Compare America First Stocks

America First stocks represent companies that align with U.S.-focused economic policies and domestic growth initiatives. Investors are drawn to these stocks for their potential to capitalize on America's industrial power and economic strength.

Use the powerful comparison tool below to analyze up to ten stocks side by side based on Performance Charts, Price & Volume, MarketRank™, Analyst Ratings, Sales & Book Value, Profitability & Earnings, Dividends, Debt, Ownership, Headlines, and more to help you find the right stocks for your portfolio.

This list updates regularly to reflect market changes, ensuring you have the latest insights.

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
STLD Steel Dynamics	$125.60 +2.6%	$129.97	$103.17 ▼ $155.56	$18.17B	1.38	1.28 million shs	2.07 million shs
BA Boeing	$232.23 +2.8%	$218.06	$128.88 ▼ $242.69	$170.86B	1.48	7.05 million shs	7.40 million shs
CAT Caterpillar	$412.21 +0.9%	$395.90	$267.30 ▼ $441.15	$191.39B	1.4	3.01 million shs	2.76 million shs
CMI Cummins	$398.31 +2.6%	$342.75	$260.02 ▼ $399.09	$53.50B	1.02	1.07 million shs	774,611 shs
DE Deere & Company	$506.07 -0.2%	$512.30	$346.00 ▼ $533.78	$137.30B	1.06	1.11 million shs	1.29 million shs
GD General Dynamics	$314.00 -0.3%	$296.33	$239.20 ▼ $322.50	$84.71B	0.48	1.27 million shs	1.03 million shs
LMT Lockheed Martin	$431.20 +1.2%	$454.11	$410.11 ▼ $618.95	$99.52B	0.27	2.28 million shs	1.49 million shs
NOC Northrop Grumman	$580.78 +0.1%	$526.45	$426.24 ▼ $594.68	$83.08B	0.15	873,960 shs	643,833 shs
NUE Nucor	$141.42 +2.7%	$134.30	$97.59 ▼ $170.52	$31.78B	1.74	1.74 million shs	1.01 million shs
OSK Oshkosh	$138.64 +3.0%	$121.18	$76.82 ▼ $139.95	$8.62B	1.43	728,387 shs	432,772 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
STLD Steel Dynamics	+2.61%	+1.68%	-7.01%	-6.07%	+8.30%
BA Boeing	+2.75%	+3.39%	+2.45%	+13.65%	+41.43%
CAT Caterpillar	+0.93%	-4.92%	+1.60%	+17.83%	+22.61%
CMI Cummins	+2.57%	+6.62%	+17.58%	+19.44%	+37.05%
DE Deere & Company	-0.26%	-0.38%	-1.19%	+1.88%	+46.68%
GD General Dynamics	-0.30%	+0.16%	+3.90%	+16.01%	+7.83%
LMT Lockheed Martin	+1.18%	+0.71%	-7.76%	-3.79%	-22.55%
NOC Northrop Grumman	+0.06%	-1.53%	+12.85%	+27.05%	+15.77%
NUE Nucor	+2.63%	+1.34%	-0.71%	+20.74%	+0.05%
OSK Oshkosh	+2.92%	-0.67%	+10.06%	+37.65%	+39.05%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
STLD Steel Dynamics	4.9148 of 5 stars	2.4	5.0	4.2	1.3	3.2	2.5	3.8
BA Boeing	3.0963 of 5 stars	2.4	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	2.5	0.6
CAT Caterpillar	4.7674 of 5 stars	2.4	5.0	4.2	1.3	3.9	1.7	2.5
CMI Cummins	4.8042 of 5 stars	2.2	5.0	4.2	1.4	3.4	3.3	2.5
DE Deere & Company	4.3595 of 5 stars	2.3	4.0	2.5	1.5	2.9	1.7	2.5
GD General Dynamics	4.6338 of 5 stars	2.2	3.0	4.2	0.0	4.2	2.5	3.1
LMT Lockheed Martin	4.6309 of 5 stars	3.2	3.0	4.2	0.0	3.2	1.7	2.5
NOC Northrop Grumman	4.3 of 5 stars	2.3	3.0	4.2	0.0	3.6	2.5	1.9
NUE Nucor	4.9772 of 5 stars	3.6	5.0	4.2	0.0	2.5	2.5	4.4
OSK Oshkosh	4.6338 of 5 stars	2.3	5.0	4.2	1.2	4.0	1.7	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
STLD Steel Dynamics	2.73	Moderate Buy	$149.33	18.90% Upside
BA Boeing	2.84	Moderate Buy	$228.90	-1.43% Downside
CAT Caterpillar	2.78	Moderate Buy	$444.00	7.71% Upside
CMI Cummins	2.36	Hold	$370.83	-6.90% Downside
DE Deere & Company	2.50	Moderate Buy	$523.93	3.53% Upside
GD General Dynamics	2.36	Hold	$315.78	0.57% Upside
LMT Lockheed Martin	2.35	Hold	$506.65	17.50% Upside
NOC Northrop Grumman	2.56	Moderate Buy	$586.79	1.03% Upside
NUE Nucor	3.13	Buy	$157.13	11.11% Upside
OSK Oshkosh	2.62	Moderate Buy	$133.08	-4.01% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest America First Stocks Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/11/2025	CMI Cummins	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Overweight
8/11/2025	CMI Cummins	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
8/11/2025	CMI Cummins	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Outperform
8/7/2025	CMI Cummins	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$342.00 ➝ $380.00
8/6/2025	CAT Caterpillar	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$460.00 ➝ $500.00
8/6/2025	CAT Caterpillar	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$475.00 ➝ $520.00
8/6/2025	CAT Caterpillar	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$383.00 ➝ $425.00
8/6/2025	CAT Caterpillar	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$460.00 ➝ $495.00
8/6/2025	CAT Caterpillar	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$414.00 ➝ $507.00
8/6/2025	CMI Cummins	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$380.00 ➝ $425.00
8/5/2025	OSK Oshkosh	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$148.00 ➝ $160.00

