# Aerospace & Defense Stocks in the S&P 500

Every S&P 500 company classed as Aerospace & Defense: 13 of the 76 stocks in the Industrials sector. Highest fundamentals score first.

**Quick answer:** S&P 500 Aerospace & Defense stocks: 13 (13 scored). Median score 64/100, above the S&P 500 median of 54. Strong (80+): 0. Weak (under 40): 1. Highest scores: Howmet Aerospace (73), RTX (72) and Northrop Grumman (70). Market data as of 2 Nov 2026.

| Rank | Stock | Ticker | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Howmet Aerospace](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/hwm-howmet-aerospace) | HWM | 73/100 |
| 2 | [RTX](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/rtx-rtx) | RTX | 72/100 |
| 3 | [Northrop Grumman](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/noc-northrop-grumman) | NOC | 70/100 |
| 4 | [General Dynamics](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/gd-general-dynamics) | GD | 68/100 |
| 5 | [L3Harris](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/lhx-l3harris) | LHX | 64/100 |
| 6 | [TransDigm Group](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/tdg-transdigm-group) | TDG | 64/100 |
| 7 | [Textron](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/txt-textron) | TXT | 64/100 |
| 8 | [GE Aerospace](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/ge-ge-aerospace) | GE | 53/100 |
| 9 | [Huntington Ingalls Industries](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/hii-huntington-ingalls-industries) | HII | 52/100 |
| 10 | [Axon Enterprise](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/axon-axon-enterprise) | AXON | 50/100 |
| 11 | [Honeywell Aerospace](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/hona-honeywell-aerospace) | HONA | 50/100 |
| 12 | [Lockheed Martin](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/lmt-lockheed-martin) | LMT | 47/100 |
| 13 | [Boeing](https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/ba-boeing) | BA | 36/100 |

## Common questions

### How many Aerospace & Defense stocks are in the S&P 500?

This site lists 13 S&P 500 stocks in the Aerospace & Defense sub-sector, part of the Industrials sector. 13 of them have enough data for a score.

### Which Aerospace & Defense stock has the highest score?

As of this site's latest data, Howmet Aerospace Inc. Common Stock (HWM) has the highest fundamentals score in Aerospace & Defense, at 73/100. Top three: Howmet Aerospace (73), RTX (72) and Northrop Grumman (70).

### How do Aerospace & Defense stocks score compared with the rest of the S&P 500?

The median Aerospace & Defense stock scores 64/100, above the S&P 500 median of 54. Split: 0 strong, 12 okay, 1 weak. Its biggest lead over the market is Risk: 75 vs 63 for the whole S&P 500. Its biggest shortfall is Price Fairness: 17 vs 21 for the whole S&P 500.

### Which Aerospace & Defense stock has the lowest score?

Boeing Company (The) Common Stock (BA), at 36/100, the lowest of the 13 scored Aerospace & Defense stocks. Its stock page shows which measures pull it down. A score reads the latest published numbers, not a forecast.

### How is the score worked out?

Each stock gets 0-100 from five pillars: Business Strength, Financial Safety, Cash & Dividends, Price Fairness and Risk, built from its published financial statements and share price. Banks and REITs use their own cutoffs where normal rules would misjudge them. Full rules: https://scoreyourstock.com/how.

Full sortable page: https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/sector/industrials/aerospace-defense
Whole Industrials sector: https://scoreyourstock.com/stocks/us/sector/industrials