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Textron

TXT
46
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials
Also trades as: 0LF0.L GBP 0.78 (+0.82%)
Price
$78.04
+0.76 (+0.98%)
Market Cap
$13.42B
Winston Score
46
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Oct 22, 2026 · filings through Jul 4, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Mixed
8/30
Growth
Good
12/20
Cash Flow
Strong
7/10
Stability
Strong
8/10
Valuation
Strong
8/10
Ownership
Weak
2/15
Dividends
Weak
1/5

46 of 100 counted points = Winston Score 46.

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Share count falling — buybacks

−16.9% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 216.9M (2022) → 180.3M (2026)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Textron is a large industrial company that makes aircraft, military vehicles, and other equipment. Its most well-known brands include Bell helicopters, Cessna and Beechcraft small planes, and Arctic Cat off-road vehicles sold under the Textron Specialized Vehicles name. It sells to the U.S. military, commercial airlines, private pilots, and government customers around the world.

Textron earns money by selling hardware like helicopters and aircraft, providing maintenance services, and fulfilling long-term government defense contracts. It operates mainly in the United States but has customers and some operations globally, with roughly $13–14 billion in annual revenue. Its Bell division holds a strong position in military rotorcraft, including the V-22 Osprey program with Boeing, which creates switching costs and long contract cycles that are hard for competitors to break into. The key risk is that defense budget cuts or delays in military procurement could reduce revenue from its largest and most profitable contracts.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+3.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+4.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$521M/ year

↑ Rising (+6% vs prior year)

3.5% of revenue

In line with sector average (4%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

0.8%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.4B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Textron is growing revenue at 3% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
9.2%
Thin — 9.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
6.9%
Modest — 6.9% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
11.3%
Below par — 11.3% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+8.8%
Steady sales growth (+8.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+19.1%
Earnings growing fast (+19.1% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
117%
Turns 117% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.1%
Thin free cash flow (4.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.39
Conservative — low debt load (0.39)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
13.32x
Comfortably covers interest (13.3x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
14.7x
Attractive valuation — P/E 14.7

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+5.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (14.7 → 9.8)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.11%
Small dividend — 0.11% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat
Payout Ratio
2%
no trend
Pays out a modest share of profit and keeps the rest to reinvest. Room to keep paying through a weak year.

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