BAE Systems plc (ADR)
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Structural: UK defense prime with 14+ year backlog visibility (~£70B order book) anchored to AUKUS submarine pillar (Dreadnought + SSN-AUKUS hull design lead), Tempest / GCAP 6th-gen fighter program with Italy + Japan, Eurofighter Typhoon production through 2030+, and a US arm that wins Army combat-vehicle programs (AMPV, M109A7) and Bofors naval guns.
Non-US listing makes it the cleanest pure-play vehicle for European + UK rearmament without USD-denominated political risk.
1) NATO 2%+ GDP floor now de facto 3% - UK + Germany + Poland multi-decade spend cycle. 2) AUKUS submarine industrial base sole-source through 2040s. 3) Tempest / GCAP funded across 3 sovereign budgets. 4) US arm grows independent of UK MoD - Land & Armaments backlog at record.
5) Cyber + EW segment compounds double-digit, higher margin than platforms.
1) UK political risk on shipbuilding cost overruns (Type 26, Dreadnought). 2) Saudi Eurofighter follow-on uncertain post-Yemen scrutiny. 3) Margins structurally lower than US peers $LMT $GD $NOC (10% EBIT vs 12-14%). 5% UK stamp duty drag + GBP FX exposure.
5) F-35 rear-fuselage workshare is a single-program dependency.
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