdings Inc (OPXS)7/10120.3x
60National Presto Industries Inc (NPK)7/1039.8x

Our quality score judges how solid a business is across 10 objective financial criteria (profitability, free cash flow growth, share buybacks, debt, return on capital). The P/FCF (price to free cash flow) shows whether the stock is cheap or expensive. Full method: our methodology.

To place these multiples against sector averages, the reference public sector data is Aswath Damodaran's (NYU Stern).

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