Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Innovative Solutions And Support Inc (ISSC) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Innovative Solutions And Support Inc vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 92M vs -M combined for tracked competitors (100.0% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+16.1% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
- Peer revenue share: Innovative Solutions And Support Inc accounted for 100.0% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 100.0% a year earlier.
- Peer differentiation: Revenue per employee of $0.63M compares with $0.68M for the peer group (0.9x).
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
ISSC Sales vs. its Competitors, Q3 2026
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc generated 100.00 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 100.00 % a year earlier.
For context: the Cloud Computing & Data Analytics industry grew revenue 1.3% year over year, combined, vs 13.4% for Innovative Solutions And Support Inc. Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's share of combined industry revenue moved from 0.02% to 0.02%, a gain of 0.00 percentage points.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Competitor Quality Breadth
Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Solutions And Support inc | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Competitors combined (2) | ||||
| High-Confidence Competitors (5) | ||||
| Similar Growth & Profitability (8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 25.00 % (2 of 8) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.
ISSC Stock Performance relative to its Competitors
ISSC Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors
ISSC Stock Performance relative to Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors
5 Best-Performing Tracked Competitors, Trailing 12 Months
| # | Competitor | TTM Share Price Return | vs U.S.A. 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garmin Ltd | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 2 | L3harris Technologies Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
TTM share price return and U.S.A. 500 outperformance for Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's best-performing tracked competitors requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers
Publicly Traded Peers of Innovative Solutions And Support inc
Revenue and income for trailing 12 months, in millions of $, except employees| Company | Market Cap | Revenues |
|---|---|---|
| Innovative Solutions And Support inc | 452.74 | 92.10 |
| Garmin Ltd | 56,917.79 | 7,464.05 |
| L3harris Technologies Inc | 44,711.37 | 38,694.00 |
| SUBTOTAL | 102,081.90 | 46,250.15 |
Sources: Innovative Solutions And Support inc's official press releases and regulatory filings; CSIMarket.com's market research; and the financial filings and press releases of the other companies cited.
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Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Competitors Named by the Company
Competitive relationships identified from SEC filings and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.| Competitor | Basis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garmin Ltd | Named by the company | 85% |
| L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | Named by the company | 85% |
| Honeywell Aerospace | Named by the company | 85% |
| GE Aerospace | Named by the company | 85% |
| Thales Defense & Security, Inc. | Named by the company | 85% |
| Collins Aerospace | Named by the company | 85% |
| Honeywell International Inc. | Named by the company | 85% |
| GE Aviation Systems | Named by the company | 85% |
| Elbit Systems | Named by the company | 85% |
Filing basis, confidence, active dates and source counts for Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's named competitors require a Commercial License.
Methodology: relationships are extracted from SEC filings (named-competitor disclosures) and corroborating sources. Named by the company = explicitly disclosed as a competitor; Inferred = derived from corroborating signals. Confidence reflects evidence strength.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Business Segment Mix vs Peers
Revenue by operating segment or division, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).| Company | Largest Segment |
|---|---|
| Garmin Ltd | Fitness Segment 33.37 % |
| L3harris Technologies Inc | Space and Airborne Systems 52.05 % |
Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Productivity vs Peers Comparison
Revenue and income per employee, trailing 12 months, in $; market cap in millions of $| Company | Market Cap | Revenue / Employee | Income / Employee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Solutions And Support inc | 453 | 626,552 | 129,890 |
| Garmin Ltd | 56,918 | 324,524 | 75,487 |
| L3harris Technologies Inc | 44,711 | 859,867 | 38,489 |
| PEERS TOTAL | 101,629 | 678,795 | 51,003 |
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Geographic Revenue Exposure vs Peers
Revenue by country/region as reported in each company's most recent filing. Disclosure granularity varies by filer (some report by country, others by broad region) and is shown as disclosed.| Company | Largest Market |
|---|---|
| Garmin Ltd | Americas 48.40 % |
Source: revenue geography as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API. Percentages are of that company's own total consolidated revenue for its most recent reported period.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Position in Industry Market Structure
Market-capitalization share and concentration across all 148 companies in Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's industry classification, broader than the peer set above. Market cap in millions of $.Innovative Solutions And Support Inc ranks #0 of 148 companies by market capitalization in its industry, holding 0.00 % of total industry market cap. The industry's Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is 548, indicating a unconcentrated market structure (U.S. antitrust guidance: below 1,500 unconcentrated, 1,500 to 2,500 moderately concentrated, above 2,500 highly concentrated).
