BAE Systems’ first-half sales rose 9% at constant currency to GBP 15.8 billion, underlying EBIT rose 11% to GBP 1.7 billion, and orders reached GBP 16.4 billion. Management raised its 2026 growth outlook for sales to 8%-10%, EBIT to 10%-12%, and free cash flow to over GBP 2 billion.
BAE’s incumbent positions across air, land, maritime, missiles, and electronic warfare make it a broad-based beneficiary of multidecade US and European rearmament.
BAE depends on military funding for its sales, which is an inherently political and thus uncertain process.
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BA.
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GD
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OSK
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Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 29.77 | 23.86 | 16.77 |
Price/Book Value | 5.30 | 3.94 | 2.10 |
Price/Sales | 2.30 | 1.95 | 0.92 |
Price/Cash Flow | 19.63 | 18.85 | 10.67 |
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BA.
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GD
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OSK
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Quick Ratio | 0.91 | 0.85 | 0.93 |
Current Ratio | 1.02 | 1.44 | 1.72 |
Interest Coverage | 6.15 | 16.62 | 6.64 |
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BA.
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GD
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OSK
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Return on Assets (Normalized) | 6.27% | 8.01% | 5.89% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 20.36% | 18.43% | 13.07% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 12.60% | 13.83% | 11.82% |
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