Compare Stocks: ESLT, GD, HWM, 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
ESLT Elbit Systems	$706.62 -2.3%	$723.65	$453.00 ▼ $1,016.06	$32.14B	0.09	88,777 shs	88,012 shs
GD General Dynamics	$363.13 +0.0%	$349.20	$306.77 ▼ $400.00	$98.11B	0.3	1.30 million shs	735,905 shs
HWM Howmet Aerospace	$220.72 -1.1%	$219.89	$183.52 ▼ $310.00	$88.72B	1.31	4.62 million shs	2.35 million shs
NOC Northrop Grumman	$550.55 +0.3%	$520.74	$470.06 ▼ $774.00	$78.01B	-0.13	1.03 million shs	515,567 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ESLT Elbit Systems	-2.27%	+3.52%	+0.75%	-9.83%	+46.26%
GD General Dynamics	+0.02%	+2.61%	+8.55%	-8.17%	+3.92%
HWM Howmet Aerospace	-1.03%	+7.26%	+1.65%	-23.71%	+7.69%
NOC Northrop Grumman	+0.17%	+4.73%	+10.99%	-5.92%	-1.45%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ESLT Elbit Systems	$706.62 -2.3%	$723.65	$453.00 ▼ $1,016.06	$32.14B	0.09	88,777 shs	88,012 shs
GD General Dynamics	$363.13 +0.0%	$349.20	$306.77 ▼ $400.00	$98.11B	0.3	1.30 million shs	735,905 shs
HWM Howmet Aerospace	$220.72 -1.1%	$219.89	$183.52 ▼ $310.00	$88.72B	1.31	4.62 million shs	2.35 million shs
NOC Northrop Grumman	$550.55 +0.3%	$520.74	$470.06 ▼ $774.00	$78.01B	-0.13	1.03 million shs	515,567 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ESLT Elbit Systems	-2.27%	+3.52%	+0.75%	-9.83%	+46.26%
GD General Dynamics	+0.02%	+2.61%	+8.55%	-8.17%	+3.92%
HWM Howmet Aerospace	-1.03%	+7.26%	+1.65%	-23.71%	+7.69%
NOC Northrop Grumman	+0.17%	+4.73%	+10.99%	-5.92%	-1.45%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ESLT Elbit Systems	2.00	Hold	$841.67	19.11% Upside
GD General Dynamics	2.59	Moderate Buy	$408.94	12.62% Upside
HWM Howmet Aerospace	2.91	Moderate Buy	$295.81	34.02% Upside
NOC Northrop Grumman	2.56	Moderate Buy	$643.74	16.93% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ESLT, GD, HWM, and NOC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
11/3/2026	GD General Dynamics	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$465.00 ➝ $480.00
11/3/2026	GD General Dynamics	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$365.00 ➝ $386.00
11/3/2026	HWM Howmet Aerospace	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Sector Weight ➝ Overweight	$237.00
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	HWM Howmet Aerospace	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$370.00 ➝ $350.00
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
11/2/2026	HWM Howmet Aerospace	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$340.00 ➝ $280.00
10/30/2026	HWM Howmet Aerospace	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$255.00 ➝ $230.00
10/30/2026	HWM Howmet Aerospace	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$310.00 ➝ $250.00
10/30/2026	HWM Howmet Aerospace	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Positive	$340.00 ➝ $275.00

(Data available from 11/14/2023 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
ESLT Elbit Systems	$7.94B	3.96	$16.93 per share	41.75	$92.90 per share	7.61
GD General Dynamics	$52.55B	1.87	$18.99 per share	19.12	$101.00 per share	3.60
HWM Howmet Aerospace	$8.25B	10.64	$4.47 per share	49.40	$14.49 per share	15.23
NOC Northrop Grumman	$41.95B	1.86	$37.15 per share	14.82	$131.51 per share	4.19

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
ESLT Elbit Systems	$534.34M	$13.27	53.25	37.53	2.93	7.44%	16.66%	5.39%	11/17/2026 (Estimated)
GD General Dynamics	$4.21B	$17.00	21.36	19.33	2.04	8.24%	17.60%	7.87%	1/27/2027 (Estimated)
HWM Howmet Aerospace	$1.51B	$5.11	44.09	33.96	1.63	21.10%	36.44%	16.06%	N/A
NOC Northrop Grumman	$4.18B	$31.70	18.98	18.36	2.95	10.37%	23.46%	8.06%	1/26/2027 (Estimated)

