ESLT

Key Takeaways

• Elbit Systems is an Israeli defense-electronics prime spanning land systems, command and cyber, electronic warfare, and aerospace, and its order book has swelled with the global rearmament cycle to a record $30.2 billion backlog as of March 31, 2026, up more than $7 billion year over year. • The biggest risk is the price: at roughly 59 times operating income, every valuation lens except forward growth reads the stock as richly valued, and the average analyst one-year target near $508 sits well

Institutional ownership

384 institutional managers reported holding ESLT in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 21% of the company; the top 10 hold 13%. 92 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, Invesco, Arrowstreet Capital, among others. On the short side, 240k shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 0.5% of shares outstanding (2.5 days of typical volume to cover).

Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.

Capital returns

ESLT's share count grew 3.4% over the past five years. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (18 and counting). Cash returned over the past three years: $289.90M in dividends.

Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.

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