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HWM vs GD vs NOC

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

HWM   GD   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
MeasureHWMGDNOC
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 +137 −2 −75
ETFs adding shares, 30d 1,252 962 946
ETFs trimming, 30d 991 710 654
Net ETF funds, 30d +261 +252 +292

Valuation

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

Profitability (TTM)

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

Returns on capital

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

Growth

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

Margin history & stability

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

Liquidity (latest quarter)

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

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

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

Efficiency

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

Cash flow & earnings quality

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

Dividends & buybacks

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

Scores & forensic checks

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

Per share

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

Size (TTM)

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

Price performance

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

Technicals

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