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Multiples Defense Tech Index

Curated by Multiples, this index tracks listed defense technology companies globally.

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50

public companies tracked

$3.1T

cumulative enterprise value

2.9x

median EV/NTM revenue multiple

12%

median NTM/LTM revenue growth

Index Performance

This chart shows the weighted market cap evolution over time for the Multiples Defense Tech Index constituents, indexed to 0% at the beginning of the period.

+179.0%

Multiples Defense Tech Index

Data as of 23 April 2026. Underlying financial data from FactSet and Morningstar. S&P 500 and NASDAQ data sourced from Yahoo Finance.

Key Index Metrics

This chart shows the median evolution over time of key valuation metrics for the Multiples Defense Tech Index constituents.

Valuation Benchmarks

This chart shows the regression relationship between valuation metrics across companies in the Multiples Defense Tech Index.

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Data as of April 23, 2026. Companies with EV multiples above 50x and y-axis values above 250% are considered non-meaningful and excluded from calculation.

Company Rankings

This chart shows company rankings by selected metric within the Multiples Defense Tech Index.

Metric:

Data as of April 23, 2026. Companies with EV multiples above 50x and y-axis values above 300% are considered non-meaningful and excluded from calculation.

Companies Side-by-Side

Compare key metrics between companies in the Multiples Defense Tech Index.

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Metric
Palantir
GE Aerospace
RTX
Market Cap
$365B
$288B
$244B
EV/Revenue (NTM)
43.8x
5.9x
2.9x
EV/Gross Profit (NTM)
51.8x
18.6x
14.9x
EV/EBITDA (NTM)
74.6x
24.8x
17.4x
EV/FCF (NTM)
78.8x
34.4x
30.5x
Revenue Growth
54%
13%
6%
Gross Margin (NTM)
85%
32%
19%
EBITDA Margin (NTM)
59%
24%
17%
FCF Margin (NTM)
56%
17%
9%
Rule of 40
118%
30%
22%
Rule of X
210%
38%
31%

Data as of April 23, 2026.

Cumulative Metrics

This chart shows the cumulative sum of selected metrics across all companies in the Multiples Defense Tech Index, over time.

Index Methodology

Similar to the NASDAQ 100 Index, the Multiples Defense Tech Index employs a modified market capitalization weighting scheme.

The weight process uses company-level weights, which are derived using company market capitalization.

Company weights are evaluated based on two rules:

Rule 1

No company's weight may exceed 24%.

Rule 2

The aggregate weight of the companies whose weights exceed 4.5% may not exceed 48%.

If neither rule is 'violated', then no adjustments are made. Only in cases where either or both of the rules are 'violated', weight adjustments are made according to a two-stage adjustment process.

Rule 1 adjustment

If no company's initial weight exceeds 24% of the Index, initial weights are used as Rule 1 weights without adjustment. Otherwise, initial weights are adjusted such that no company's weight may exceed 20% of the Index.

Rule 2 adjustment

If the aggregate weight of the companies whose Rule 1 weights exceeds 4.5% and does not exceed 48%, Rule 1 weights are used as the final weights. Otherwise, Rule 1 weights are adjusted such that:

  • The aggregate weight of the companies whose Rule 1 weights exceeded 4.5% is set to 40%.
  • Companies with Rule 1 weights below 4.5% may also have their weights adjusted to keep the initial rank order of all companies.

If the two-stage rule process results in a 'violation' of the weighting rules as previously detailed, then the process is repeated until the company weights meet the rule system.

Companies Included in the Multiples Defense Tech Index

This index captures public defense tech leaders across autonomous systems, cybersecurity, and next-gen defense platforms.