(Data available from 8/12/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
STLD Steel Dynamics	$17.54B	1.06	$13.59 per share	9.24	$58.62 per share	2.14
BA Boeing	$75.33B	2.33	N/A	N/A	($4.37) per share	-53.14
CAT Caterpillar	$64.81B	2.98	$27.17 per share	15.17	$39.84 per share	10.35
CMI Cummins	$33.72B	1.63	$30.20 per share	13.19	$93.43 per share	4.26
DE Deere & Company	$51.72B	2.65	$33.87 per share	14.94	$84.11 per share	6.02
GD General Dynamics	$47.72B	1.77	$17.21 per share	18.24	$87.66 per share	3.58
LMT Lockheed Martin	$71.04B	1.42	$35.96 per share	11.99	$22.85 per share	18.87
NOC Northrop Grumman	$41.03B	2.03	$36.05 per share	16.11	$108.05 per share	5.38
NUE Nucor	$30.73B	1.06	$15.24 per share	9.28	$93.14 per share	1.52
OSK Oshkosh	$10.76B	0.82	$16.22 per share	8.55	$69.60 per share	1.99

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
STLD Steel Dynamics	$1.54B	$6.86	18.31	10.38	0.99	6.07%	11.88%	6.71%	10/15/2025 (Estimated)
BA Boeing	-$11.82B	-$16.51	N/A	86.33	N/A	-14.18%	N/A	-7.78%	10/22/2025 (Estimated)
CAT Caterpillar	$10.79B	$19.66	20.97	18.64	2.42	14.95%	48.95%	10.60%	10/29/2025 (Estimated)
CMI Cummins	$3.95B	$21.27	18.73	14.42	1.89	8.72%	26.96%	9.82%	N/A
DE Deere & Company	$7.10B	$20.67	24.48	22.97	3.21	12.40%	24.39%	5.32%	8/14/2025 (Estimated)
GD General Dynamics	$3.78B	$14.90	21.07	18.32	1.93	8.13%	17.99%	7.21%	10/22/2025 (Estimated)
LMT Lockheed Martin	$5.34B	$17.76	24.28	14.52	1.49	5.85%	107.60%	12.13%	10/28/2025 (Estimated)
NOC Northrop Grumman	$4.17B	$27.13	21.41	20.03	5.50	9.74%	25.52%	7.89%	10/23/2025 (Estimated)
NUE Nucor	$2.03B	$5.54	25.53	12.87	0.88	4.21%	6.65%	4.15%	10/20/2025 (Estimated)
OSK Oshkosh	$681.40M	$9.96	13.92	11.09	1.67	6.25%	16.70%	7.24%	10/29/2025 (Estimated)

