CW vs NOC vs OSIS Stock Comparison

Curtiss Wright, Northrop Grumman and Osi Systems Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CW Curtiss Wright Corp
$433.72 -21.6% 1M -25.9% 1Y
Market cap
$16.64B
P/E
30.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.74B
Div. yield
0.00%
Defense Industrials
5 wins
OSIS Osi Systems Inc
$191.61 -3.5% 1M -32.0% 1Y
Market cap
$3.09B
P/E
19.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.80B
Div. yield
–
Defense Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Northrop Grumman leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Northrop Grumman 5, Curtiss Wright 5, Osi Systems 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCWNOCOSISLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.64B $74.63B $3.09B NOC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 30.0x 16.5x 19.5x NOC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.2x 16.8x 16.3x OSIS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.7% +6.5% +2.9% CW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.9% 10.4% 8.8% CW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 15.3% 12.2% 9.8% CW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 1.7x 2.6x CW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% NOC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -25.9% -7.8% -32.0% NOC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +26.1%/yr +7.6%/yr +14.8%/yr CW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.9% 29.0% 42.1% NOC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 59/100 75/100 OSIS

Percentile Scorecard

CWNOCOSIS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCWNOCOSIS
Valuation 55 #46 of 101 75 #26 of 101 86 #15 of 101
Growth 57 #43 of 98 42 #57 of 98 68 #32 of 98
Profitability 95 #6 of 97 77 #23 of 97 79 #21 of 97
Financial Health 62 #41 of 107 38 #67 of 107 43 #62 of 107
Shareholder Returns 81 #13 of 64 62 #25 of 64 98 #2 of 64
Overall 70 59 75
  • CW ranked among 108 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • NOC ranked among 108 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • OSIS ranked among 108 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCWNOCOSISSPY
1 month -21.6%+8.8%-3.5% -5.9%
3 months -39.3%-7.4%-19.2% -4.6%
6 months -40.1%-4.8%-20.5% +0.2%
Year to date -21.3%-7.8%-24.9% +7.5%
1 year -25.9%-7.8%-32.0% +8.2%
3 years +109.0%+11.7%+75.8% +68.3%
3 years, per year +27.9%+3.7%+20.7% +19.0%
5 years +219.0%+44.3%+99.7% +56.5%
5 years, per year +26.1%+7.6%+14.8% +9.4%
10 years +406.6%+133.5%+189.5% +251.5%
10 years, per year +17.6%+8.9%+11.2% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureCWNOCOSISSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.9%29.0%42.1% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 41.4%29.1%45.3% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.23-0.051.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.68-0.27-0.76 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -45.3%-38.4%-38.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -45.3%-31.5%-38.1% -5.9%
52-week high $792.61$768.02$309.68 $779.14
52-week low $433.72$473.40$191.61 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCWNOCOSIS
P/E now vs peer median 28.7xmedian 24.7x 16.5xmedian 24.7x 19.2xmedian 24.7x
P/S now vs peer median 4.2xmedian 2.6x 1.7xmedian 2.6x 1.7xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.0xmedian 14.2x 13.9xmedian 14.2x 14.0xmedian 14.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.8xmedian 26.3x 19.5xmedian 26.3x 12.3xmedian 26.3x
P/B now vs peer median 6.2xmedian 2.4x 4.0xmedian 2.4x 3.8xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 1.50median 0.89 16.23median 0.89 0.89median 0.89

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCWNOCOSIS
Revenue $3.74B $43.59B $1.80B
Gross profit $1.42B $8.73B $593.71M
Operating income $707.88M $4.63B $219.47M
Net income $555.24M $4.52B $158.73M
Free cash flow $589.74M $3.83B $245.20M
R&D $98.86M – $78.14M
EPS (diluted) $15.07 $31.74 $9.77
Cash & equivalents $281.11M $3.74B $236.30M
Total debt $957.14M $14.43B $999.57M
Shares (diluted) 36.85M 142.40M 16.25M
Enterprise value $15.17B $62.08B $1.75B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCWNOCOSIS
P/E 28.7x 16.5x 19.2x
P/FCF 26.8x 19.5x 12.3x
P/Operating cash flow 22.3x 14.2x 10.2x
P/S 4.2x 1.7x 1.7x
P/B 6.2x 4.0x 3.8x
P/Tangible book 7.6x 4.0x 5.1x
EV/EBITDA 20.0x 13.9x 14.0x
EV/EBIT 23.3x 18.5x 16.9x
EV/Revenue 4.4x 2.0x 2.1x
EV/FCF 27.9x 22.3x 15.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 23.2x 16.2x 12.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.50 16.23 0.89

