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BA vs LMT vs GD

161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
BA42.7
The Boeing Company
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
$190.21 +0.69%$150.3B mkt cap
Score DNA
LMT68.4
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
$552.09 +3.62%$127.4B mkt cap
Score DNA
GD66.1
General Dynamics Corporation
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
$344.23 +2.12%$93.1B mkt cap
Score DNA

Price, rebased to 100 three years ago

BA   LMT   GD   · weekly adjusted closes
80100120140160Jan 24Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26GD 147LMT 133BA 103
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry. n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.

Smart money

8 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
Insider open-market buys, 180d 1 0 0
Insider $ bought, 180d $0.30M — —
Congress purchases, 180d 0 1 0
Last Congress purchase — 2026-03-27 —
13F net change in holders +108 −141 −2
ETFs adding shares, 30d 956 992 962
ETFs trimming, 30d 704 756 710
Net ETF funds, 30d +252 +236 +252

Valuation

16 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
P/E (TTM) 61.7x
87th
20.3x
8th
20.8x
15th
PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) — — 2.03
67th
Price / sales 1.6x
16th
1.7x
20th
1.7x
22nd
Price / book 24.6x
96th
14.5x
87th
3.5x
47th
Price / tangible book — — 22.1x
68th
Price / free cash flow — 14.6x
17th
14.4x
11th
Price / operating cash flow 41.3x
82nd
12.2x
15th
12.1x
13th
Enterprise value $176.2B
96th
$144.2B
95th
$98.3B
93rd
EV / sales 1.9x
20th
1.9x
18th
1.8x
16th
EV / EBITDA 23.4x
64th
14.1x
26th
15.3x
29th
EV / EBIT 32.9x
69th
16.8x
21st
17.1x
23rd
EV / free cash flow — 16.5x
14th
15.2x
11th
Earnings yield 1.6%
38th
4.9%
95th
4.8%
89th
FCF yield -0.1%
31st
6.9%
89th
6.9%
93rd
Operating cash flow yield 2.4%
42nd
8.2%
89th
8.3%
91st
Graham number (per share) $23.11
39th
$152.39
84th
$190.07
95th

Profitability (TTM)

12 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
Gross margin 4.7%
2nd
11.8%
11th
15.4%
19th
EBITDA margin 8.0%
34th
13.3%
58th
11.7%
45th
Operating margin -5.4%
19th
11.9%
75th
10.3%
58th
EBIT margin 5.7%
34th
11.1%
60th
10.5%
57th
Net margin 2.6%
34th
8.2%
60th
8.2%
64th
NOPAT margin -5.0%
19th
10.1%
72nd
8.5%
62nd
FCF margin -0.2%
28th
11.3%
74th
11.8%
77th
Operating cash flow margin 3.9%
38th
13.5%
70th
14.0%
74th
R&D / revenue 3.9%
71st
0.9%
40th
0.9%
42nd
SG&A / revenue 6.2%
19th
0.0%
0th
5.0%
17th
Stock comp / revenue 0.4%
19th
0.4%
24th
0.4%
20th
Effective tax rate 7.5%
4th
15.3%
20th
17.6%
35th

Returns on capital

11 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
ROE (on average equity) 173.6%
96th
89.2%
94th
17.8%
71st
ROA 1.5%
31st
10.4%
91st
7.7%
67th
ROIC -14.7%
16th
30.4%
96th
14.6%
76th
ROCE 9.5%
56th
22.2%
98th
13.9%
76th
Return on tangible assets 3.3%
35th
14.1%
91st
9.8%
67th
Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) 11.4%
59th
40.8%
96th
24.1%
87th
Gross profitability (GP / assets) 2.7%
9th
14.5%
49th
14.0%
45th
ROIC, 3-yr average -20.0%
3rd
28.3%
100th
11.5%
82nd
ROIC, 5-yr average — 31.7%
98th
12.3%
71st
ROE, 5-yr average — 75.4%
98th
17.3%
85th
Incremental ROIC 264.2%
96th
179.6%
92nd
61.7%
70th

