31 SUPPLY CHAINS TO ADMIRE | 2025
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Aerospace and Defense Industry
For 2025, Lockheed Martin and Northrup Grumman place in the winner circle for three consecutive years. With investment in war, growth increased 12% while operating margin declined by 3% and inventory turns and ROCE showed a slight decline.
Table 16. Industry Averages for the Aerospace Sector for the Period of 2015-2024
INDUSTRY: Aerospace & Defense
COMPANY INFORMATION
IMPROVEMENT
PERFORMANCE
VALUE
MARKET CAPITALIZIATION PER EMPLOYEE
PRICE TO BOOK
RETURN ON CAPITAL EMPLOYED
GROWTH (Year Over Year Revenue)
SUPPLY CHAIN FUNDAMENTAL SCORE
INVENTORY TURNS
OPERATING MARGIN
SUPPLY CHAIN INDEX
2024 REVENUE
NAME
2015 - 2024
AAR Corp
$ 2,319
3
25
3.7%
2.92
4.3%
5.5%
1.51 273,764
AIRBUS Group
$ 74,931
3
16
0.1%
1.95
4.6%
6.6%
9.35 652,538
Astronics
$ 795
4
14
3.8%
3.40
3.0%
4.4%
2.38 289,326
BAE Systems
$ 33,628
6
15
3.1%
8.12
9.3%
11.4%
3.79 312,653
BOEING
$ 66,517
2
23
-2.1%
1.11
-1.7%
3.6%
76.30 895,709
Bombadier
$ 8,665
2
5
-5.6%
2.28
3.9%
-0.1%
0.00 132,396
BWX Technologies
$ 2,704
4
24
6.5%
0.00
14.5%
21.2%
13.66 813,409
Ducommun
$ 787
4
8
1.2%
3.88
6.1%
5.9%
1.42 215,487
Embraer
$ 6,395
2
11
7.3%
1.72
3.0%
2.4%
1.16 182,216
General Dynamics
$ 47,716
6
7
4.6%
4.79
11.6%
15.3%
3.81 536,703
Heico
$ 3,858
5
12
13.8%
2.54
20.9%
14.5%
6.31 1,920,896
Hexcel Corp
$ 1,903
5
9
1.6%
4.65
12.6%
10.5%
3.54 866,637
Huntington Ingalls Industries
$ 11,535
5
2
5.3%
43.96
8.4%
14.5%
4.08 206,806
L3 Technologies
$ 21,325
3
3
18.5%
8.37
12.5%
7.8%
3.01 881,441
Lear Corp
$ 23,306
4
13
3.1%
13.96
5.3%
14.8%
2.20 53,556
Leonardo SPA
$ 19,226
5
18
1.7%
3.02
6.3%
7.3%
1.16 143,337
Lockheed Martin
$ 71,043
6
1
6.0%
15.28
12.5%
20.5%
25.04 849,299
Magellan Aerospace Corp
$ 942
4
18
1.9%
3.72
6.9%
7.9%
1.09 201,081
National Presto Industries
$ 388
6
16
1.4%
2.08
14.0%
13.3%
1.81 639,554
Northrop Grumman
$ 41,033
4
10
5.7%
32.06
11.1%
16.0%
5.76 653,721
Raytheon
$ 80,738
2
21
5.5%
4.65
9.2%
6.9%
1.90 500,138
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings
$ 6,317
2
21
2.6%
3.97
-1.6%
1.5%
3.83 356,234
TAT Technologies
$ 152
4
4
8.0%
1.84
1.2%
2.5%
0.95 152,437
TransDigm Group
$ 7,940
4
20
13.4%
1.92
40.4%
14.5%
0.00 2,219,258
Woodward
$ 3,324
5
6
5.9%
3.73
11.4%
10.6%
3.48 723,114
MEAN WITH OUTLIERS
$ 21,499
4
4.7%
7.04
9.2%
9.6%
7.10 586,868
MEAN WITHOUT OUTLIERS
4.2%
4.03
8.0%
9.7%
2.37 605,349
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