GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION vs RTX CORPORATION, two Aerospace & Defense stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GD and RTX diverge most: on debt / equity, GD reads 0.31 and RTX reads 0.00; on altman z (solvency), GD reads 8.20 and RTX reads 2.73. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's GD price has a different growth bar priced in than RTX (+8.4% implied for GD vs +20.6% for RTX); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. 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 | RTX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $383.79 | $215.22 |
| Market cap | $105.2B | $293.8B |
| Sector | Aerospace & Defense | Aerospace & Defense |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.4% | +20.6% |
| P/E | — | 37.9 |
| P/B | 4.03 | 4.31 |
| P/S | 1.96 | 3.14 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.0 | 27.3 |
| Revenue growth | +9.4% | +11.8% |
| Operating margin | 10.5% | 11.4% |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 8.3% |
| Return on equity | 16.6% | 11.4% |
| Return on assets | 7.3% | 4.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.3% | 12.6% |
| FCF yield | 5.9% | 3.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.38 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.20 | 2.73 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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