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Company Dossier · Industrials

Textron

TXTNYSEAerospace & DefenseWILMINGTON, US-DE, USLarge capWebsite ↗
  • S&P 500
  • Russell 1000

What Textron is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to July 4, 2026: $15.3 billion, up 8.8% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to July 4, 2026: $0.76 billion, up 36% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to July 4, 2026: $0.48 billion, up 33% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to January 3, 2026: $0.82 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to January 3, 2026: $0.99 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (July 28, 2026): sentiment 0.20 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.60 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Latest annual report (filed February 11, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net buyers in Q2 2026: $0.8 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 794 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+2 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F

Company Posture

How Company Posture is measured →

What Textron is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.

Expanding · Mixed

Expanding ↔ Retrenching

Expanding

RetrenchingExpanding

Confident ↔ Hedging

Mixed

HedgingConfident

Pressure

Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).

Credit

How these are built →

Textron's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.

Bonds priced, last 12 months

$0.5B

U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.

PricedAmountCouponMaturesSpreadYield
Oct 28, 2025$500M4.950%2036 (10y)+97bp4.953%
Feb 10, 2025$500M5.500%2035 (10y)+102bp5.515%
Nov 7, 2023$350M6.100%2033 (10y)+157bp6.124%

From the pricing term sheets Textron filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.

Charts

Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.

Cash flow

Business

Textron: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.8BData to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Textron: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Textron: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$15.3BData to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

Business

Textron: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.8BData to Jan 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Textron: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Jan 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Textron: debt maturity schedule, latest annual report

Scheduled repayments of long-term debt principal by year from the fiscal year end, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Jan 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Textron: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

8.8Data to Oct 2022
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

Business

Textron: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

2.0Data to Sep 2025
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
Business

Textron: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.20Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
Business

Textron: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.60Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
Business

Textron: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

0.0Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Textron: backlog

KPI Ledger, as reported in the company's results releases, $ billions

3.3Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataKPI Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
Business

Textron: commercial helicopters delivered

KPI Ledger, as reported in the company's results releases, count

36.0Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataKPI Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
Business

Textron: backlog

KPI Ledger, as reported in the company's results releases, $ billions

7.5Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataKPI Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

Business

Textron: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

0.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
Business

Textron: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

$0.8MData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Textron: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

794.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

In the news

Headlines that name Textron, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.

30 days
2 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative
90 days
3 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (THE DOERRER GROUP LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  2. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (AMERICAN DEFENSE INTERNATIONAL)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  3. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  4. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  5. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: SENSOR CLEANING DEVICEUS 12767095
  6. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: Powered Leg Rest AssemblyUS 12767335
  7. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: BATTERY COOLING ELEMENT, BATTERY MODULE UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BATTERY COOLING ELEMENTUS 12770949
  8. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: DAMAGE DETECTION FOR AIRCRAFT PARTSUS 12768437
  9. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: Wing Spindle RetentionUS 12767327
  10. Oct 16, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (S-3 GROUP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  11. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (THE DOERRER GROUP LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  12. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (AMERICAN DEFENSE INTERNATIONAL)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  13. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  14. May 1, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  15. Feb 11, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
  16. Feb 2, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  17. Dec 15, 2025Trademark
    Trademark application: BUILT RIGHT. RIGHT HERE.
  18. Dec 15, 2025Trademark
    Trademark application: INTELLISCREEN
  19. Nov 19, 2025Trademark
    Trademark application: SHIELD
  20. Oct 29, 2025Trademark
    Trademark application: ONYX
  21. Oct 22, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  22. Oct 20, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  23. Oct 20, 20258-K
    Material agreement terminatedItem 1.02
  24. Apr 24, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  25. Feb 27, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  26. Feb 6, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
  27. Dec 18, 20248-K
    Exit or restructuring costsItem 2.05
  28. Dec 18, 20248-K
    Material impairmentItem 2.06
  29. Dec 18, 2024Risk event
    EPA judicial case: TFCF Americas, Inc. et al. - Diamond AlkaliEPA_ECHO
  30. Oct 23, 20248-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  31. Feb 12, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 3 removed

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Huntington Ingalls Industries HII$13.2B−$0.1BJun 30, 2026
L3Harris LHX$21.7B$2.8BJul 3, 2026
TransDigm Group TDG$10.0B$1.9BJun 27, 2026
Howmet Aerospace HWM$9.1B$1.8BJun 30, 2026
StandardAero SARO$6.3B$0.2BJun 30, 2026
Parsons Corporation PSN$6.3B$0.4BMar 31, 2026
Northrop Grumman NOC$43.6B$3.8BSep 30, 2026
HEICO (Common) HEI$5.2B$1.0BJul 31, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
217346
LEI
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Wikidata
Q2140315
SAM UEI
HKUMGJBEMKN3
SAM UEI
WEE9WFHMACH9

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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