Textron management check
TXT · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense · CEO Mr. Donnelly
Filings as of
4 good · 2 to watch · 1 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Flag
Have owners done well?
Trailed its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2021 grew to $181, against $238 for the peer group the company picked itself.
- Watch
Does pay follow performance?
Pay only loosely tracked returnsOver 5 years, the CEO's pay actually paid (equity valued at the share price) had a correlation of 0.12 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Watch
What does the CEO cost owners?
2.3% of net income$21.2m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $921.0m of net income.
- Good
Do they own the stock?
Insiders are buying1 insider bought $989k on the open market in the last six months, with their own money, near the lows. Sales: $234k.
- Good
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -5.5% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 0.5% of revenue in the latest year.
- Good
Is leadership stable?
4 leadership filings in 3 yearsCEO in the pay table: Mr. Donnelly. 4 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.
- Good
Are the books clean?
No red flags on fileNo restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2021.
Against the S&P 500
Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Industrials.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 20 | 55 | |
| Pay for performance | 56 | 86 | |
| CEO cost | 20 | 48 | |
| Skin in the game | 80 | 55 | |
| Dilution | 100 | 62 | |
| Stable leadership | 100 | 75 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Aerospace & Defense, by management score. Textron is 41st of 81 in its sector.
- 21GEGE Aerospace85
- 44RTXRTX Corporation82
- 98HWMHowmet Aerospace76
- 113NOCNorthrop Grumman75
- 130LMTLockheed Martin73
- 154GDGeneral Dynamics72
- 206TXTTextron68
- 217TDGTransDigm Group67
- 310LHXL3Harris61
- 382HIIHuntington Ingalls Industries55
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed March 5, 2026. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.
| Fiscal year | CEO | CEO pay | Actually paid | Other executives (avg) | $100 became | Peers | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mr. Donnelly | $21.2m | $24.0m | $3.3m | $181 | $238 | $921.0m |
| 2024 | — | $19.6m | $15.8m | $4.5m | $159 | $162 | $824.0m |
| 2023 | — | $20.4m | $28.0m | $4.9m | $167 | $142 | $921.0m |
| 2022 | — | $15.4m | $18.7m | $3.9m | $147 | $133 | $861.0m |
| 2021 | — | $18.6m | $45.8m | $4.8m | $160 | $113 | $746.0m |
Its other key measures: Manufacturing Cash Flow before Pension Contributions, Average Return on Investment Capital, Cumulative Manufacturing Cash Flow, Enterprise Net Operating Profit, Relative TSR compared to the S&P 500.
Insiders and the CEO's stake
1 insider bought $989k on the open market in the last six months, with their own money, near the lows. Sales: $234k.
- BoughtThomas A KennedyDirector$989kMay 1, 2026
- SoldR Kerry ClarkDirector$234kMay 6, 2026
Leadership and governance on file
- Feb 2, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Oct 22, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 27, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Oct 23, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jun 26, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Dec 7, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 23, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: May 1, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $5.0bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 117% of net income, and $445.0m of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.4bn | $12.9bn | $13.7bn | $13.7bn | $14.8bn |
| Net income | $746.0m | $861.0m | $921.0m | $824.0m | $921.0m |
| Stock-based pay | $138.0m | $66.0m | $94.0m | $66.0m | $81.0m |
| Buybacks | $921.0m | $867.0m | $1.2bn | $1.1bn | $822.0m |
| Dividends | $18.0m | $17.0m | $16.0m | $12.0m | $18.0m |
| Diluted shares | 227m | 215m | 202m | 190m | 180m |
Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.