BAE Systems PLC operates in the Aircraft sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares BAE Systems PLC with three other
aircraft manufacturers in Europe:
Safran
of France
(2018
sales of 21.03 billion Euro [US$23.26 billion]
of which 50%
was Aerospace Propulsion),
Rolls Royce Holdings Plc
(£15.73 billion [US$20.67 billion]
of which 47%
was Civil Aerospace), and
Leonardo SpA
which is
based in Italy
(12.24 billion Euro [US$13.54 billion]
of which 45%
was Electronic, Defense and Security Systems).
Sales Analysis.
BAE Systems PLC reported sales of £16.82 billion (US$22.10 billion)
for the
year ending
December of 2018.
This
represents
a
decrease of 8.2%
versus 2017, when the company's sales were £18.32 billion.
The sales level in 2018 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2013, BAE Systems PLC had sales
of £16.86 billion.
Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 3.1% decline
in Cyber and Intelligence, from £1.73 billion to £1.68 billion.
.
However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of
Electronic Systems (up 11.3% to £3.97 billion)
and
Platform and Services(Us) (up 2.2% to £2.86 billion)
.