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Industrials: which companies drove growth

The 20 largest Industrials companies by market cap at the end of Q2 2025 (30 Jun 2025), compared with Q2 2024.

The top 20 at Q2 2025

Q2 2025 vs Q2 2024: combined net profit $18.3B (+3%), median EPS +8% (14 of 20 up), market-cap-weighted price +17%. 20 of 20 reported.

Weight is each company's share of the 20 companies' combined market cap. Contribution is the change in its owners' profit divided by their combined base profit, in percentage points, so the column adds up to the sector's earnings growth. EPS cannot be added across companies, which is why contributions use profit.

#CompanyWeightEPS $, base → nowEPS growthContributionPrice
1GE AerospaceGE11.4%1.15 → 1.89+64% +3.7 pp+64%
2RTX CorporationRTX8.1%0.08 → 1.22+1,425% +7.5 pp+45%
3Caterpillar Inc.CAT7.6%5.48 → 4.62−16% −2.4 pp+16%
4The Boeing CompanyBA6.6%−2.33 → −0.92loss, smaller +4.0 pp+15%
5GE Vernova Inc.GEV6.0%4.65 → 1.86−60% −3.8 pp+208%
6Eaton Corporation plcETN5.8%2.48 → 2.51+1% −0.1 pp+13%
7Deere & CompanyDE5.7%6.29 → 4.75−24% −2.2 pp+36%
8Union Pacific CorporationUNP5.7%2.74 → 3.15+15% +1.0 pp+1%
9Lockheed Martin CorporationLMT4.5%6.85 → 1.46−79% −6.3 pp−2%
10Trane Technologies plcTT4.1%3.30 → 3.89+18% +0.6 pp+33%
11Waste Management, Inc.WM3.8%1.69 → 1.80+7% +0.2 pp+7%
12Cintas CorporationCTAS3.7%1.00 → 1.09+9% +0.2 pp+28%
13Parker-Hannifin CorporationPH3.7%6.01 → 7.15+19% +0.7 pp+38%
14TransDigm Group IncorporatedTDG3.7%7.96 → 8.47+6% +0.2 pp+19%
15United Parcel Service, Inc.UPS3.6%1.64 → 1.51−8% −0.6 pp−26%
163M CompanyMMM3.4%2.06 → 1.34−35% −2.1 pp+48%
17General Dynamics CorporationGD3.3%3.26 → 3.74+15% +0.5 pp+1%
18Republic Services, Inc.RSG3.2%1.62 → 1.75+8% +0.2 pp+26%
19Emerson Electric Co.EMR3.1%0.57 → 1.04+82% +1.3 pp+21%
20Howmet Aerospace Inc.HWM3.1%0.65 → 1.00+54% +0.7 pp—
Sector earnings growth100%+3.3 pp

Who joined and who left

2 joined and 2 left the top 20 since Q1 2025, as market caps moved.

Joined the top 20 since Q1 2025 2

Left the top 20 since Q1 2025 2

  • was #18 Northrop Grumman Corporation NOC
  • was #20 Illinois Tool Works Inc. ITW

EPS growth by company, Q3 2023 to Q2 2026

Each company's EPS growth year on year, every quarter it was in the top 20.

≤ −40%−20%0+20%≥ +40% Blue is growth, red is decline, grey is about zero; the colour stops deepening at ±40%.
  • turned profitableto loss crossed zero, so there is no growth rate to print
  • loss, smallerloss, bigger a loss in both quarters
  • sources disagree our two sources disagree, so the figure is left out of the sector totals
  • outside not in the sector's top 20 that quarter
EPS growth of each company in the sector's top 20, by quarter
CompanyQ3 2023Q4 2023Q1 2024Q2 2024Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
GE+200%−24%−79%turned profitable+604%+21%+31%+64%+20%+36%−1%+20%
RTXto loss+9%+32%−91%turned profitable+5%−11%+1,425%+29%+8%+32%+29%
CAT+41%+89%+54%−3%−7%+9%−27%−16%−3%−11%+30%+68%
BAloss, smallerloss, smallerloss, smallerloss, biggerloss, biggerloss, biggerloss, smallerloss, smallerloss, smallerturned profitableloss, smallerloss, smaller
GEVoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsidesources disagreeturned profitable−60%turned profitable+668%+1,816%+33%
ETN+46%+31%+28%+33%+14%+4%+20%+1%+2%+19%−9%−16%
DE+11%−5%−12%−38%−45%−49%−22%−24%−14%−24%−1%+7%
UNP−18%+1%+1%+7%+10%+7%0%+15%+9%+7%+6%+7%
LMT0%+2%−3%+3%+1%−71%+14%−79%+2%+161%−12%+444%
TToutsideoutside+43%+29%+25%+21%+41%+18%+12%−1%−2%+7%
WM+6%+1%+35%+12%+15%+21%−10%+7%−21%+24%+13%+8%
CTAS+9%+15%+23%+20%+18%+21%+18%+9%+9%+11%outsideoutside
PH+67%+72%+22%+10%+7%+39%+33%+19%+18%−9%−4%+19%
TDGoutside+46%+31%+30%−20%+56%+18%+6%+34%−13%outsideoutside
UPS−56%−53%−41%−32%+37%+8%+8%−8%outside+4%−27%−53%
MMMoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideturned profitable−22%+22%−35%−38%−20%−40%outside
GD−7%+2%+9%+21%+10%+14%+27%+15%+16%0%+12%+14%
RSGoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutside+10%+8%outsideoutsideoutsideoutside
EMR+50%−56%outsideoutsideoutside+314%outside+82%−35%+4%outsideoutside
HWMoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutside+54%+17%+19%+71%+33%