What is the Aerospace & Defense industry?

Aerospace & Defense is an industry within the Industrials sector. This list ranks every Aerospace & Defense company in our global universe, above a $2 billion market cap, by market capitalization in US dollars. It refreshes nightly and overlays live prices through the day.

Do Aerospace & Defense companies pay dividends?

Some do, some do not. Open any company to see its dividend yield, payout ratio, and safety read. To find the income payers, cross-reference this list with our dividend lists.

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Aerospace & Defense: Largest Stocks by Market Cap

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We tag each company with its Aerospace & Defense industry classification from its profile, then rank the industry by market capitalization, converted to US dollars with daily exchange rates and overlaid with live prices. The universe spans global stocks above a $2 billion market cap and refreshes nightly.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Aerospace & Defense industry?: Aerospace & Defense is an industry within the Industrials sector. This list ranks every Aerospace & Defense company in our global universe, above a $2 billion market cap, by market capitalization in US dollars. It refreshes nightly and overlays live prices through the day.
Do Aerospace & Defense companies pay dividends?: Some do, some do not. Open any company to see its dividend yield, payout ratio, and safety read. To find the income payers, cross-reference this list with our dividend lists.

Aerospace & Defense: Largest Stocks by Market Cap

Data as of Sep 6, 2026prices update during market hours (15-min delayed)all figures in USD

