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GD vs HWM vs NOC

161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
GD66.1
General Dynamics Corporation
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
$344.23 +2.12%$93.1B mkt cap
Score DNA
HWM73.2
Howmet Aerospace Inc.
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
$220.90 +0.55%$88.1B mkt cap
Score DNA
NOC62.9
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
$519.86 +4.07%$73.9B mkt cap
Score DNA

Price, rebased to 100 three years ago

GD   HWM   NOC   · weekly adjusted closes
50100150200250300350400450500550600650700Jan 24Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26HWM 501GD 147NOC 110
● 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
MeasureGDHWMNOC
Insider open-market buys, 180d 0 0 0
Insider $ bought, 180d — — —
Congress purchases, 180d 0 0 1
Last Congress purchase — — 2026-05-08
13F net change in holders −2 +137 −75
ETFs adding shares, 30d 962 1,252 946
ETFs trimming, 30d 710 991 654
Net ETF funds, 30d +252 +261 +292

Valuation

16 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
P/E (TTM) 20.8x
15th
47.1x
72nd
16.4x
5th
PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) 2.03
67th
0.87
21st
14.81
100th
Price / sales 1.7x
22nd
9.7x
80th
1.7x
24th
Price / book 3.5x
47th
15.4x
89th
4.1x
55th
Price / tangible book 22.1x
68th
— 163.0x
100th
Price / free cash flow 14.4x
11th
56.1x
89th
20.3x
29th
Price / operating cash flow 12.1x
13th
39.7x
79th
14.5x
23rd
Enterprise value $98.3B
93rd
$92.0B
89th
$87.8B
87th
EV / sales 1.8x
16th
10.1x
84th
2.0x
24th
EV / EBITDA 15.3x
29th
33.4x
81st
11.8x
14th
EV / EBIT 17.1x
23rd
37.6x
79th
14.8x
3rd
EV / free cash flow 15.2x
11th
58.6x
89th
24.1x
29th
Earnings yield 4.8%
89th
2.1%
49th
6.1%
96th
FCF yield 6.9%
93rd
1.8%
44th
4.9%
82nd
Operating cash flow yield 8.3%
91st
2.5%
44th
6.9%
84th
Graham number (per share) $190.07
95th
$38.64
47th
$298.69
100th

Profitability (TTM)

12 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
Gross margin 15.4%
19th
35.2%
72nd
20.1%
31st
EBITDA margin 11.7%
45th
30.2%
92nd
17.4%
74th
Operating margin 10.3%
58th
28.3%
98th
10.2%
57th
EBIT margin 10.5%
57th
26.9%
94th
13.8%
77th
Net margin 8.2%
64th
20.5%
98th
10.5%
77th
NOPAT margin 8.5%
62nd
23.2%
98th
8.7%
64th
FCF margin 11.8%
77th
17.2%
92nd
8.5%
66th
Operating cash flow margin 14.0%
74th
24.4%
98th
11.8%
64th
R&D / revenue 0.9%
42nd
0.4%
37th
0.0%
0th
SG&A / revenue 5.0%
17th
5.0%
15th
9.0%
34th
Stock comp / revenue 0.4%
20th
1.0%
63rd
0.3%
17th
Effective tax rate 17.6%
35th
18.0%
36th
14.5%
18th

Returns on capital

11 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
ROE (on average equity) 17.8%
71st
34.7%
90th
27.0%
84th
ROA 7.7%
67th
15.4%
100th
9.0%
80th
ROIC 14.6%
76th
21.9%
91st
11.7%
64th
ROCE 13.9%
76th
22.4%
100th
15.8%
87th
Return on tangible assets 9.8%
67th
20.2%
100th
11.8%
80th
Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) 24.1%
87th
22.9%
83rd
15.9%
72nd
Gross profitability (GP / assets) 14.0%
45th
23.7%
82nd
16.9%
56th
ROIC, 3-yr average 11.5%
82nd
15.3%
95th
10.1%
67th
ROIC, 5-yr average 12.3%
71st
12.7%
80th
14.5%
85th
ROE, 5-yr average 17.3%
85th
21.5%
88th
27.6%
93rd
Incremental ROIC 61.7%
70th
54.9%
64th
30.4%
54th