Latest ESLT, GD, HWM, 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	$2.25 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
10/29/2026	Q3 2026	HWM Howmet Aerospace	$1.37	$1.46	+$0.09	$1.42	$2.59 billion	$2.70 billion
10/20/2026	Q3 2026	NOC Northrop Grumman	$7.18	$7.89	+$0.71	$7.89	$11.14 billion	$11.12 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ESLT Elbit Systems	$3.33	0.47%	+10.22%	25.09%	1 Years
GD General Dynamics	$6.36	1.75%	+6.50%	37.41%	34 Years
HWM Howmet Aerospace	$0.56	0.25%	-34.93%	10.96%	5 Years
NOC Northrop Grumman	$9.88	1.79%	+9.66%	31.17%	22 Years

Latest ESLT, GD, HWM, and NOC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/14/2026	HWM Howmet Aerospace	quarterly	$0.14	0.27%	11/6/2026	11/6/2026	11/25/2026
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
ESLT Elbit Systems	0.04	1.39	0.89
GD General Dynamics	0.23	1.43	0.94
HWM Howmet Aerospace	0.70	1.86	0.90
NOC Northrop Grumman	0.77	1.23	1.14

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ESLT Elbit Systems	17.88%
GD General Dynamics	86.14%
HWM Howmet Aerospace	90.46%
NOC Northrop Grumman	83.40%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ESLT Elbit Systems	0.84%
GD General Dynamics	1.40%
HWM Howmet Aerospace	0.85%
NOC Northrop Grumman	0.21%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ESLT Elbit Systems	20,537	44.45 million	44.08 million	Optionable
GD General Dynamics	117,000	270.22 million	266.44 million	Optionable
HWM Howmet Aerospace	25,430	397.66 million	394.28 million	Optionable
NOC Northrop Grumman	95,000	142.06 million	141.77 million	Optionable

ESLT, GD, HWM, and NOC Headlines

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Northrop Grumman : to Power Hermeus’ Mission, Bringing to Life a New-Class of Autonomous Military Aircraft

November 12 at 12:37 PM | marketscreener.comM

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Northrop Grumman Sees 2027 Growth and $10 Billion in Overseas Sales by 2031

November 11 at 3:13 PM | marketbeat.com

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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) - What Are Investment Firms Thinking About This Stock?

November 11 at 2:13 AM | marketbeat.com

Northrop Grumman (NOC) Builds Momentum Ahead Of Baird Conference, Is It Still Cheap?

November 10, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Northrop Grumman (NOC) Will Not Protest Its F A XX Loss

November 10, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Stock Jumps 1.8% - Should You Buy?

November 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Northrop Grumman (NOC) Just Overtook the 20-Day Moving Average

November 10, 2026 | zacks.com

Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC Stock: Lockheed Martin Investment Management Co. Cuts Holdings

November 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Vestor Capital LLC Purchases 3,591 Shares of Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC

November 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC Stock: Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Cuts Stake

November 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Northrop Grumman Declines To Protest F/A-XX

November 9, 2026 | defensedaily.comD

Northrop Grumman Corp. stock underperforms Monday when compared to competitors despite daily gains

November 9, 2026 | marketwatch.com

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Stock Price Up 2.8% - Here's What Happened

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ESLT, GD, HWM, and NOC Company Descriptions

Elbit Systems NASDAQ:ESLT

$706.62 -16.38 (-2.27%)

Closing price 11/13/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$706.66 +0.03 (+0.00%)

As of 11/13/2026 07:39 PM 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

$363.13 +0.06 (+0.02%)

Closing price 11/13/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$359.56 -3.57 (-0.98%)

As of 11/13/2026 07:53 PM 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.

Howmet Aerospace NYSE:HWM

$220.72 -2.39 (-1.07%)

Closing price 11/13/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$219.20 -1.53 (-0.69%)

As of 11/13/2026 07:59 PM Eastern

Howmet Aerospace Inc. provides advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries in the United States, Japan, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy, Canada, Poland, China, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Engine Products, Fastening Systems, Engineered Structures, and Forged Wheels. The Engine Products segment offers airfoils and seamless rolled rings primarily for aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines; and rotating and structural parts. The Fastening Systems segment produces aerospace fastening systems, as well as commercial transportation, industrial, and other fasteners; and latches, bearings, fluid fittings, and installation tools. The Engineered Structures segment provides titanium ingots and mill products, aluminum and nickel forgings, and machined components and assemblies for aerospace and defense applications; and titanium forgings, extrusions, and forming and machining services for airframe, wing, aero-engine, and landing gear components. The Forged Wheels segment offers forged aluminum wheels and related products for heavy-duty trucks and commercial transportation markets. The company was formerly known as Arconic Inc. Howmet Aerospace Inc. was founded in 1888 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Northrop Grumman NYSE:NOC

$550.55 +1.42 (+0.26%)

Closing price 11/13/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$547.60 -2.95 (-0.54%)

As of 11/13/2026 07:57 PM 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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