Rank	Company				30d	Country
1	Space Exploration Technologies Corp.SPCX	$1.93T	$147.95	−1.20%$1.79		US
2	GE AerospaceGE	$349.78B	$337.12	+1.09%$3.64		US
3	RTX CorporationRTX	$270.62B	$200.79	−0.66%$1.34		US
4	Airbus SEAIR.PA	$182.00B	$229.95	−0.50%$1.16		NL
5	The Boeing CompanyBA	$167.76B	$212.25	+0.83%$1.74		US
6	Rolls-Royce Holdings plcRR.L	$167.21B	$20.23	+0.51%$0.10		GB
7	Boeing Co. Cedear Each 6 Rep 1BAC.BA	$166.15B	$8.76	+0.00%$0.00		US
8	Safran S.A.SAF.PA	$161.76B	$388.20	+0.21%$0.81		FR
9	Lockheed Martin CorporationLMT	$121.23B	$525.28	−1.44%$7.67		US
10	Howmet Aerospace Inc.HWM	$103.74B	$259.27	−0.47%$1.22		US
11	General Dynamics CorporationGD	$97.24B	$359.39	−1.77%$6.48		US
12	BAE Systems plcBA.L	$77.46B	$26.43	−0.05%$0.01		GB
13	Northrop Grumman CorporationNOC	$73.16B	$514.98	−2.51%$13.26		US
14	TransDigm Group IncorporatedTDG	$65.00B	$1,162.05	+0.36%$4.22		US
15	Rheinmetall AGRHM.DE	$55.56B	$1,190.86	−0.85%$10.22		DE
16	Thales S.A.HO.PA	$55.37B	$269.49	−0.68%$1.86		FR
17	Honeywell Aerospace IncHONA	$51.03B	$161.01	+3.90%$6.05		US
18	L3Harris Technologies, Inc.LHX	$47.75B	$256.45	−2.17%$5.69		US
19	HEICO CorporationHEI-A	$46.26B	$240.18	+0.38%$0.92		US
20	China CSSC Holdings Limited600150.SS	$43.04B	$5.72	+2.43%$0.14		CN
21	Axon Enterprise, Inc.AXON	$41.56B	$515.67	−4.18%$22.48		US
22	Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.012450.KS	$39.56B	$769.00	−1.52%$11.84		KR
23	Rocket Lab USA, Inc.RKLB	$37.20B	$64.26	+0.71%$0.45		US
24	Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. Class BASELS.IS	$37.13B	$8.14	+1.55%$0.12		TR
25	Hd Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.329180.KS	$34.87B	$332.32	+2.86%$9.25		KR
26	Hindustan Aeronautics LimitedHAL.BO	$34.59B	$51.39	+0.13%$0.07		IN
27	Leonardo S.p.A.LDO.MI	$33.70B	$58.42	−0.34%$0.20		IT
28	Elbit Systems Ltd.ESLT	$32.95B	$703.28	+0.29%$2.06		IL
29	Saab AB (publ)SAAB-B.ST	$32.39B	$61.07	−0.90%$0.55		SE
30	Bharat Electronics LimitedBEL.BO	$31.33B	$4.28	−0.17%$0.01		IN
31	Kongsberg Gruppen ASAKOG.OL	$28.27B	$32.14	−3.02%$1.00		NO
32	Singapore Technologies Engineering LtdS63.SI	$25.61B	$8.21	−0.76%$0.06		SG
33	Dassault Aviation S.A.AM.PA	$24.79B	$321.76	−0.14%$0.46		FR
34	Bombardier Inc.BBD-B.TO	$22.47B	$227.76	+3.56%$7.82		CA
35	MTU Aero Engines AGMTX.DE	$22.07B	$410.04	+1.55%$6.27		DE
36	Curtiss-Wright CorporationCW	$20.94B	$566.75	−0.35%$1.97		US
37	FTAI Aviation Ltd.FTAIM	$20.89B	$27.11	−0.29%$0.08		US
38	Woodward, Inc.WWD	$20.63B	$346.22	+1.07%$3.66		US
39	Avic Shenyang Aircraft Co., Ltd.600760.SS	$19.90B	$7.02	−2.38%$0.17		CN
40	Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd.042660.KS	$19.80B	$64.61	+0.58%$0.37		KR
41	CSG N.V.CSG.AS	$18.88B	$18.88	−2.08%$0.40		CZ
42	Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd.009540.KS	$18.40B	$260.16	+0.86%$2.22		KR
43	AECC Aviation Power Co.,Ltd600893.SS	$15.48B	$5.81	−2.65%$0.16		CN
44	BWX Technologies, Inc.BWXT	$14.44B	$157.59	−1.66%$2.66		US
45	Textron Inc.TXT	$13.60B	$79.07	−0.38%$0.30		US
46	Embraer S.A.EMBJ	$13.55B	$73.81	+0.27%$0.20		BR
47	Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.010140.KS	$13.53B	$15.84	+0.00%$0.00		KR
48	Moog Inc.MOG-A	$11.78B	$371.68	+0.42%$1.56		US
49	Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.HII	$11.27B	$285.93	−1.65%$4.80		US
50	Hensoldt AGHAG.DE	$10.66B	$92.32	−0.28%$0.26		DE
51	LIG Defense & Aerospace Co Ltd079550.KS	$10.66B	$487.75	+1.07%$5.18		KR
52	Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders LimitedMAZDOCK.BO	$10.44B	$25.90	−1.21%$0.32		IN
53	China Spacesat Co.,Ltd.600118.SS	$10.17B	$8.60	+0.17%$0.01		CN
54	Hanwha Systems Co., Ltd.272210.KS	$9.77B	$52.25	+2.62%$1.33		KR
55	Leonardo DRS, Inc.DRS	$9.77B	$36.60	−1.13%$0.42		US
56	AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group Company Ltd.000768.SZ	$9.65B	$3.47	−1.77%$0.06		CN
57	Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd.047810.KS	$9.34B	$95.77	+2.29%$2.15		KR
58	Kuang-Chi Technologies Co., Ltd.002625.SZ	$9.02B	$4.18	−1.09%$0.05		CN
59	Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.KTOS	$8.97B	$47.82	−0.58%$0.28		US
60	Melrose Industries PLCMRO.L	$8.46B	$6.79	−0.28%$0.02		GB
61	StandardAero, Inc.SARO	$8.25B	$24.81	+0.69%$0.17		US
