Industry ยท Oct 2026
Aerospace & Defense stocks ranked by gap to the model's fair value
Faircurve's model values 26 aerospace & defense stocks. 25 of them are ranked below by the gap between the model's fair value and the last close, as of 31 Oct 2026: 5 read as Undervalued, 18 as Fairly valued and 2 as Overvalued. The median gap across the ranked names is +0.8%. The widest gaps above the price are SARO (+41.2%), AIR (+37.4%), TXT (+24.5%). The widest below it are VSEC (-20.6%), BA (-17.4%), HWM (-14.5%).
Valuations as of . Prices are the closes of 3 Nov 2026. The gap is the model's fair value against the price: a positive gap means the fair value is above the price. It states what the model concluded, not where the price goes next.
The ranking
| Rank | Company | Last close | Model fair value | Gap | Model verdict | Quality score | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SARO StandardAero, Inc. | $25.23 | $35.63 | +41.2% | Undervalued | 65 | $7.7B |
| 2 | AIR AAR Corp. | $108.62 | $149.24 | +37.4% | Undervalued | 61 | $4.0B |
| 3 | TXT Textron Inc. | $87.75 | $109.26 | +24.5% | Undervalued | 58 | $14.7B |
| 4 | AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. | $22.38 | $27.66 | +23.6% | Undervalued | 65 | $5.3B |
| 5 | HONA Honeywell Aerospace Inc | $157.50 | $185.60 | +17.8% | Undervalued | 66 | $48.9B |
| 6 | HII Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | $316.93 | $354.08 | +11.7% | Fairly valued | 52 | $12.5B |
| 7 | AVAV AeroVironment, Inc. | $123.53 | $132.46 | +7.2% | Fairly valued | 52 | $6.4B |
| 8 | LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation | $639.00 | $678.70 | +6.2% | Fairly valued | 79 | $147.1B |
| 9 | NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation | $550.30 | $574.55 | +4.4% | Fairly valued | 43 | $79.2B |
| 10 | GD General Dynamics Corporation | $374.50 | $390.92 | +4.4% | Fairly valued | 78 | $100.8B |
| 11 | HXL Hexcel Corporation | $81.83 | $84.98 | +3.8% | Fairly valued | 67 | $5.9B |
| 12 | BWXT BWX Technologies, Inc. | $131.82 | $133.50 | +1.3% | Fairly valued | 60 | $12.0B |
| 13 | TDG TransDigm Group Incorporated | $1,208.04 | $1,217.60 | +0.8% | Fairly valued | 51 | $63.4B |
| 14 | LHX L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | $277.67 | $278.09 | +0.2% | Fairly valued | 46 | $51.7B |
| 15 | CW Curtiss-Wright Corporation | $497.76 | $495.22 | -0.5% | Fairly valued | 77 | $17.6B |
| 16 | MOG-A Moog Inc. | $361.40 | $346.60 | -4.1% | Fairly valued | 54 | $11.1B |
| 17 | RTX RTX Corporation | $203.82 | $195.36 | -4.2% | Fairly valued | 55 | $269.6B |
| 18 | AXON Axon Enterprise, Inc. | $416.57 | $398.03 | -4.5% | Fairly valued | 46 | $34.8B |
| 19 | KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. | $40.99 | $37.85 | -7.7% | Fairly valued | 39 | $7.7B |
| 20 | MRCY Mercury Systems, Inc. | $80.32 | $72.06 | -10.3% | Fairly valued | 47 | $4.7B |
| 21 | GE GE Aerospace | $320.67 | $281.69 | -12.2% | Fairly valued | 68 | $313.1B |
| 22 | WWD Woodward, Inc. | $332.69 | $286.93 | -13.8% | Fairly valued | 55 | $18.0B |
| 23 | HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. | $223.12 | $190.77 | -14.5% | Fairly valued | 61 | $79.5B |
| 24 | BA The Boeing Company | $173.31 | $143.07 | -17.4% | Overvalued | 21 | $135.9B |
| 25 | VSEC VSE Corporation | $162.96 | $129.35 | -20.6% | Overvalued | 30 | $4.1B |
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Valued but not ranked
One name is valued but not ranked, for one of four reasons: the model grades the evidence as low or has not graded it yet, the inputs are under review, the gap is wider than 60%, or the valuation is more than three weeks old. The numbers are shown for reference.
| Company | Last close | Model fair value | Gap | Why it is not ranked | Quality score | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPK National Presto Industries, Inc. | $151.69 | $146.71 | -3.3% | Low evidence grade | 61 | $1.1B |
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