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
1001316.SHEZhejiang XiaSha Precision80.0
2ARYT.TAAryt Industries Ltd78.2
3600150.SHGChina CSSC Holdings Ltd77.4
4ISI.TAImagesat International ISI Ltd73.9
5300008.SHEBestway Marine & Energy Technology Co Ltd71.8
6600685.SHGCSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Group Co Ltd67.7
7RSEL.TARSL Electronics Ltd67.1
8009540.KOKorea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co Ltd66.9
9IMCO.TAIMCO Industries Ltd66.4
10329180.KOHyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd66.2
11CHRT.LSECohort65.9
12SAF.PASafran SA64.8
13TATT.USTat Techno64.8
14MTX.XETRAMTU Aero Engines AG64.7
150317.HKCSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Group Co Ltd63.8
16GEOO34.SAGeneral Electric Company63.7
17439260.KODAEHAN SHIPBUILDING LTD63.6
18BBD-A.TOBombardier Inc63.2
19AM.PADassault Aviation SA63.1
20BBD-B.TOBombardier Inc62.7

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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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