Compare Stocks: ESLT, BA, GD, and NOC

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BA Boeing	$175.15 -0.1%	$195.34	$165.01 ▼ $254.35	$138.79B	1.26	7.12 million shs	1.54 million shs
ESLT Elbit Systems	$760.54 +2.4%	$723.87	$453.00 ▼ $1,016.06	$33.81B	0.13	119,731 shs	13,087 shs
GD General Dynamics	$376.59 +0.8%	$351.22	$306.77 ▼ $400.00	$101.89B	0.33	1.29 million shs	276,814 shs
NOC Northrop Grumman	$553.64 -0.3%	$520.57	$470.06 ▼ $774.00	$78.65B	-0.13	923,044 shs	122,946 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BA Boeing	+2.29%	-6.63%	-9.30%	-26.04%	-12.87%
ESLT Elbit Systems	-4.77%	-4.56%	+6.64%	-12.58%	+55.74%
GD General Dynamics	+0.12%	+4.65%	+12.99%	-3.34%	+8.22%
NOC Northrop Grumman	-0.58%	-1.83%	+15.76%	+0.75%	-5.02%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BA Boeing	$175.15 -0.1%	$195.34	$165.01 ▼ $254.35	$138.79B	1.26	7.12 million shs	1.54 million shs
ESLT Elbit Systems	$760.54 +2.4%	$723.87	$453.00 ▼ $1,016.06	$33.81B	0.13	119,731 shs	13,087 shs
GD General Dynamics	$376.59 +0.8%	$351.22	$306.77 ▼ $400.00	$101.89B	0.33	1.29 million shs	276,814 shs
NOC Northrop Grumman	$553.64 -0.3%	$520.57	$470.06 ▼ $774.00	$78.65B	-0.13	923,044 shs	122,946 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BA Boeing	+2.29%	-6.63%	-9.30%	-26.04%	-12.87%
ESLT Elbit Systems	-4.77%	-4.56%	+6.64%	-12.58%	+55.74%
GD General Dynamics	+0.12%	+4.65%	+12.99%	-3.34%	+8.22%
NOC Northrop Grumman	-0.58%	-1.83%	+15.76%	+0.75%	-5.02%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BA Boeing	2.61	Moderate Buy	$247.88	41.38% Upside
ESLT Elbit Systems	2.00	Hold	$841.67	13.36% Upside
GD General Dynamics	2.59	Moderate Buy	$406.94	9.05% Upside
NOC Northrop Grumman	2.56	Moderate Buy	$643.74	15.87% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ESLT, BA, GD, and NOC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
11/2/2026	GD General Dynamics	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$455.00
11/2/2026	GD General Dynamics	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$374.00 ➝ $400.00
11/2/2026	GD General Dynamics	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform	$360.00 ➝ $400.00
10/29/2026	BA Boeing	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$278.00 ➝ $223.00
10/28/2026	BA Boeing	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold
10/28/2026	BA Boeing	Roth Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Neutral
10/28/2026	BA Boeing	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Outperform
10/28/2026	BA Boeing	Glj Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Buy
10/28/2026	BA Boeing	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Hold
10/28/2026	BA Boeing	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral
10/28/2026	BA Boeing	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Neutral

(Data available from 11/3/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BA Boeing	$89.46B	1.55	N/A	N/A	$8.27 per share	21.20
ESLT Elbit Systems	$8.55B	3.86	$16.50 per share	45.00	$92.90 per share	7.99
GD General Dynamics	$52.55B	1.92	$20.00 per share	18.66	$94.76 per share	3.94
NOC Northrop Grumman	$41.95B	1.88	$37.26 per share	14.91	$131.51 per share	4.22

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BA Boeing	$2.24B	$9.19	19.08	110.27	N/A	7.98%	-42.40%	-1.53%	N/A
ESLT Elbit Systems	$534.34M	$13.27	55.95	39.43	3.16	7.44%	16.66%	5.39%	11/17/2026 (Estimated)
GD General Dynamics	$4.21B	$17.00	21.95	20.07	2.07	8.18%	17.43%	7.67%	N/A
NOC Northrop Grumman	$4.18B	$31.70	17.53	18.40	3.02	10.37%	23.46%	8.06%	N/A

