Best Aerospace & Defense Stocks for 2026

Multi-decade platform programmes and aftermarket support give this cohort unusually long earnings visibility; Quality and Health separate primes from suppliers.

Aerospace and Defense names earn revenue on multi-decade platform programmes plus aftermarket support, which produces unusually long earnings visibility for an industrial cohort. Composite scoring weights the Quality pillar (margin durability) and the Health pillar (programme-cost discipline); Valuation is the tiebreaker between the prime contractors and the supplier base.

Data as of (updated daily)

Top 20 Aerospace & Defense stocks by composite score

#TickerNameComposite
1600150.SHGChina CSSC Holdings Ltd76.8
2001316.SHEZhejiang XiaSha Precision71.7
3ISI.TAImagesat International ISI Ltd69.9
4ARYT.TAAryt Industries Ltd69.7
5600685.SHGCSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Group Co Ltd69.2
6300008.SHEBestway Marine & Energy Technology Co Ltd68.3
7329180.KOHyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd67.9
8009540.KOKorea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co Ltd67.0
9439260.KODAEHAN SHIPBUILDING LTD66.5
10AM.PADassault Aviation SA66.1
11CHRT.LSECohort65.3
12ASIMAR.BKAsian Marine Services Public Company Limited65.2
13EMBJ.USEmbraer S.A.64.3
14TATT.USTat Techno64.0
15SAF.PASafran SA63.6
16BBD-A.TOBombardier Inc62.6
172507.HKCirrus Aircraft Ltd62.4
18MTX.XETRAMTU Aero Engines AG62.3
19BBD-B.TOBombardier Inc61.9
20THEON.ASTheon International Plc61.7

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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score; use the screener for the full ranked list.

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