Mostly Markets
Subscribe
Stocks/Industrials/Aerospace & Defense

TextronTXT

Aerospace & Defense · Providence, Rhode Island · In the S&P 500
Solid businessCheaper than peers
$85.70−2.01%After hours: $85.70 (0.00%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 7.1% over 1 year
Textron over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$80$90$100Nov2026MarMayJulSep$85.70$80$90$100NovMarJul$85.70
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$14.74B
Price to earnings15.4x
Forward P/E12.9x
Dividend yield0.09%
Year to date−1.7%
One year+7.1%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorIndustrials
52-week range (closes)
$73.03$100.77

Quality and valuation

How Textron compares with other industrials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Textron and 7 aerospace & defense peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: cheaper than most

An average business among industrials companies, priced below most of them.

Textron trades at 12.9 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 21.4x for the 89 industrials stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +8.5% vs +8.2%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 5.2% vs 13.1%
  • Keeps less of its revenue as profit (net margin): 6.3% vs 13.2%
TXT trades at 12.9x forward earnings, below the sector medianForward p/e, Aerospace & Defense peers
TXT12.9xNOC19.3xLMT20.6xGD21.3xRTX26.8xHWM33.6xGE35.7xSector median 21.4xTXT12.9xNOC19.3xLMT20.6xGD21.3xRTX26.8xHWM33.6xGE35.7xSector median 21.4x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 15.4x earnings, TXT is cheaper than its average since Oct 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
14x18x20xAverage 17.5x2025202615.4x20xAverage 17.5x2025202615.4x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Textron's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 3 Oct 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 4.1% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q3 ’26
$0bn$2bn$4bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$3.8bnQ3 ’26$0bn$2bn$4bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$3.8bnQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth sped up to +4.1% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%10%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’254.1%Q3 ’260%10%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’254.1%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $809 million over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
−$200m$0m$200m$400mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$323mQ3 ’26$0m$500mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$323mQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Diluted EPS was $1.56 last quarterQuarterly diluted earnings per share, $
$0.0$0.5$1.0$1.5Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$1.56Q3 ’26$0$1Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$1.56Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsTXTSector median
Revenue growth+8.5%+8.2%
Free cash flow margin5.2%13.1%
Price to earnings15.4x25.8x

Stories on Textron

We haven't written about Textron yet. Follow it, and its first story will show under My stocks on the front page.

Similar companies

Aerospace & Defense, by market value.

CompanyPriceTodayYTDValue
GEGE Aerospace$301.80−3.59%−2.0%$312B
RTXRTX$199.80+0.20%+8.9%$270B
LMTLockheed Martin$636.95−1.03%+31.7%$147B
BABoeing$171.55−0.64%−21.0%$136B
GDGeneral Dynamics$372.59+0.48%+10.7%$101B
HWMHowmet Aerospace$199.22−3.26%−2.8%$79.45B
NOCNorthrop Grumman$557.54−0.86%−2.2%$79.21B
TDGTransDigm Group$1,146.81−2.47%−13.8%$63.39B