62	AVIC Airborne Systems Co., Ltd.600372.SS	$8.15B	$1.68	−1.31%$0.02		CN
63	CAE Inc.CAE	$7.85B	$24.41	−0.33%$0.08		CA
64	AeroVironment, Inc.AVAV	$7.32B	$144.65	−1.74%$2.56		US
65	HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co443060.KS	$7.03B	$156.91	+0.71%$1.11		KR
66	China Aerospace Times Electronics Co. Ltd.600879.SS	$7.01B	$2.12	−0.83%$0.02		CN
67	Hexcel CorporationHXL	$6.96B	$91.98	−0.49%$0.45		US
68	Loar Holdings Inc.LOAR	$6.35B	$67.85	−2.71%$1.89		US
69	TKMS AG & Co. KGaATKMS.DE	$6.11B	$96.18	−1.19%$1.16		DE
70	Planet Labs PBCPL	$6.03B	$18.12	−1.25%$0.23		US
71	VSE CorporationVSEC	$5.72B	$203.91	+0.66%$1.33		US
72	Karman Holdings Inc.KRMN	$5.30B	$39.98	−1.33%$0.54		US
73	Fincantieri S.p.A.FCT.MI	$5.12B	$14.30	+0.78%$0.11		IT
74	AAR Corp.AIR	$5.05B	$126.54	+0.70%$0.88		US
75	Mercury Systems, Inc.MRCY	$4.95B	$82.42	−2.70%$2.29		US
76	RENK Group AGR3NK.F	$4.92B	$49.22	−1.82%$0.91		DE
77	Amentum Holdings, Inc.AMTM	$4.90B	$20.06	−0.25%$0.05		US
78	Bharat Dynamics LimitedBDL.BO	$4.84B	$13.19	−0.95%$0.13		IN
79	MDA Space LtdMDA	$4.78B	$29.52	+1.57%$0.46		CA
80	OHB SEOHB.DE	$4.72B	$227.44	+6.30%$13.47		DE
81	CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) Company Limited600685.SS	$4.57B	$4.06	−0.69%$0.03		CN
82	Cochin Shipyard LimitedCOCHINSHIP.BO	$4.20B	$15.96	+0.53%$0.08		IN
83	PJSC United Aircraft CorporationUNAC.ME	$4.20B	$0.00	+0.99%$0.00		RU
84	Aecc Aero-Engine Control Co.,Ltd.000738.SZ	$3.78B	$2.87	−1.53%$0.04		CN
85	Anhui Great Wall Military Industry Co., Ltd.601606.SS	$3.66B	$5.05	−2.59%$0.13		CN
86	Firefly Aerospace Inc.FLY	$3.56B	$21.67	+2.90%$0.61		US
87	Jiangxi Hongdu Aviation Industry Co., Ltd.600316.SS	$3.39B	$4.73	−1.98%$0.10		CN
88	Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group Co.,Ltd.600967.SS	$3.38B	$1.99	−2.34%$0.05		CN
89	ExosensEXENS.PA	$3.35B	$65.86	+2.72%$1.74		FR
90	Avicopter Plc600038.SS	$3.35B	$4.09	−1.86%$0.08		CN
91	QinetiQ Group plcQQ.L	$3.33B	$6.50	−0.66%$0.04		GB
92	Lisi S.A.FII.PA	$3.26B	$71.32	+0.99%$0.70		FR
93	North Industries Group Red Arrow Co., Ltd000519.SZ	$3.26B	$2.34	−0.70%$0.02		CN
94	Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers LimitedGRSE.NS	$3.04B	$26.53	−1.05%$0.28		IN
95	Theon International PLCTHEON.AS	$2.94B	$37.54	+2.08%$0.77		CY
96	Astronics CorporationATRO	$2.93B	$76.26	+2.32%$1.73		US
97	Mitsui E&S Holdings Co., Ltd.7003.T	$2.91B	$28.80	+4.97%$1.36		JP
98	Aerospace CH UAV Co.,Ltd002389.SZ	$2.80B	$2.85	+0.63%$0.02		CN
99	Colt CZ Group SECZGZF	$2.74B	$44.00	+0.00%$0.00		CZ
100	Data Patterns (India) LimitedDATAPATTNS.BO	$2.72B	$48.58	+0.12%$0.06		IN
101	North Navigation Control Technology Co.,Ltd.600435.SS	$2.56B	$1.69	−2.07%$0.04		CN
102	PJSC YakovlevIRKT.ME	$2.55B	$0.22	+1.92%$0.00		RU
103	Ducommun IncorporatedDCO	$2.54B	$168.32	+1.08%$1.80		US
104	Redwire CorpRDW	$2.51B	$10.53	+1.54%$0.16		US
105	Bet Shemesh Engines Holdings (1997) LtdBSEN.TA	$2.45B	$256.73	+0.55%$1.39		IL
106	Exail TechnologiesEXA.PA	$2.45B	$144.15	−0.16%$0.23		FR
107	Intuitive Machines, Inc.LUNR	$2.36B	$14.81	+0.75%$0.11		US
108	V2X, Inc.VVX	$2.32B	$74.18	−2.50%$1.90		US
109	AviChina Industry & Technology Company LimitedAVIJF	$2.30B	$0.37	+0.00%$0.00	—	CN
110	Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.7014.T	$2.26B	$32.52	+5.83%$1.79		JP
111	Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc.AADX	$2.21B	$12.93	+3.19%$0.40		US
112	Arxis, Inc. Class A Common StockARXS	$2.17B	$53.62	+0.71%$0.38		US
113	Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation2645.TW	$2.06B	$5.49	+0.29%$0.02		TW
114	Voyager Technologies, Inc.VOYG	$2.06B	$33.94	+3.86%$1.26		US

How This List Is Built

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Aerospace & Defense industry?: Aerospace & Defense is an industry within the Industrials sector. This list ranks every Aerospace & Defense company in our global universe, above a $2 billion market cap, by market capitalization in US dollars. It refreshes nightly and overlays live prices through the day.
Do Aerospace & Defense companies pay dividends?: Some do, some do not. Open any company to see its dividend yield, payout ratio, and safety read. To find the income payers, cross-reference this list with our dividend lists.