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Elbit Systems Ltd.

$ESLT·$35B·Aerospace & Defense·Industrials
$744.53+0.8%YTD+26.4%1Y+67.5%
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ESESLT
$ESLTElbit Systems Ltd.
$744.53+0.82%12 posts+10%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $ESLT, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-16

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Israeli defence contractor compounding on European rearmament, an F-35 navigation monopoly, and a $30B-plus backlog that keeps growing.

Elbit Systems is an Israeli defence prime with a portfolio spanning C4ISR, electro-optics, unmanned platforms, and precision munitions — the current growth engine is European rearmament and defence-modernization spending that has structurally shifted since 2022.

  • Q1 revenue grew 15.5% year-on-year, accelerating from Q4's 11.3%; the last two EPS surprises came in at 12.5% and 10.2% beats, both cleaner than typical defence-prime quarters.
  • Consensus models $9.18B of calendar-26 revenue at $14.63 EPS across two analysts, rising to $10.25B and $17.43 in 2027 — the 64.5 TTM P/E already prices a meaningful slice of that ramp.
  • Shares are up 64% over twelve months and 25% year-to-date, sitting at the 52nd percentile of the 52-week range and only 5% above the 200-day — the compounding has been steady rather than parabolic.
  • Recent contract flow includes a $1.4B European award-cluster and continued execution against Mission Syracuse and F-35 navigation-system programmes — a book-to-bill anchor rather than one-off wins.

The 11 August Q2 print is the direct test of whether the accelerating trajectory extends; a print showing a further sequential book-to-bill above 1.9 alongside margin expansion is what confirms the multi-year read, and a decel below 1.5 would test the multiple.

Agrees with X sentimentX frames the story around the 1997 neckline breakout, a $30.2B backlog with 1.9 book-to-bill, F-35 sole-source navigation, and European contract clusters. That matches the news flow and the quarterly acceleration, with one poster noting the multiple has compressed from 100x to a cleaner setup.

What to watch: The 11 August Q2 print — book-to-bill, backlog progression, European-award cadence and any US-Foreign-Military-Sales updates. Watch also for options-market skew given the earlier options-spike coverage.

On the calendar: Q2 earnings 11 August 2026

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment8 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-18

Elbit Systems was awarded approximately $1.4B in contracts for European customer military modernization, strengthening its defense-technology position. The neckline breakout from 1997, a $30.2B backlog with 1.9 book-to-bill, F-35 sole-source missile-navigation monopoly, and a multi-payload UGV (ROOK) with Roboteam reinforce the fundamentals. One poster expresses 'finally able to get ESLT for less than 100x PE' framing - tone is uniformly long-thesis positive.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Israel's largest defense contractor supplying avionics, EW systems, drones, and C4ISR to global military customers.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Aerospace & Defense sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $ESLT.

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

No material change from last week — institutions now mark RKLB, LUNR, and RDW against SPCX's $1.

What this means for $ESLT

Partial — Israel's largest defense contractor supplying avionics, EW systems, drones, and C4ISR to global military customers; this segment overlaps with the defense budget expansion and space commercialization but is not the dominant revenue driver.

Top industry ETF

$ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
+7.1%YTD
+18.8%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
64.5How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
8.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
8.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
1.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
4.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
14.5%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
24.7%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 26, 2026$3.87$3.44+12.5%
Q4 2025Mar 17, 2026$3.56$3.23+10.2%
Q3 2025Nov 18, 2025$3.35$2.75+21.8%
Q2 2025Aug 13, 2025$3.23$2.57+25.7%
Next earningsTue, Aug 11·consensus EPS $3.69

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$2.2B+15.5%25.2%9.4%$3.46$209.9M
Q4 FY25$2.1B+11.3%24.7%9.7%$3.70$231.4M
Q3 FY25$1.9B+11.9%24.9%8.9%$2.92$101.2M
Q2 FY25$2.0B+21.3%24.0%8.0%$2.76$70.6M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 3 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$9.2B$9.1B – $9.2B$14.63$14.53 – $14.712
FY27$10.2B$10.1B – $10.4B$17.43$17.11 – $17.763
FY28$11.1B$11.0B – $11.3B$19.75$19.29 – $20.091

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.9×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.53%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-7.4%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+5.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 27.2M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β-0.235-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellApr 9Yoram ShmuelyPresident7.7K sh$6.8MSellApr 9Bezhalel MachlisCEO25.5K sh$22.6MSellApr 9Yehuda VeredPresident6.0K sh$5.3MSellApr 9Jonathan ArielPresident7.7K sh$6.8MSellApr 9Sabag Oren YaacovPresident8.5K sh$7.5MSellApr 9Ran KrilPresident6.8K sh$6.0MSellApr 9Delmar Haim DanielPresident7.7K sh$6.8M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsApr 163
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ESLT on 2026-04-16, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ESLT on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ESLT on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ESLT on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ESLT on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ESLT on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ESLT on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ESLT on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

+ 29 other (15 6-Ks · 10 3s · 2 S-8s · 1 SD) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Elbit Systems to Report Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results on August 11, 2026prnewswire.com·5d agoBill Ackman Says Next $1 Trillion Company Will Come From Israel – ‘Imagine if Silicon Valley Was a Country'benzinga.com·9d agoDefense ETFs Under Spotlight as UK Unveils $20B Military Overhaulzacks.com·15d agoIs the Options Market Predicting a Spike in Elbit Systems Stock?zacks.com·24d agoIs Elbit Systems (ESLT) Outperforming Other Aerospace Stocks This Year?zacks.com·35d ago

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