THE BOEING COMPANY vs GARMIN LTD, two Aerospace & Defense stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BA and GRMN diverge most: on net margin, BA reads -7.6% and GRMN reads 23.3%; on return on equity, BA reads -117.3% and GRMN reads 18.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BA's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BA | GRMN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $216.20 | $294.01 |
| Market cap | $170.9B | $56.9B |
| Sector | Aerospace & Defense | Aerospace & Defense |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 77.8 | 32.8 |
| P/B | 27.95 | 6.14 |
| P/S | 1.82 | 7.62 |
| EV/EBITDA | 31.5 | 27.1 |
| Revenue growth | +27.4% | +15.7% |
| Gross margin | 9.8% | 59.4% |
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 24.6% |
| Net margin | -7.6% | 23.3% |
| Return on equity | -117.3% | 18.7% |
| Return on assets | -4.3% | 15.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.5% | 18.3% |
| FCF yield | -0.1% | 2.5% |
| Dividend yield | 3.8% | 0.9% |
| Debt / equity | 8.20 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.14 | 4.36 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.46 | 8.26 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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