Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BA scored 28.5, ARXS scored 72.0 — ARXS leads.
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Different reporting periods. ARXS's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but BA's are as of March 2026 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
BA
The Boeing Company
Aerospace & Defense · Quality-Growth
28.5
$190.37 · $150.5B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
43.5
ARXS leads
ARXS
Arxis, Inc.
Aerospace & Defense · Quality-Growth
72
$47.89 · $20.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestBA1.6x
Fastest growthARXS+115.5%
Strongest balance sheetARXS0.40
Highest qualityARXS77 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/S multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BA
stronger →← stronger
ARXS
32
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
77
58
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
98
12
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
62
ARXS is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BA
ARXS
-$1.1bF
FCF
$314mC
+34.5%A
Rev
+115.5%A
7.91D
D/E
0.40B+
1.6xB+
P/S
11.7xD
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
BA
ARXS
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
183% above
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~43%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
-73%
—
5-yr DCF upside
-65%
—
10-yr DCF upside
-48%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BA
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
ARXS
Why this score
Short track record
The companies
BAThe Boeing Company
Aerospace & Defense · $190.37 · beta 1.26
Why now
Aerospace & Defense · market cap $150.5b. Down 25% from 52-week high of $254.35 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +34% — in hypergrowth territory. 27 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $272.44 (implying +43% upside).
Moat
$150.5b 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
D/E 7.91 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Free cash flow is negative (-$1.1b) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Trailing P/E 68.0x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating.
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.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where BA and ARXS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 43.5 points in favor of ARXS. The widest single difference is Value, where ARXS leads by 50.1 points.
ValueBA 12.4 · ARXS 62.5ARXS +50.1
QualityBA 32.1 · ARXS 76.8ARXS +44.7
GrowthBA 57.7 · ARXS 98.0ARXS +40.3
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 BA the better stock?
ARXS scores higher: ARXS 72.0, BA 28.5 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 BA differ most?
The widest gap is value, where ARXS leads by 50 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. ARXS leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are ARXS and BA 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.