GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION vs Honeywell International Inc, two Aerospace & Defense stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GD and HON diverge most: on debt / equity, GD reads 0.31 and HON reads 1.80; on return on assets, GD reads 7.3% and HON reads 1.3%. 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). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | GD | HON |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $383.79 | $243.09 |
| Market cap | $105.2B | $77.4B |
| Sector | Aerospace & Defense | Aerospace & Defense |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.4% | — |
| P/E | — | 11.2 |
| P/B | 4.03 | 4.11 |
| P/S | 1.96 | 2.04 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.0 | 11.2 |
| Revenue growth | +9.4% | +5.0% |
| Operating margin | 10.5% | 23.1% |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 2.6% |
| Return on equity | 16.6% | 5.3% |
| Return on assets | 7.3% | 1.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.3% | 11.7% |
| FCF yield | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 1.80 |
| Current ratio | 1.38 | 1.21 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.20 | 7.68 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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