Boeing Co vs General Dynamics Corp

Boeing Co (BA) is overvalued and General Dynamics Corp (GD) is slightly undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, GD trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +12%, against -295% for BA.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Boeing Co (BA)

Discounting its cash flows at 10.2% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $50.02; the price of $197.72 is 295% above that value, and 72% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 29/100 on 9 of 12 signals

General Dynamics Corp (GD)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.6% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $389.09; the price of $343.39 is 12% below that value, and 81% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 68/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricBAGD
VerdictOvervaluedSlightly undervalued
Price$197.72$343.39
Intrinsic value$50.02$389.09
Margin of safety-295%+12%
Leak Score29/100 (9/12)68/100 (10/12)
Market cap$156.3B$92.9B
Revenue growth, 5 years9.0%6.7%
Operating margin-5.4%10.3%
Net margin2.2%8.2%
Return on equity173.6%17.8%
Debt to equity7.520.35
P/E90.0x20.9x
Forward P/E50.0x18.5x
P/B25.6x3.5x
Dividend yield0.0%1.8%

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