Growth

17 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
Revenue growth (TTM YoY) 24.8%
63rd
7.2%
10th
9.1%
20th
Revenue growth (QoQ) 10.5%
55th
11.3%
56th
4.5%
27th
Revenue CAGR, 3 yr 8.5%
28th
4.6%
15th
10.3%
37th
Revenue CAGR, 5 yr 8.8%
40th
2.9%
12th
7.3%
26th
Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr -3.2%
7th
2.0%
14th
8.6%
31st
Operating income CAGR, 3 yr — 2.0%
18th
10.3%
29th
Net income growth (TTM YoY) — 49.5%
58th
9.8%
17th
Net income CAGR, 3 yr — -3.8%
10th
10.0%
33rd
EPS growth (TTM YoY) — 51.6%
64th
8.7%
17th
EPS CAGR, 3 yr — -0.8%
17th
10.2%
37th
EPS CAGR, 5 yr — 1.2%
23rd
7.1%
38th
FCF growth (TTM YoY) — 162.2%
81st
56.1%
65th
FCF CAGR, 3 yr — 13.3%
27th
28.7%
64th
Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr -26.6%
0th
10.4%
24th
23.0%
52nd
Book value CAGR, 3 yr — 1.4%
30th
11.4%
59th
Dividend CAGR, 3 yr 18.7%
97th
4.0%
62nd
1.8%
34th
Sustainable growth rate 149.0%
100th
44.1%
92nd
11.3%
47th

Margin history & stability

7 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
Gross margin, 3-yr average 4.6%
0th
10.7%
7th
15.5%
17th
Operating margin, 3-yr average -6.7%
15th
10.7%
67th
10.2%
63rd
Net margin, 3-yr average -5.4%
15th
7.8%
63rd
8.1%
65th
FCF margin, 3-yr average -6.4%
20th
8.6%
67th
8.3%
65th
Revenue stability (0-1) 0.81
29th
0.84
38th
0.92
56th
Earnings stability (0-1) 0.23
19th
0.07
4th
0.85
81st
Margin stability (0-1) 0.33
13th
0.83
38th
0.96
81st

Liquidity (latest quarter)

7 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
Cash & short-term investments $20.0B
100th
$3.8B
93rd
$4.3B
95th
Net cash (− = net debt) −$25.9B
4th
−$16.7B
5th
−$5.1B
13th
Working capital $15.1B
100th
$4.6B
95th
$8.3B
98th
Current ratio 1.14
5th
1.19
11th
1.44
18th
Quick ratio 0.33
0th
1.01
18th
0.96
13th
Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) 0.18
20th
0.16
13th
0.23
31st
Defensive interval (days) 1,280 days
74th
— 2,105 days
87th

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

13 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
Total debt $45.9B
100th
$20.5B
95th
$9.5B
87th
Debt / equity 7.52
96th
2.34
91st
0.35
36th
Net debt / equity 4.24
96th
1.91
92nd
0.19
42nd
Debt / assets 27.7%
62nd
32.9%
71st
15.8%
33rd
Debt / capital 88.3%
96th
70.1%
91st
26.1%
36th
Debt / EBITDA 6.08
93rd
2.00
43rd
1.47
21st
Net debt / EBITDA 3.43
81st
1.63
43rd
0.80
29th
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) 2.1x
25th
7.7x
65th
22.5x
94th
Cash interest coverage 1.4x
29th
9.4x
73rd
30.2x
96th
Debt payback (years of OCF) 12.6 yrs
90th
2.0 yrs
28th
1.2 yrs
21st
Liabilities / assets 96.3%
96th
86.0%
89th
55.4%
56th
IS credit model rating B- A AA+
Implied credit spread (bps) 900
93rd
150
35th
65
5th

Efficiency

11 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
Asset turnover 0.59
49th
1.27
95th
0.94
78th
Fixed asset turnover 5.76
57th
6.76
70th
7.24
74th
Inventory turnover 1.0
0th
16.8
82nd
4.9
60th
Receivables turnover 28.0
100th
7.1
61st
18.3
98th
Days sales outstanding 13 days
2nd
51 days
40th
20 days
4th
Days inventory outstanding 359 days
100th
22 days
18th
75 days
40th
Days payables outstanding 52 days
71st
23 days
2nd
23 days
9th
Cash conversion cycle (days) 320 days
98th
50 days
33rd
71 days
38th
Capex / revenue 4.1%
58th
2.2%
23rd
2.3%
26th
Capex / depreciation 1.75
72nd
0.99
43rd
1.80
74th
Operating expense ratio 9.5%
23rd
— 5.1%
2nd

