Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. ARXS scored 72.0, NOC scored 61.3 — ARXS leads.
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ARXS
Arxis, Inc.
Aerospace & Defense · Quality-Growth
72
$47.89 · $20.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
10.7
ARXS leads
NOC
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Aerospace & Defense · Quality-Growth
61.3
$480.72 · $68.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthARXS+115.5%
Strongest balance sheetARXS0.40
Highest qualityARXS77 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
ARXS
stronger →← stronger
NOC
77
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
70
98
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
55
62
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
61
ARXS is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
ARXS
NOC
$314mC
FCF
$3.6bB
+115.5%A
Rev
+5.9%C+
0.40B+
D/E
0.95C+
11.7xD
P/S
—
—
PEG
3.64D
—
P/E
15.4xA-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
ARXS
NOC
183% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
23% above
~43%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~10%/yr
-73%
1-yr DCF upside
-20%
-65%
5-yr DCF upside
-19%
-48%
10-yr DCF upside
-17%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
ARXS
Why this score
Short track record
NOC
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
ARXSArxis, Inc.
Aerospace & Defense · $47.89
Why now
Aerospace & Defense · market cap $20.6b. Down 22% from 52-week high of $61.50 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +115% — in hypergrowth territory. 10 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $63.30 (implying +32% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of depreciation and amortization ($206m) — non-cash charges that hold down reported earnings while cash generation stays strong.
Risk
P/S 11.7x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard.
NOCNorthrop Grumman Corporation
Aerospace & Defense · $480.72 · beta -0.11
Why now
Aerospace & Defense · market cap $68.3b. Down 38% from 52-week high of $774.00 — deep drawdown territory. 24 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $623.00 (implying +30% upside).
Moat
ROE 25% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. $68.3b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Down 38% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where ARXS and NOC diverge
On the headline score the gap is 10.7 points in favor of ARXS. The widest single difference is Growth, where ARXS leads by 43.4 points.
GrowthARXS 98.0 · NOC 54.6ARXS +43.4
QualityARXS 76.8 · NOC 69.5ARXS +7.3
ValueARXS 62.5 · NOC 60.8level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is ARXS or NOC the better stock?
ARXS scores higher: ARXS 72.0, NOC 61.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do ARXS and NOC differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where ARXS leads by 43 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. ARXS also leads quality, while value is effectively level between them.
How are ARXS and NOC scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.