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCWNOCOSIS
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.7% 6.5% 2.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.9% 4.1% 11.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 12.6% 9.8% 0.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.5% 3.4% 10.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.7% 6.8% -0.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.7% 6.4% 16.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 19.4% 12.5% 4.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 17.3% -1.1% 19.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 22.0% 13.3% 12.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.1% 1.0% 21.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.7% 53.2% 94.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.7% 12.5% 46.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 14.2% 108.8% 120.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.3% 22.3% 59.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCWNOCOSIS
Gross margin 38.1% 20.0% 32.9%
EBITDA margin 22.1% 14.1% 14.7%
Operating margin 18.9% 10.6% 12.2%
Pretax margin 18.9% 12.0% 10.9%
Net margin 14.9% 10.4% 8.8%
FCF margin 15.8% 8.8% 13.6%
Operating cash flow margin 19.0% 12.1% 16.4%
Return on equity 20.8% 24.7% 19.6%
Return on assets 10.3% 8.8% 6.4%
Return on invested capital 15.3% 12.2% 9.8%
Return on capital employed 18.2% 12.2% 11.3%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.8x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.2x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 0.3% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCWNOCOSIS
Debt / assets 17.8% 27.5% 40.2%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.8x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 1.7x 2.6x
Debt / FCF 1.6x 3.8x 4.1x
Liabilities / assets 52.4% 64.4% 68.6%
Equity / assets 47.6% 35.6% 31.4%
Interest coverage 16.8x 7.1x 9.9x
Current ratio 1.4x 1.2x 2.9x
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.0x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.3x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 5.87 3.02 3.03

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCWNOCOSIS
Dividend yield 0.2% 1.8% –
Net buyback yield 3.2% 0.7% 6.0%
Shareholder yield 3.5% 2.5% 6.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 9.4% 30.2% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 8.9% 35.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 8.3% 8.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 12.7% 7.4% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCWNOCOSIS
Forward P/E 30.2xFY2026 16.8xFY2026 16.3xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $14.34FY2026 $31.30FY2026 $11.72FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +8.4%FY2026 +18.8%FY2026 +13.2%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +11.7% +1.5% +6.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.03BFY2026 $42.96BFY2026 $1.85BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +15.2%FY2026 +2.4%FY2026 +3.5%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after -3.9% +3.3% +16.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCWNOCOSIS
Held by institutions 85.6% 83.4% 100.0%
Institutions holding 948 1,813 368
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.8% +0.3% +0.7%
Institutions buying 479 841 192
Institutions selling 314 642 134
Buyers to sellers 1.53 1.31 1.43

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CWNOCOSIS
CW 1.00 0.35 0.33
NOC 0.35 1.00 0.20
OSIS 0.33 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CW, NOC and OSIS?

Northrop Grumman (NOC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Curtiss Wright (CW) $16.64B, Northrop Grumman (NOC) $74.63B, Osi Systems (OSIS) $3.09B.

Which stock is cheaper, CW, NOC and OSIS?

Northrop Grumman (NOC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Curtiss Wright (CW) 30.0x, Northrop Grumman (NOC) 16.5x, Osi Systems (OSIS) 19.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Osi Systems (OSIS) is cheapest (Curtiss Wright (CW) 30.2x, Northrop Grumman (NOC) 16.8x, Osi Systems (OSIS) 16.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Curtiss Wright (CW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Curtiss Wright (CW) +10.7%, Northrop Grumman (NOC) +6.5%, Osi Systems (OSIS) +2.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Curtiss Wright (CW) has the highest net margin (Curtiss Wright (CW) 14.9%, Northrop Grumman (NOC) 10.4%, Osi Systems (OSIS) 8.8%). On return on invested capital, Curtiss Wright (CW) leads (Curtiss Wright (CW) 15.3%, Northrop Grumman (NOC) 12.2%, Osi Systems (OSIS) 9.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Northrop Grumman (NOC) returned the most: Curtiss Wright (CW) -25.9%, Northrop Grumman (NOC) -7.8%, Osi Systems (OSIS) -32.0%. Over five years, Curtiss Wright (CW) compounded fastest (Curtiss Wright (CW) +26.1%/yr, Northrop Grumman (NOC) +7.6%/yr, Osi Systems (OSIS) +14.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Northrop Grumman (NOC) has the highest dividend yield: Curtiss Wright (CW) 0.00%, Northrop Grumman (NOC) 0.02%, Osi Systems (OSIS) 0.00%. Osi Systems (OSIS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Northrop Grumman (NOC) has been the steadiest (Curtiss Wright (CW) 37.9%, Northrop Grumman (NOC) 29.0%, Osi Systems (OSIS) 42.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CW, NOC and OSIS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Northrop Grumman (NOC) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.