| Rank | Company | Market Cap | Industry Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Automatic Data Processing Inc | 105,584 | 16.92 % |
| 2 | Workday Inc | 46,454 | 7.44 % |
| 3 | Infosys Limited | 43,344 | 6.94 % |
| 4 | Zscaler Inc | 31,946 | 5.12 % |
| 5 | Reddit Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 6 | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 7 | Verisign Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 8 | Verisk Analytics Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 9 | Toast Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 10 | Wipro Limited | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 0 | Innovative Solutions And Support inc | 383 | 0.00 % |
Market cap and industry share for the rest of Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's industry peers requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation) across CSIMarket's industry classification, market capitalization as of 2026-08-24.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Profitability & Cost Structure
Trailing 12-month margins from SEC-filed financials. Operating margin is compared to the Cloud Computing & Data Analytics industry median; gross margin, EBITDA margin and capital intensity are compared to the live industry average (203 companies). See the full Cloud Computing & Data Analytics industry profitability benchmarks.| Metric | Company | Industry | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 55.57 % | 51.85 % (avg) | +3.7 pp |
| Operating Margin | 27.68 % | industry median | +28.7 pp |
| EBITDA Margin | 39.27 % | 2.97 % (avg) | +36.3 pp |
| Capital Intensity (Capex / Revenue) | - | 5.21 % (avg) | - |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. SG&A and R&D as a share of revenue have limited coverage as this data is backfilled and appear only where reported. Higher capital intensity is not inherently negative; it reflects the industry's asset requirements.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Valuation vs Competitive Position
Valuation multiples vs the Cloud Computing & Data Analytics industry average (203 companies, excluding loss-making/negative-equity outliers), alongside returns on capital for context on whether a premium or discount lines up with measurably stronger or weaker returns. See the full Cloud Computing & Data Analytics industry valuation benchmarks.| Metric | Company | Industry Average | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 17.1x | 27.6x | -10.5x |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.2x | 16.4x | -6.3x |
| P/B | 4.8x | 4.0x | +0.8x |
| Return on Equity | 27.42 % | industry aggregate | 16.70 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | 14.31 % | 1.95 % (avg) | 12.36 % |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. A valuation premium or discount is not, by itself, a judgment of over- or under-valuation. Compare it against the return and growth context shown elsewhere on this page.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Multi-Year Financial Trajectory
Fiscal-year revenue growth, operating margin, return on invested capital and P/E, as reported in SEC filings.| Metric | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | -10.71 % | 22.84 % | 21.25 % | 13.29 % | 10.82 % | 31.77 % | 45.54 % | 67.97 % |
| Operating Margin | -17.39 % | 9.19 % | 12.51 % | 20.48 % | 23.88 % | 22.53 % | 18.80 % | 28.18 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | -3.69 % | 2.33 % | 4.46 % | 10.87 % | 11.03 % | 9.80 % | 9.61 % | 17.19 % |
| P/E | - | 44.0x | 36.1x | 18.7x | 29.6x | 21.9x | 22.3x | 13.5x |
Source: CSIMarket API, fiscal-year figures. P/E is this company's own historical ratio at each fiscal year end and can swing sharply around an earnings trough: that is real, not a data error.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Strategic Group Map
Every company in Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's industry and named-competitor list, plotted by trailing 12-month revenue growth and operating margin. Innovative Solutions And Support Inc is shown in red; its closest peers by combined growth, margin and ROIC (the Similar Growth & Profitability group above) are labeled.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Extreme outlier values (from near-zero-revenue companies) are excluded from the plotted cloud but never from the highlighted company or its labeled peers.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Competitive Forces (Porter's Five Forces)
Only the forces this data can support honestly are shown; the other three are marked as such rather than guessed.| Force | Assessment | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Competitive Rivalry | High | Industry HHI of 548 (see Industry Market Structure & Concentration above) |
| Supplier Power | Not covered on this page | See Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's dedicated suppliers page for concentration and dependency data |
| Buyer Power | Not covered on this page | See Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's dedicated customers page for concentration and dependency data |
| Threat of Substitutes | - | No systematic data source for cross-product substitution exists in this system; not estimated |
Note: this is a partial, data-grounded application of the framework, not a complete strategic assessment. Rivalry and barriers-to-entry readings are mechanical translations of the HHI and capital-intensity figures shown elsewhere on this page, not independent judgments.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Industry Attractiveness & Competitive Strength
A CSIMarket composite, not a standard field: each axis is an equal-weighted average of three factors already shown elsewhere on this page (industry growth, industry profitability and rivalry for attractiveness; relative market share, profitability and growth vs industry for strength). Disclosed as a designed methodology, not a precision measurement.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc falls in the Low attractiveness / High strength cell: Selective.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Each axis score is a simple 1(low)/2(medium)/3(high) average across its three inputs -- a transparent, disclosed simplification, not a validated academic scoring model.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's SWOT
Every point below is a fixed rule applied to a metric already shown elsewhere on this page (Market Structure, Profitability, Valuation, Run-Rate, Stock Performance, Quality Breadth) not an independent strategic assessment. A blank quadrant means no rule was met, not that none apply.Strengths
- Operating margin 28.7 points above the industry median.