US
12.3%
$153
+29%
$365B
43.8x
54%
85%
59%
56%
118%
$1M
US
9.7%
$276
+37%
$288B
5.9x
13%
32%
24%
17%
30%
$804K
US
8.2%
$181
+43%
$244B
2.9x
6%
19%
17%
9%
22%
$492K
US
6.1%
$231
+26%
$182B
2.0x
11%
17%
6%
4%
14%
$1M
FR
5.3%
$200
+18%
$158B
1.5x
10%
15%
14%
7%
22%
$550K
FR
4.6%
$332
+23%
$138B
3.2x
12%
29%
22%
14%
36%
$18M
GB
4.5%
$16
+58%
$133B
4.2x
11%
25%
22%
17%
28%
$676K
US
4.3%
$555
+16%
$128B
1.8x
5%
14%
14%
8%
20%
$610K
JP
3.2%
$28
+61%
$95B
2.8x
10%
23%
13%
5%
20%
$403K
US
2.9%
$321
+18%
$87B
1.7x
4%
17%
12%
8%
17%
$449K
GB
2.9%
$29
+25%
$85B
2.0x
13%
13%
14%
6%
30%
$357K
US
2.8%
$590
+21%
$84B
2.2x
5%
21%
14%
7%
19%
$442K
DE
2.6%
$1,681
-3%
$78B
4.1x
42%
31%
23%
12%
67%
$409K
US
2.3%
$1,188
-16%
$67B
8.9x
11%
60%
52%
24%
65%
$535K
US
2.1%
$332
+51%
$62B
3.0x
7%
26%
18%
13%
20%
$521K
FR
2.0%
$291
+3%
$60B
2.2x
8%
30%
16%
9%
22%
$28M
IN
2.0%
$43
+19%
$59B
1.8x
15%
34%
11%
5%
26%
$521K
KR
1.6%
$953
+87%
$49B
2.4x
13%
23%
18%
6%
33%
$2M
IT
1.3%
$65
+23%
$37B
1.5x
9%
15%
13%
5%
22%
$430K
NO
1.2%
$40
+15%
$35B
4.4x
19%
9%
17%
12%
128%
$418K
IN
1.2%
$5
+41%
$35B
9.8x
18%
49%
28%
15%
46%
$313K
SE
1.1%
$62
+27%
$33B
3.0x
20%
20%
14%
3%
36%
$344K
US
1.1%
$403
-34%
$32B
8.3x
29%
63%
26%
13%
55%
$441K
IN
1.1%
$47
-3%
$31B
6.2x
19%
57%
29%
14%
46%
$151K
FR
1.0%
$366
+0%
$28B
1.7x
16%
12%
-1%
29%
$598K
CN
1.0%
$11
+1%
$28B
SG
0.9%
$9
+52%
$28B
2.8x
9%
24%
14%
9%
24%
$357K
US
0.9%
$711
+106%
$26B
7.0x
7%
37%
22%
16%
30%
$384K
CZ
0.8%
$25
$25B
3.1x
13%
36%
28%
13%
40%
CN
0.7%
$7
+18%
$21B
2.7x
8%
13%
11%
17%
$3M
US
0.7%
$219
+101%
$20B
5.6x
15%
26%
18%
8%
35%
$308K
DE
0.7%
$366
+4%
$20B
1.7x
9%
19%
19%
6%
27%
$675K
US
0.6%
$151
+2%
$19B
1.3x
5%
17%
14%
8%
17%
$385K
CN
0.6%
$7
+49%
$19B
3.0x
9%
10%
3%
$221K
KR
0.6%
$90
+244%
$17B
5.9x
16%
15%
14%
7%
30%
$522K
US
0.5%
$89
+27%
$16B
1.1x
5%
16%
12%
5%
11%
$456K
US
0.5%
$367
+59%
$14B
1.3x
4%
14%
8%
5%
12%
$3M
US
0.4%
$69
+103%
$13B
7.0x
24%
28%
10%
-4%
34%
$313K
KR
0.4%
$125
+124%
$12B
3.4x
38%
17%
12%
1%
64%
$494K
US
0.4%
$42
+14%
$11B
2.8x
7%
24%
13%
7%
20%
$521K
ES
0.4%
$63
+96%
$11B
1.7x
20%
68%
13%
6%
38%
$117K
US
0.4%
$82
+130%
$11B
14.5x
43%
41%
30%
10%
83%
$424K
DE
0.4%
$93
+18%
$11B
3.5x
13%
24%
19%
6%
31%
$313K
US
0.4%
$210
+39%
$11B
5.0x
16%
30%
16%
5%
51%
$220K
CN
0.3%
$4
+5%
$10B
1.3x
12%
7%
21%
$408K
CN
0.3%
$2
+23%
$9B
$652K
US
0.3%
$24
-10%
$8B
1.6x
7%
33%
14%
5%
19%
$758K
US
0.3%
$311
+99%
$8B
6.0x
12%
44%
25%
16%
41%
$320K
DE
0.2%
$64
+5%
$6B
3.6x
16%
28%
20%
10%
34%
$406K
DE
0.2%
$101
$6B
1.5x
10%
18%
11%
7%
18%
$223K

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