Latest ESLT, BA, GD, and NOC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/17/2026	Q3 2026	ESLT Elbit Systems	$3.65	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.26 billion	N/A
10/30/2026	Q3 2026	GD General Dynamics	$4.12	$4.49	+$0.37	$4.49	$13.72 billion	$14.57 billion
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	BA Boeing	-$0.2550	-$0.34	-$0.0851	-$0.26	$23.95 billion	$24.19 billion
10/20/2026	Q3 2026	NOC Northrop Grumman	$7.18	$7.89	+$0.71	$7.89	$11.14 billion	$11.12 billion
8/11/2026	Q2 2026	ESLT Elbit Systems	$3.69	$4.14	+$0.45	$3.61	$2.25 billion	$2.29 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BA Boeing	N/A	N/A	-100.00%	N/A	N/A
ESLT Elbit Systems	$3.32	0.45%	+10.22%	25.02%	1 Years
GD General Dynamics	$6.36	1.70%	+6.50%	37.41%	34 Years
NOC Northrop Grumman	$9.88	1.78%	+9.66%	31.17%	22 Years

Latest ESLT, BA, GD, and NOC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/5/2026	GD General Dynamics	quarterly	$1.59	1.92%	10/9/2026	10/9/2026	11/13/2026
8/10/2026	ESLT Elbit Systems	quarterly	$1.00	0.6%	10/13/2026	10/13/2026	10/26/2026
8/19/2026	NOC Northrop Grumman	quarterly	$2.47	1.83%	8/31/2026	8/31/2026	9/16/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BA Boeing	6.31	1.13	0.33
ESLT Elbit Systems	0.04	1.39	0.89
GD General Dynamics	0.23	1.44	0.96
NOC Northrop Grumman	0.77	1.23	1.14

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BA Boeing	64.82%
ESLT Elbit Systems	17.88%
GD General Dynamics	86.14%
NOC Northrop Grumman	83.40%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BA Boeing	0.10%
ESLT Elbit Systems	0.84%
GD General Dynamics	1.40%
NOC Northrop Grumman	0.21%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BA Boeing	182,000	792.45 million	791.66 million	Optionable
ESLT Elbit Systems	20,537	44.45 million	44.08 million	Optionable
GD General Dynamics	117,000	270.56 million	266.77 million	Optionable
NOC Northrop Grumman	95,000	142.06 million	141.77 million	Optionable

ESLT, BA, GD, and NOC Headlines

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Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. Acquires New Holdings in Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC

November 3 at 5:35 AM | marketbeat.com

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November 3 at 5:27 AM | marketbeat.com

Tech’s Next Big Bet Is Defense. What That Means for Lockheed Stock and Its Peers.

November 2 at 11:11 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC Holdings Trimmed by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.

November 2 at 7:48 AM | marketbeat.com

Golden Dome Is a $185 Billion Program, but Anduril Is Private. Here Are the 3 Public Companies Building It.

October 31 at 7:15 AM | fool.com

Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC Stock Bought by International Assets Investment Management LLC

October 31 at 6:15 AM | marketbeat.com

Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC Stock Acquired by Parcion Private Wealth LLC

October 31 at 5:51 AM | marketbeat.com

Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC Shares Bought by Fusion Capital LLC

October 31 at 4:01 AM | marketbeat.com

Soltis Investment Advisors LLC Purchases 4,133 Shares of Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC

October 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Northrop Grumman (NOC) Stock May Be Fully Priced Despite Defense Tech Updates

October 29, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Stock Jumps 1.7% - Here's Why

October 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Northrop Grumman : Increases Production of Combat-Proven Electronic Bomb Fuze

October 29, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

Here's Why Northrop Grumman (NOC) is a Strong Value Stock

October 29, 2026 | zacks.com

Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC Shares Sold by Asset Management One Co. Ltd.

October 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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October 28, 2026 | investorplace.com

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Stock Price Expected to Rise, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Analyst Says

October 28, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Stock Price Up 2.6% After Analyst Upgrade

October 28, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Stock Falls 2.6% - What's Next?

