Best Aerospace & Defense Stocks in the United States for 2026
Top-ranked Aerospace & Defense stocks in United States. 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.
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Top 20 Aerospace & Defense stocks in United States by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TATT.US | Tat Techno | 63.8 |
| 2 | NPK.US | National Presto Industries Inc | 61.3 |
| 3 | GD.US | General Dynamics Corporation | 59.2 |
| 4 | POWW.US | Ammo Inc | 59.0 |
| 5 | HWM.US | Howmet Aerospace Inc | 58.8 |
| 6 | OPXS.US | Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. Common Stock | 58.7 |
| 7 | WWD.US | Woodward Inc | 57.5 |
| 8 | AIRO.US | AIRO Group Holdings, Inc. Common Stock | 57.3 |
| 9 | HEI.US | Heico Corporation | 57.0 |
| 10 | PKE.US | Park Aerospace Corp | 57.0 |
| 11 | LMT.US | Lockheed Martin Corporation | 56.8 |
| 12 | AIRI.US | Air Industries Group | 56.6 |
| 13 | BWXT.US | BWX Technologies Inc | 55.3 |
| 14 | RGR.US | Sturm Ruger & Company Inc | 54.6 |
| 15 | SWBI.US | Smith & Wesson Brands Inc | 54.2 |
| 16 | VVX.US | V2X Inc | 54.2 |
| 17 | XTIA.US | XTI Aerospace, Inc. | 54.1 |
| 18 | HEI-A.US | HEICO Corporation | 54.0 |
| 19 | CODA.US | Coda Octopus Group Inc | 53.8 |
| 20 | DRS.US | Leonardo DRS, Inc. Common Stock | 53.5 |
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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 within the Aerospace & Defense industry, the United States. Use the screener for the full ranked list.