- Return on equity 16.7 points above the industry aggregate.
- Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+16.1% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
Weaknesses
No rule matched.
Opportunities
- Trades at a lower P/E than the industry average (17.1x vs 27.6x) despite a higher return on invested capital -- a possible re-rating opportunity.
Threats
No rule matched.
Methodology: mechanical, rule-based SWOT. Each bullet reuses a figure already sourced and cited elsewhere on this page; nothing here is generated narrative or independent analyst judgment.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Financial Strength vs Peers Comparison
Quick ratio, working capital, debt to equity and asset turnover, trailing 12 months| Company | Quick Ratio | Working Capital | Debt / Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Solutions And Support inc | 0.32 | 3.06 | 0.59 |
| Garmin Ltd | 1.29 | 3.52 | - |
| L3harris Technologies Inc | 0.08 | 1.10 | 0.58 |
Quick ratio = cash / current liabilities; working capital ratio = current assets / current liabilities; asset turnover = revenue / total assets. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Revenue and Income Growth vs Peers
Quarterly revenue and net income growth, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Revenue Y/Y | Income Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Solutions And Support inc | Q2 2026 | +13.4 % | +83.7 % |
| Garmin Ltd | Q1 2026 | +14.3 % | +21.7 % |
| L3harris Technologies Inc | Q1 2026 | +11.9 % | +32.6 % |
| PEERS TOTAL | +12.5 % | +27.8 % |
Growth is shown only where both periods are positive. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Peers' Costs of Sales and Capital Expenditures
Context for revenue growth: peer costs and capex, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Costs Y/Y | Capex Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Solutions And Support inc | Q2 2026 | -13.8 % | -87.1 % |
| Garmin Ltd | Q1 2026 | +9.4 % | +66.3 % |
| L3harris Technologies Inc | Q1 2026 | +14.8 % | +67.8 % |
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Returns and Turnover vs Peers
ROA, ROI and ROE (trailing 12 months), receivables and inventory turnover| Company | ROA | ROI | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Solutions And Support inc | 15.49% | 17.59% | 27.42% |
| Garmin Ltd | 16.23% | 19.87% | 19.93% |
| L3harris Technologies Inc | 4.20% | 4.66% | 8.87% |
ROA = net income / total assets; ROI = net income / investments; ROE = net income / equity; turnover ratios use trailing 12 month revenue (receivables) and cost of sales (inventory).
Innovative Solutions And Support Inc's Valuation vs Peers
P/E, price to sales, PEG, price to cash flow and price to book| Company | P/E | Price / Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Innovative Solutions And Support inc | 23.38 | 4.92 |
| Garmin Ltd | 32.78 | 7.63 |
| L3harris Technologies Inc | 25.80 | 1.16 |
| PEERS AVERAGE | 29.27 | 2.21 |
P/E = price / diluted EPS (trailing 12 months); PEG = P/E divided by EPS growth; the average row divides the peers' combined market cap by their combined income, sales, cash flow and equity.