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Canadian (TSX) Aerospace and Defense Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 14, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies6
  • 7D1.8%
  • 3M0.4%
  • 1Y33.6%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Aerospace and Defense industry has risen 1.2%, driven by gains from MDA Space of 21%. In the same time, Bombardier was down 5.0%. In the last 12 months, the industry was up 34%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 69% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Canadian Aerospace and Defense Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 14 Mar 2025CA$15.0bCA$6.6b-CA$170,732,760.0035.4x-87.9x2.3x
Sun, 09 Feb 2025CA$15.3bCA$7.0b-CA$238,270,923.0028.5x-64.1x2.2x
Tue, 07 Jan 2025CA$16.6bCA$7.0b-CA$238,270,923.0030.7x-69.6x2.4x
Thu, 05 Dec 2024CA$15.8bCA$7.0b-CA$238,116,781.0030.8x-66.2x2.2x
Sat, 02 Nov 2024CA$12.2bCA$6.8b-CA$248,773,895.0034.4x-49.1x1.8x
Mon, 30 Sep 2024CA$11.8bCA$6.8b-CA$249,720,880.0030.9x-47.1x1.7x
Wed, 28 Aug 2024CA$11.3bCA$6.8b-CA$258,905,570.0030.5x-43.8x1.7x
Fri, 26 Jul 2024CA$11.2bCA$6.6b-CA$278,245,632.0034.1x-40.3x1.7x
Sun, 23 Jun 2024CA$11.4bCA$6.6b-CA$278,245,632.0031.1x-41.1x1.7x
Tue, 21 May 2024CA$11.7bCA$6.9bCA$297.1m32.6x39.4x1.7x
Thu, 18 Apr 2024CA$11.4bCA$6.9bCA$296.3m32.6x38.3x1.7x
Sat, 16 Mar 2024CA$11.6bCA$6.9bCA$283.9m32.9x41x1.7x
Mon, 12 Feb 2024CA$11.9bCA$6.7bCA$281.1m30.1x42.3x1.8x
Wed, 10 Jan 2024CA$11.6bCA$6.7bCA$273.9m29.9x42.2x1.7x
Fri, 08 Dec 2023CA$11.4bCA$6.7bCA$271.0m30.7x42.2x1.7x
Sun, 05 Nov 2023CA$12.2bCA$6.5bCA$230.3m30.4x53.1x1.9x
Tue, 03 Oct 2023CA$12.9bCA$6.5bCA$202.7m31.5x63.5x2x
Thu, 31 Aug 2023CA$13.0bCA$6.5bCA$202.8m30.9x64x2x
Sat, 29 Jul 2023CA$11.7bCA$6.3bCA$125.7m38.7x93.3x1.9x
Mon, 26 Jun 2023CA$11.4bCA$6.3bCA$125.8m36.2x90.9x1.8x
Wed, 24 May 2023CA$11.8bCA$6.0bCA$82.1m35.1x144.1x2x
Fri, 21 Apr 2023CA$12.1bCA$5.9bCA$68.8m30.5x176.1x2.1x
Sun, 19 Mar 2023CA$11.1bCA$5.8bCA$87.9m48.2x126.7x1.9x
Tue, 14 Feb 2023CA$11.8bCA$5.6bCA$62.3m44x189.5x2.1x
Thu, 12 Jan 2023CA$11.0bCA$5.6bCA$55.9m32.9x196.3x1.9x
Sat, 10 Dec 2022CA$10.8bCA$5.6bCA$55.6m31.5x193.9x1.9x
Mon, 07 Nov 2022CA$9.7bCA$5.4bCA$52.9m47.8x183.7x1.8x
Wed, 05 Oct 2022CA$9.3bCA$5.4bCA$77.1m45.5x121.2x1.7x
Fri, 02 Sep 2022CA$9.6bCA$5.4bCA$86.0m46.5x111.3x1.8x
Sun, 31 Jul 2022CA$13.1bCA$5.1bCA$133.9m45.5x97.5x2.5x
Tue, 28 Jun 2022CA$12.5bCA$5.1bCA$133.8m43.5x93.7x2.4x
Thu, 26 May 2022CA$14.7bCA$7.4bCA$263.8m17.3x55.8x2x
Sat, 23 Apr 2022CA$13.2bCA$5.2bCA$27.8m58.2x474.2x2.5x
Mon, 21 Mar 2022CA$13.3bCA$5.2b-CA$5,260,202.0058.8x-2531.7x2.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-2531.7x


Total Market Cap: CA$13.3bTotal Earnings: -CA$5,260,202.00Total Revenue: CA$5.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Aerospace and Defense Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 70.5x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Canadian Aerospace and Defense industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 2.0x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 2.3x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Aerospace and Defense industry have deteriorated over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 8.4% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has caused losses to expand.

Industry Comparison

How does Canadian Aerospace and Defense compare with similar industries?

CA Market-1.36%
Industrials-3.46%
Aerospace & Defense1.79%
Aerospace and Defense1.79%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
MDA MDA SpaceCA$27.2419.5%
+CA$555.7m		86.8%PE41.9x
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