best performing large cap defense stocks 2022-2024

Axon Enterprise (AXON) had the highest return between 2022 and 2024 by a large-cap US stock in the Aerospace & Defense Industry, returning 279.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Axon Enterprise (AXON)
2022-2024
279.51%
Howmet Aerospace  (HWM)
2022-2024
245.09%
Leonardo DRS, Inc Common Stock (DRS)
2022-2024
239.75%
Curtiss-Wright (CW)
2022-2024
158.79%
AeroVironment (AVAV)
2022-2024
146.11%
BWX Technologies (BWXT)
2022-2024
141.25%
Transdigm (TDG)
2022-2024
123.29%
Embraer SA ADR (ERJ)
2022-2024
109.48%
Heico (HEI)
2022-2024
65.37%
Elbit Systems (ESLT)
2022-2024
51.05%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
2022-2024
48.22%
HEICO (HEI.A)
2022-2024
45.45%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
2022-2024
44.51%
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS)
2022-2024
35.77%
General Dynamics (GD)
2022-2024
34.61%
Northrop Grumman (NOC)
2022-2024
27.17%
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
2022-2024
8.11%
L3Harris Technologies (LHX)
2022-2024
4.99%
Textron (TXT)
2022-2024
-1.01%
Boeing (BA)
2022-2024
-13.24%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.