Best Dividend Stocks in Aerospace & Defense for 2026
Reliable dividend payers with sustainable yields, screened on payout ratio and balance-sheet health.
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
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RTX.TO | RTX CDR (CAD Hedged) | 48.2 |
| 2 | 003570.KO | SNT Dynamics Co Ltd | 57.5 |
| 3 | 2866.HK | Cosco Shipping Development Co Ltd | 47.0 |
| 4 | SWBI.US | Smith & Wesson Brands Inc | 47.0 |
| 5 | LOM.XETRA | Lockheed Martin Corporation | 47.9 |
| 6 | LMT.US | Lockheed Martin Corporation | 47.8 |
| 7 | 688543.SHG | Jiangxi Guoke Defence Group Co. Ltd. A | 59.7 |
| 8 | 009540.KO | Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co Ltd | 66.7 |
| 9 | 2357.HK | AviChina Industry & Technology Co Ltd | 59.6 |
| 10 | 001316.SHE | Zhejiang XiaSha Precision | 77.0 |
| 11 | BA.LSE | BAE Systems plc | 47.7 |
| 12 | AIR.MC | Airbus Group SE | 40.2 |
| 13 | QQ.LSE | Qinetiq Group PLC | 42.7 |
| 14 | RYTT34.SA | Raytheon Technologies Corporation | 48.0 |
| 15 | GD.US | General Dynamics Corporation | 62.2 |
| 16 | AIR.PA | Airbus Group SE | 47.1 |
| 17 | AIR.XETRA | Airbus SE | 45.3 |
| 18 | HII.US | Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc | 50.7 |
| 19 | 5UR.XETRA | Raytheon Technologies Corp | 48.6 |
| 20 | 443060.KO | HD Hyundai Marine Solution | 61.4 |
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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; use the screener for the full ranked list.