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Ranks companies inside the Defense & Sovereign Tech theme by quality, growth and cash-generation signals.
Theme-level quality and growth rankings refreshed by Datafin.
Theme leaders are tracked by growth, profitability and cash generation.
| Stock | Sales growth | Quality strength |
|---|---|---|
| SAF.PA | 14.7% | 45.1% |
| GE | 21.9% | 36.4% |
| RR.LSE | 63% | 2,542.7% |
| ASELS.IS | 20.6% | 16.6% |
| SAAB-B.ST | 26.3% | 13.4% |
| GRMN | 15.7% | 22.7% |
| HO.PA | 9.5% | 32.3% |
| IDR.MC | -6% | 37.7% |
| HWM | 14.2% | 29.6% |
| MTX.XETRA | -1% | 23.3% |
| NOC | 5% | 22% |
| TXN | 14.9% | 24.4% |
Geopolitics has turned defense into a structural growth theme; the ranking favors firms with durable backlogs and real cash generation, not just headlines.
Sovereign demand is sticky and multi-year, so this ranking leans toward the suppliers most able to convert it into durable earnings.
The median P/E of every theme we cover; a lower bar marks a more cheaply priced theme. This analysis’ theme is highlighted.
The dark bar is this page’s theme. The lighter bars are the other themes we cover.
Latest published or live-generated results from the official Datafin analysis.
| # | Stock | Score | Sales Growth | EPS Growth | Return on Equity(ROE) | Return on Invested Capital(ROIC) | Free Cash Flow | PEG Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇫🇷 | SAF.PA Safran SA | 93 | 14.7% | 544.96% | 52.05% | 38.1% | $9.6B | 0.03 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 | GE.US GE Aerospace | 92 | 21.85% | 78.25% | 46.43% | 26.43% | $7.5B | 0.57 |
| 3 | 🇬🇧 | RR.LSE Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 88 | 63.02% | 172.74% | 3,640.09% | 1,445.36% | $8.2B | 7.08 |
| 4 | 🇹🇷 | ASELS.IS ASELSAN Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi | 86 | 20.56% | 63.13% | 15.14% | 18.11% | $86.5M | 0.7 |
| 5 | 🇸🇪 | SAAB-B.ST Saab AB (publ) | 83 | 26.26% | 37.14% | 15.65% | 11.17% | $576.5M | 1.78 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸 | GRMN.US Garmin Ltd | 83 | 15.71% | 18.34% | 19.9% | 25.41% | $1.5B | 1.54 |
| 7 | 🇫🇷 | HO.PA Thales S.A. | 78 | 9.51% | 732.85% | 35.02% | 29.59% | $5.3B | 0.02 |
| 8 | 🇪🇸 | IDR.MC Indra A | 78 | -6% | 63.31% | 28.46% | 47.02% | $648.4M | 0.29 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸 | HWM.US Howmet Aerospace Inc | 76 | 14.24% | 18.88% | 33.82% | 25.31% | $1.4B | 5 |
| 10 | 🇩🇪 | MTX.XETRA MTU Aero Engines AG | 75 | -0.99% | 65.58% | 33.87% | 12.81% | $592.4M | 0.29 |
| 11 | 🇺🇸 | NOC.US Northrop Grumman Corporation | 74 | 4.95% | 35.81% | 28.51% | 15.46% | $3.3B | 0.66 |
| 12 | 🇺🇸 | TXN.US Texas Instruments Incorporated | 73 | 14.89% | 10.38% | 32.35% | 16.45% | $3.7B | 4.55 |
| 13 | 🇺🇸 | BA.US The Boeing Company | 73 | 32.74% | 118.14% | 170.4% | 13.74% | -$1.0B | 0.8 |
| 14 | 🇺🇸 | LDOS.US Leidos Holdings Inc | 68 | 2.34% | 10.56% | 30.66% | 10.61% | $1.9B | 1.15 |
| 15 | 🇩🇪 | AIR.XETRA Airbus SE | 67 | 3.7% | 11.58% | 20.85% | 16.36% | $2.2B | 2.3 |