Growth

17 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
Revenue growth (TTM YoY) 9.1%
20th
18.1%
45th
5.9%
8th
Revenue growth (QoQ) 4.5%
27th
10.1%
49th
10.1%
47th
Revenue CAGR, 3 yr 10.3%
37th
13.7%
50th
4.2%
13th
Revenue CAGR, 5 yr 7.3%
26th
13.8%
58th
2.7%
9th
Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr 8.6%
31st
29.1%
79th
3.9%
21st
Operating income CAGR, 3 yr 10.3%
29th
31.9%
76th
6.0%
26th
Net income growth (TTM YoY) 9.8%
17th
33.9%
53rd
14.0%
25th
Net income CAGR, 3 yr 10.0%
33rd
52.1%
90th
-1.1%
17th
EPS growth (TTM YoY) 8.7%
17th
35.6%
53rd
15.2%
25th
EPS CAGR, 3 yr 10.2%
37th
53.9%
90th
1.1%
20th
EPS CAGR, 5 yr 7.1%
38th
47.0%
88th
2.3%
27th
FCF growth (TTM YoY) 56.1%
65th
54.2%
58th
178.7%
84th
FCF CAGR, 3 yr 28.7%
64th
39.4%
86th
17.2%
36th
Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr 23.0%
52nd
42.2%
90th
10.1%
21st
Book value CAGR, 3 yr 11.4%
59th
16.4%
66th
7.3%
43rd
Dividend CAGR, 3 yr 1.8%
34th
10.5%
90th
5.2%
76th
Sustainable growth rate 11.3%
47th
31.1%
84th
18.9%
76th

Margin history & stability

7 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
Gross margin, 3-yr average 15.5%
17th
29.9%
63rd
18.7%
24th
Operating margin, 3-yr average 10.2%
63rd
24.4%
93rd
9.1%
52nd
Net margin, 3-yr average 8.1%
65th
17.3%
98th
8.6%
70th
FCF margin, 3-yr average 8.3%
65th
14.7%
91st
6.1%
52nd
Revenue stability (0-1) 0.92
56th
0.98
96th
0.84
40th
Earnings stability (0-1) 0.85
81st
0.93
92nd
0.14
12th
Margin stability (0-1) 0.96
81st
0.81
34th
0.92
66th

Liquidity (latest quarter)

7 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
Cash & short-term investments $4.3B
95th
$563.0M
65th
$2.3B
89th
Net cash (− = net debt) −$5.1B
13th
−$3.9B
15th
−$14.0B
7th
Working capital $8.3B
98th
$1.9B
80th
$2.2B
87th
Current ratio 1.44
18th
1.82
29th
1.17
7th
Quick ratio 0.96
13th
0.87
9th
1.06
22nd
Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) 0.23
31st
0.24
40th
0.17
16th
Defensive interval (days) 2,105 days
87th
1,050 days
56th
1,083 days
61st

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

13 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
Total debt $9.5B
87th
$4.5B
85th
$16.3B
91st
Debt / equity 0.35
36th
0.79
66th
0.91
74th
Net debt / equity 0.19
42nd
0.69
74th
0.78
83rd
Debt / assets 15.8%
33rd
34.0%
75th
32.1%
67th
Debt / capital 26.1%
36th
44.0%
66th
47.7%
74th
Debt / EBITDA 1.47
21st
1.64
31st
2.19
45th
Net debt / EBITDA 0.80
29th
1.43
36th
1.88
50th
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) 22.5x
94th
14.6x
83rd
9.0x
69th
Cash interest coverage 30.2x
96th
13.2x
81st
7.7x
60th
Debt payback (years of OCF) 1.2 yrs
21st
2.0 yrs
31st
3.2 yrs
54th
Liabilities / assets 55.4%
56th
56.7%
60th
64.8%
76th
IS credit model rating AA+ AA A-
Implied credit spread (bps) 65
5th
80
13th
175
47th

Efficiency

11 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
Asset turnover 0.94
78th
0.75
62nd
0.86
71st
Fixed asset turnover 7.24
74th
3.24
31st
3.52
35th
Inventory turnover 4.9
60th
2.9
32nd
23.1
88th
Receivables turnover 18.3
98th
9.5
72nd
7.4
63rd
Days sales outstanding 20 days
4th
39 days
29th
50 days
38th
Days inventory outstanding 75 days
40th
127 days
68th
16 days
12th
Days payables outstanding 23 days
9th
66 days
82nd
29 days
22nd
Cash conversion cycle (days) 71 days
38th
99 days
49th
36 days
24th
Capex / revenue 2.3%
26th
7.1%
75th
3.3%
47th
Capex / depreciation 1.80
74th
2.15
80th
0.94
39th
Operating expense ratio 5.1%
2nd
9.4%
19th
9.4%
21st

