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Elbit Systems Ltd.

Buzzing onWhy it's trendingX mentions rising faster than the marketBacked by solid revenue growthBullish-leaning chatter
$ESLT·$40B·Aerospace & Defense·Industrials
$708.68-1.4%YTD+45.4%1Y+46.1%
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ESESLT
$ESLTElbit Systems Ltd.
$708.68-1.39%21 posts+40%
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Top X posts

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AI analysis

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

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-21

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

Israeli defense-tech compounder with a $30B backlog — the European rearmament cycle is landing directly.

Elbit Systems is Israel's largest defense electronics contractor — a genuine multi-domain player (airborne, land, naval, cyber, precision-munitions) exporting to allies globally. The 2024-26 European rearmament cycle plus persistent Middle East demand has been driving the numbers.

  • Q1 revenue grew 15% year-on-year to $2.19B and Q2 EPS came in at $4.14 vs $3.69 consensus (12% beat) — the fourth straight double-digit-percentage beat, so guidance is well below what the operating pace is delivering.
  • Backlog stands at ~$30.2B with a 1.9 book-to-bill ratio (from X chatter, corroborating known figures) — the specific forward-visibility metric that lets you underwrite the growth continuing for years, not quarters.
  • Trades at ~64x trailing GAAP earnings; forward 2026 consensus EPS $14.63 works out to ~51x — still expensive by industrial-defense standards (peer LMT trades ~18x), reflecting the growth premium the market pays for accelerating orders.
  • Stock is +45% year-to-date and +63% over 12 months, sitting at the 52nd percentile of its 52-week range — the tape has been rewarding the beat cadence and backlog growth.

What sustains the accelerating call is Nov 17 Q3 confirming another quarter of 15%+ revenue growth alongside continued book-to-bill above 1.5. What invalidates it is a specific European defense-spending pullback, or a de-escalation in Middle East geopolitics that reduces the near-term order pipeline; the 51x forward multiple assumes the cycle keeps running.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X read on the $1.4B European contract award, $30.2B backlog with 1.9 book-to-bill, F-35 sole-source missile-navigation monopoly, and ROOK multi-payload UGV matches the specific data points. The 'finally under 100x P/E' framing is fair — the multiple is elevated but consistent with the growth trajectory.

What to watch: Nov 17 Q3 earnings — book-to-bill ratio and European segment revenue growth. Watch specific contract awards from Germany, UK, and other European MoDs.

On the calendar: 2026-11-17 — Q3 earnings

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

Defense budget tailwinds — NATO spending commitments and Pentagon procurement acceleration — support backlogs at prime contractors. Commercial space is a separate driver: launch cadence and satellite constellations are pulling RKLB and LUNR on their own momentum, independent of traditional defense spending.

What this means for $ESLT

Partial — software subscription economics provide some insulation from macro cycles; AI integration is the growth catalyst for this segment; Headquartered in Haifa, Israel, and established in 1966, Elb.

Top industry ETF

$ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
+16.3%YTD
+16.3%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
Q2 2026Aug 11, 2026$4.14$3.69+12.2%
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%
Next earningsTue, Nov 24·consensus EPS $3.63

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$10.7B – $11.4B$19.75$19.14 – $20.173

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.0.8×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.45%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.-8.6%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.-4.5%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 today0.2% 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 9Yehuda VeredPresident6.0K sh$5.3MSellApr 9Sabag Oren YaacovPresident8.5K sh$7.5MSellApr 9Ran KrilPresident6.8K sh$6.0MSellApr 9Jonathan ArielPresident7.7K sh$6.8MSellApr 9Bezhalel MachlisCEO25.5K sh$22.6MSellApr 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 holdingsAug 73
AI summary

Jacob Bar-Nathan Abudi filed an initial Form 3 statement of beneficial ownership with respect to Elbit Systems Ltd., reporting his appointment as a Director as of August 5, 2026. No securities are beneficially owned — neither direct common shares nor derivative holdings are reported. The form was signed August 7, 2026 by attorney-in-fact Adi Pinchas Confino. This is a routine insider registration filing with no material impact on the Israeli defense electronics company.

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.

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Recent news

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

Kratos Defense vs. Elbit Systems: Which One Is the Better Defense Bet?zacks.com·4d agoElbit Systems: Strong Q2 Results, Excellent Business, But Limited Upsideseekingalpha.com·19d agoElbit Systems: Record Backlog Makes The Pullback A Buyseekingalpha.com·19d agoElbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·20d agoCompared to Estimates, Elbit (ESLT) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metricszacks.com·20d ago

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