GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION vs HEICO CORPORATION, two Aerospace & Defense stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GD and HEI diverge most: on p/s, GD reads 1.69 and HEI reads 8.14; on fcf yield, GD reads 6.8% and HEI reads 2.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What GD's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What HEI'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 | GD | HEI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $331.38 | $298.32 |
| Market cap | $90.8B | $42.1B |
| Sector | Aerospace & Defense | Aerospace & Defense |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +4.3% | — |
| P/E | — | 49.7 |
| P/B | 3.48 | 8.39 |
| P/S | 1.69 | 8.14 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.8 | 30.4 |
| Revenue growth | +9.4% | +20.5% |
| Operating margin | 10.5% | 25.1% |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 16.4% |
| Return on equity | 16.6% | 16.9% |
| Return on assets | 7.3% | 8.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.3% | 13.1% |
| FCF yield | 6.8% | 2.4% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.51 |
| Current ratio | 1.38 | 2.72 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.20 | 7.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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