Cash flow & earnings quality

7 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
Operating cash flow / net income 1.49
64th
1.65
74th
1.72
79th
FCF / net income −0.09
13th
1.39
74th
1.44
79th
FCF / operating cash flow -5.8%
3rd
83.9%
68th
83.7%
66th
Capex / operating cash flow 105.8%
97th
16.1%
32nd
16.3%
34th
Accruals ratio -0.8%
64th
-6.8%
16th
-5.5%
25th
Sloan accruals ratio -6.9%
18th
5.4%
69th
1.5%
64th
Earnings quality score (0-1) 1.00
49th
0.75
23rd
0.75
23rd

Dividends & buybacks

9 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
Dividend yield 0.0%
0th
2.5%
98th
1.8%
89th
Dividend per share (TTM) $0.00
0th
$13.80
100th
$6.27
96th
Payout ratio (dividends / net income) 14.2%
51st
50.5%
90th
36.6%
79th
Dividends / FCF — 36.4%
86th
25.5%
67th
Dividend growth (YoY) 108.8%
100th
4.1%
41st
3.9%
38th
Buyback yield 0.0%
51st
1.4%
78th
1.0%
71st
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) 0.3%
43rd
3.9%
93rd
2.8%
81st
Share count change (YoY) 4.6%
65th
-1.4%
8th
1.1%
54th
Buybacks, last 5 years $0
0th
$13.3B
98th
$6.9B
96th

Scores & forensic checks

15 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
IS score 43
33rd
68
84th
66
80th
IS profitability 25
42nd
49
73rd
39
64th
IS growth 97
100th
72
59th
54
24th
IS value 32
15th
46
62nd
52
85th
IS momentum 100
96th
89
69th
81
53rd
IS risk (safety) 30
7th
80
29th
100
44th
IS quality 45
27th
67
56th
77
91st
IS balance sheet 34
18th
42
29th
71
75th
IS earnings quality 84
100th
82
95th
68
55th
IS cash flow 35
40th
71
82nd
75
93rd
Piotroski F-score (0-9) 6
31st
9
100th
8
84th
Altman Z-score 1.6
9th
3.4
35th
4.3
45th
Beneish M-score −2.16
72nd
−3.70
4th
−2.78
22nd
Ohlson O-score −6.69
73rd
−6.99
65th
−8.85
22nd
IS credit score 22
4th
74
65th
92
89th

Per share

7 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
EPS, diluted (TTM) $3.08
60th
$27.20
96th
$16.39
93rd
Book value per share $7.71
33rd
$37.94
69th
$97.98
95th
Tangible book per share −$16.40
7th
−$18.75
5th
$17.09
78th
Revenue per share $118.82
82nd
$333.29
98th
$200.37
95th
FCF per share −$0.27
29th
$37.77
100th
$23.55
95th
Operating cash flow per share $4.60
64th
$45.01
100th
$28.14
95th
Cash per share $25.31
98th
$16.40
95th
$15.83
91st

Size (TTM)

8 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
Market cap $150.3B
96th
$127.4B
95th
$93.1B
93rd
Revenue $94.0B
100th
$77.0B
96th
$54.9B
95th
EBITDA $7.5B
95th
$10.3B
96th
$6.4B
91st
Net income $2.4B
91st
$6.3B
96th
$4.5B
93rd
Free cash flow −$210.0M
16th
$8.7B
98th
$6.4B
95th
Total assets $165.9B
98th
$62.5B
95th
$60.2B
93rd
Shareholders' equity $6.1B
87th
$8.8B
91st
$26.8B
98th
Employees 182,000
100th
123,000
96th
117,000
95th

Price performance

9 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
1 day +0.7% +3.6% +2.1%
1 week −0.2% +8.3% +3.9%
1 month −3.5% +2.6% −3.3%
3 months −9.3% +8.3% −7.1%
6 months −14.9% −6.8% +2.4%
Year to date −16.6% +11.6% +0.6%
1 year −11.2% +11.4% +3.7%
3 years, cumulative −3.1% +34.5% +50.7%
5 years, cumulative −16.1% +75.2% +85.5%

Technicals

4 measures
MeasureBALMTGD
RSI 14 43.3 64.8 53.1
From 52-week high −25.3% −20.2% −13.9%
From 52-week low +7.5% +26.2% +12.2%
Beta 1.26 0.10 0.33
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