October 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Stock Jumps 2.6% After Analyst Upgrade

October 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Northrop Grumman Exec at AUSA on Biggest Defense Threats Facing Global Forces

October 26, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Stock

October 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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ESLT, BA, GD, and NOC Company Descriptions

Boeing NYSE:BA

$175.14 -0.26 (-0.15%)

As of 11:20 AM Eastern

The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, services, and supports commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight and launch systems, and services worldwide. The company operates through Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space & Security; and Global Services segments. The Commercial Airplanes segment develops, produces, and markets commercial jet aircraft for passenger and cargo requirements, as well as provides fleet support services. The Defense, Space & Security segment engages in the research, development, production, and modification of manned and unmanned military aircraft and weapons systems; strategic defense and intelligence systems, which include strategic missile and defense systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, cyber and information solutions, and intelligence systems; and satellite systems, such as government and commercial satellites, and space exploration. The Global Services segment offers products and services, including supply chain and logistics management, engineering, maintenance and modifications, upgrades and conversions, spare parts, pilot and maintenance training systems and services, technical and maintenance documents, and data analytics and digital services to commercial and defense customers. The Boeing Company was incorporated in 1916 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.

Elbit Systems NASDAQ:ESLT

$760.54 +18.07 (+2.43%)

As of 11:20 AM Eastern

Elbit Systems Ltd. develops and supplies a portfolio of airborne, land, and naval systems and products for the defense, homeland security, and commercial aviation applications primarily in Israel. The company operates through Aerospace, C4I and Cyber, ISTAR and EW, Land, and Elbit Systems of America segments. It also offers military aircraft and helicopter systems; commercial aviation systems and aerostructures; unmanned aircraft systems; electro-optic, night vision, and countermeasures systems; naval systems; land vehicle systems; munitions, such as precision munitions for land, air, and sea applications; command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and cyber systems; electronic warfare and signal intelligence systems; and other commercial activities. In addition, the company manufactures and sells data links and radio communication systems and equipment, and cyber intelligence, autonomous, and homeland security solutions. Further, it provides various electronic warfare and signal intelligence systems, and laser systems; armored vehicle and other platforms survivability and protection systems, artillery, and mortar systems, as well as provides various training and support services. Additionally, the company offers products and systems solutions to military, homeland security, medical instrumentation, and commercial aviation clients. It markets its systems and products as a prime contractor or subcontractor to various governments and companies. It also has operations in Israel, North America, Europe, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1966 and is based in Haifa, Israel.

General Dynamics NYSE:GD

$376.59 +3.13 (+0.84%)

As of 11:20 AM Eastern

General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment produces and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, aircraft-on-ground support and completion, charter, staffing, and fixed-base operator services. The Marine Systems segment designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatants, and auxiliary ships for the United States Navy and Jones Act ships for commercial customers, as well as builds crude oil and product tankers, and container and cargo ships; provides maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle support services for navy ships; offers and program management, planning, engineering, and design support services for submarine construction programs. The Combat Systems segment manufactures land combat solutions, such as wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, Stryker wheeled combat vehicles, piranha vehicles, weapons systems, munitions, mobile bridge systems with payloads, tactical vehicles, main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and armaments; and offers modernization programs, engineering, support, and sustainment services. The Technologies segment provides information technology solutions and mission support services; mobile communication, computers, and command-and-control mission systems; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions to military, intelligence, and federal civilian customers; cloud computing, artificial intelligence; machine learning; big data analytics; development, security, and operations; and unmanned undersea vehicle manufacturing and assembly services. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

Northrop Grumman NYSE:NOC

$553.64 -1.68 (-0.30%)

As of 11:20 AM Eastern

Northrop Grumman Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense technology company in the United States, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and internationally. The company's Aeronautics Systems segment designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, and sustains aircraft systems. This segment also offers unmanned autonomous aircraft systems, including high-altitude long-endurance strategic ISR systems and vertical take-off and landing tactical ISR systems; and strategic long-range strike aircraft, tactical fighter and air dominance aircraft, and airborne battle management and command and control systems. Its Defense Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces tactical weapons and missile defense solutions, and provides sustainment, modernization, and training services for manned and unmanned aircraft and electronics systems. It also offers integrated, all-domain command, and control battle management systems, precision strike weapons; high speed air-breathing and hypersonic systems; high-performance gun systems, ammunition, precision munitions and advanced fuzes; aircraft and mission systems logistics support, sustainment, operations and modernization; and warfighter training services. The company's Mission Systems segment offers command, control, communications and computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; advanced communications and network systems; cyber solutions; intelligence processing systems; navigation; and maritime power, propulsion, and payload launch systems. Its Space Systems segment offers satellites, spacecraft systems, subsystems, sensors, and payloads; ground systems; missile defense systems and interceptors; launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; and strategic missiles. Northrop Grumman Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.

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Latest ESLT, BA, GD, and NOC Analyst Ratings

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Latest ESLT, BA, GD, and NOC Dividends

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