Cash flow & earnings quality

7 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
Operating cash flow / net income 1.72
79th
1.19
46th
1.13
44th
FCF / net income 1.44
79th
0.84
49th
0.81
46th
FCF / operating cash flow 83.7%
66th
70.7%
42nd
71.8%
45th
Capex / operating cash flow 16.3%
34th
29.3%
58th
28.2%
55th
Accruals ratio -5.5%
25th
-2.9%
44th
-1.2%
58th
Sloan accruals ratio 1.5%
64th
-4.2%
33rd
0.7%
60th
Earnings quality score (0-1) 0.75
23rd
1.00
49th
1.00
49th

Dividends & buybacks

9 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
Dividend yield 1.8%
89th
0.2%
60th
1.8%
91st
Dividend per share (TTM) $6.27
96th
$0.50
65th
$9.56
98th
Payout ratio (dividends / net income) 36.6%
79th
10.4%
44th
29.9%
67th
Dividends / FCF 25.5%
67th
12.4%
42nd
36.8%
89th
Dividend growth (YoY) 3.9%
38th
31.6%
90th
10.1%
62nd
Buyback yield 1.0%
71st
1.2%
76th
1.1%
73rd
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) 2.8%
81st
1.4%
65th
2.9%
83rd
Share count change (YoY) 1.1%
54th
-1.2%
10th
-1.1%
15th
Buybacks, last 5 years $6.9B
96th
$4.0B
89th
$6.9B
95th

Scores & forensic checks

15 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
IS score 66
80th
73
96th
63
65th
IS profitability 39
64th
80
100th
49
75th
IS growth 54
24th
74
65th
55
25th
IS value 52
85th
28
7th
57
91st
IS momentum 81
53rd
94
86th
78
41st
IS risk (safety) 100
44th
100
44th
80
29th
IS quality 77
91st
82
98th
73
76th
IS balance sheet 71
75th
64
65th
57
49th
IS earnings quality 68
55th
81
93rd
70
73rd
IS cash flow 75
93rd
68
73rd
60
67th
Piotroski F-score (0-9) 8
84th
7
53rd
8
84th
Altman Z-score 4.3
45th
10.6
95th
3.1
31st
Beneish M-score −2.78
22nd
−2.51
36th
−2.40
52nd
Ohlson O-score −8.85
22nd
−8.50
31st
−7.97
45th
IS credit score 92
89th
87
84th
70
51st

Per share

7 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
EPS, diluted (TTM) $16.39
93rd
$4.65
64th
$31.57
98th
Book value per share $97.98
95th
$14.26
47th
$125.59
98th
Tangible book per share $17.09
78th
−$0.55
24th
$3.13
47th
Revenue per share $200.37
95th
$22.68
44th
$301.21
96th
FCF per share $23.55
95th
$3.91
67th
$25.60
96th
Operating cash flow per share $28.14
95th
$5.52
69th
$35.66
96th
Cash per share $15.83
91st
$1.40
20th
$16.20
93rd

Size (TTM)

8 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
Market cap $93.1B
93rd
$88.1B
91st
$73.9B
89th
Revenue $54.9B
95th
$9.1B
80th
$42.9B
91st
EBITDA $6.4B
91st
$2.8B
85th
$7.4B
93rd
Net income $4.5B
93rd
$1.9B
85th
$4.5B
95th
Free cash flow $6.4B
95th
$1.6B
87th
$3.6B
93rd
Total assets $60.2B
93rd
$13.3B
82nd
$50.8B
91st
Shareholders' equity $26.8B
98th
$5.7B
85th
$17.9B
95th
Employees 117,000
95th
25,430
82nd
95,000
93rd

Price performance

9 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
1 day +2.1% +0.6% +4.1%
1 week +3.9% −1.9% +8.2%
1 month −3.3% −2.1% −0.8%
3 months −7.1% −18.8% −0.8%
6 months +2.4% −13.6% −21.8%
Year to date +0.6% +4.4% −10.9%
1 year +3.7% +15.0% −14.3%
3 years, cumulative +50.7% +378.7% +14.1%
5 years, cumulative +85.5% +607.3% +43.0%

Technicals

4 measures
MeasureGDHWMNOC
RSI 14 53.1 39.1 59.1
From 52-week high −13.9% −28.7% −32.8%
From 52-week low +12.2% +17.9% +10.6%
Beta 0.33 1.20 -0.11
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