What are the best aerospace & defense stocks?

Zen Technologies Limited (ZENTEC.BO) currently leads the aerospace & defense industry ranking on invest-like with a Buffett-Fit composite score of 75/100, followed by 443060.KS (74/100). The full ranked list of 50 aerospace & defense stocks is on this page. Educational only, not investment advice.

Which aerospace & defense stock has the highest ROIC?

ROIC sustainability is the closest single quantitative proxy for moat strength. The aerospace & defense industry's median ROIC is currently 12%. The top-scoring stocks on this page combine high ROIC with the other Buffett-Fit pillars (gross-margin durability, balance-sheet quality, capital allocation discipline).

How many aerospace & defense stocks does invest-like.com cover?

invest-like.com currently indexes 50 aerospace & defense stocks above $500M market cap with daily-refreshed fundamentals and cached Buffett-Fit verdicts. Each stock is graded A+ to D on a composite 0-100 score across the five Buffett pillars.

Where does Aerospace & Defense sit in the GICS hierarchy?

Aerospace & Defense is an industry within the industrials sector. See /sector/industrials/ for the full sector view including peer industries.

Is the aerospace & defense ranking on this page investment advice?

No. The ranking is an educational pattern-match against documented value-investing frameworks (Buffett, Graham, Fisher, Lynch, Greenblatt, Munger, Smith). Scores reflect how closely each stock fits the documented criteria - NOT recommendations to buy, hold, or sell. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial adviser.

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Best Aerospace & Defense Stocks

Defense primes (Lockheed, Northrop, RTX, General Dynamics) + commercial aerospace (Boeing, Airbus suppliers). Multi-decade contract visibility + regulatory + technical moats - the original wide-moat industrial cohort.

Industry leader

Zen Technologies Limited ZENTEC.BO

Buffett-Fit: 75/100

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What drives this industry

Defense primes ride 5-20-year contract backlogs that smooth earnings across full business cycles. Government concentration is the customer risk; engineering capability + clearance staff + classified IP is the moat. ROIC routinely above 15% with low cyclicality - Buffett-quality compounders disguised as boring industrials.

Top 50 ranked by Buffett-Fit

Sorted by composite quality score - ROIC, margin stability, balance-sheet strength, growth quality. Click any ticker for the full Buffett verdict.

#	Company	mcap	Q
1	ZENTEC.BOZen Technologies Limited	162.0B	75
2	443060.KSHDHMS	9.44T	74
3	ARYT.TAAryt Industries Ltd.	1.7B	73
4	DATAPATTNS.BOData Patterns (India) Limited	256.7B	68
5	RHM.DERheinmetall AG	48.3B	66
6	HWMHowmet Aerospace Inc.	103.4B	66
7	HEIHEICO Corporation	45.5B	65
8	HAL.NSHindustan Aeronautics Limited	3.25T	64
9	KOG.OLKongsberg Gruppen ASA	271.3B	62
10	CWCurtiss-Wright Corporation	20.9B	61
11	BEL.NSBharat Electronics Limited	2.96T	61
12	MAZDOCK.BOMazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited	999.2B	59
13	THEON.ASTHEON INTERNATIONAL PLC	2.5B	59
14	TDGTransDigm Group Incorporated	64.2B	59
15	PARAS.BOParas Defence and Space Technologies Limited	114.1B	59
16	2645.TWEvergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation	65.0B	58
17	BDL.BOBharat Dynamics Limited	461.1B	57
18	688281.SSShaanxi Huaqin Technology Industry Co.,Ltd.	19.7B	57
19	RR.LRolls-Royce Holdings plc	122.8B	57
20	CHRT.LCohort plc	532M	57
21	HXLHexcel Corporation	7.0B	56
22	CSG.ASCSG N.V.	16.6B	56
23	GCP.DEGeneral Electric Company	297.5B	56
24	UNIMECH.BOUnimech Aerospace and Manufacturing Limited	76.4B	55
25	UNIMECH.NSUNIMECH AEROSPACE N MFG L	76.8B	55
26	2507.HKCirrus Aircraft Limited	16.8B	55
27	CRI.WACreotech Instruments S.A.	2.4B	53
28	CDRECadre Holdings, Inc.	1.3B	53
29	LMTLockheed Martin Corporation	121.2B	52
30	S63.SISingapore Technologies Engineering Ltd	32.7B	52
31	AVIO.MIAvio S.p.A.	1.3B	52
32	BA.LBAE Systems plc	57.3B	52
33	7014.TNamura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.	342.5B	52
34	ATROAstronics Corporation	3.3B	51
35	WWDWoodward, Inc.	20.4B	50
36	BBD-A.TOBombardier Inc.	30.8B	50
37	AM.PADassault Aviation société anonyme	21.4B	50
38	688563.SSBaimtec Material Co.,Ltd.	23.8B	50
39	GRSE.NSGarden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited	290.7B	50
40	LOARLoar Holdings Inc.	6.4B	50
41	R3NK.DERENK Group AG	4.3B	49
42	002625.SZKuang-Chi Technologies Co., Ltd.	61.2B	49
43	012450.KSHanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.	54.28T	49
44	439260.KSDaehan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.	1.79T	49
45	APOLLO.NSApollo Micro Systems Limited	144.8B	48
46	SAAB-B.STSaab AB (publ)	317.5B	48
47	ESLTElbit Systems Ltd.	33.0B	48
48	GDGeneral Dynamics Corporation	97.2B	47
49	HAG.DEHensoldt AG	9.2B	47
50	DRSLeonardo DRS, Inc.	9.8B	46