Latest America First Stocks Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/14/2025	Q3 2025	DE Deere & Company	$4.62	N/A	N/A	N/A	$10.33 billion	N/A
8/5/2025	Q2 2025	CAT Caterpillar	$4.88	$4.72	-$0.16	$4.62	$16.14 billion	$16.57 billion
8/5/2025	Q2 2025	CMI Cummins	$5.21	$6.43	+$1.22	$6.43	$8.45 billion	$8.64 billion
8/1/2025	Q2 2025	OSK Oshkosh	$2.98	$3.41	+$0.43	$3.16	$2.67 billion	$2.73 billion
7/29/2025	Q2 2025	BA Boeing	-$0.92	-$1.24	-$0.32	-$0.92	$20.13 billion	$22.75 billion
7/28/2025	Q2 2025	NUE Nucor	$2.54	$2.60	+$0.06	$2.60	$8.47 billion	$8.46 billion
7/23/2025	Q2 2025	GD General Dynamics	$3.47	$3.74	+$0.27	$3.74	$12.13 billion	$13.04 billion
7/22/2025	Q2 2025	LMT Lockheed Martin	$6.57	$7.29	+$0.72	$1.46	$18.59 billion	$18.16 billion
7/22/2025	Q2 2025	NOC Northrop Grumman	$6.84	$7.11	+$0.27	$8.15	$10.15 billion	$10.35 billion
7/21/2025	Q2 2025	STLD Steel Dynamics	$2.05	$2.01	-$0.04	$2.01	$4.82 billion	$4.57 billion
5/15/2025	Q2 2025	DE Deere & Company	$5.72	$6.64	+$0.92	$6.64	$10.80 billion	$11.17 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
STLD Steel Dynamics	$2.00	1.59%	N/A	29.15%	13 Years
BA Boeing	$8.22	3.54%	N/A	N/A	N/A
CAT Caterpillar	$6.04	1.47%	N/A	30.72%	30 Years
CMI Cummins	$8.00	2.01%	N/A	37.61%	19 Years
DE Deere & Company	$6.48	1.28%	N/A	31.35%	4 Years
GD General Dynamics	$6.00	1.91%	N/A	40.27%	34 Years
LMT Lockheed Martin	$13.20	3.06%	N/A	74.32%	22 Years
NOC Northrop Grumman	$9.24	1.59%	N/A	34.06%	22 Years
NUE Nucor	$2.20	1.56%	N/A	39.71%	52 Years
OSK Oshkosh	$2.04	1.47%	N/A	20.48%	13 Years

Latest America First Stocks Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/6/2025	GD General Dynamics	quarterly	$1.50	1.9%	10/10/2025	10/10/2025	11/14/2025
6/25/2025	LMT Lockheed Martin	quarterly	$3.30	2.88%	9/2/2025	9/2/2025	9/26/2025
7/15/2025	CMI Cummins	quarterly	$2.00	2.34%	8/22/2025	8/22/2025	9/4/2025
8/4/2025	OSK Oshkosh	quarterly	$0.51	1.5%	8/19/2025	8/19/2025	9/2/2025
6/11/2025	CAT Caterpillar	quarterly	$1.51	1.67%	7/21/2025	7/21/2025	8/20/2025
6/10/2025	NUE Nucor	quarterly	$0.55	1.77%	6/30/2025	6/30/2025	8/11/2025
5/28/2025	DE Deere & Company	quarterly	$1.62	1.28%	6/30/2025	6/30/2025	8/8/2025
6/4/2025	GD General Dynamics	quarterly	$1.50	2.18%	7/3/2025	7/3/2025	8/8/2025
5/12/2025	LMT Lockheed Martin	quarterly	$3.30	2.8%	6/2/2025	6/2/2025	6/27/2025
5/20/2025	NOC Northrop Grumman	quarterly	$2.31	1.94%	6/2/2025	6/2/2025	6/18/2025
5/13/2025	CMI Cummins	quarterly	$1.82	2.18%	5/23/2025	5/23/2025	6/5/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
STLD Steel Dynamics	0.43	3.13	1.34
BA Boeing	N/A	1.23	0.38
CAT Caterpillar	1.50	1.34	0.81
CMI Cummins	0.53	1.64	1.03
DE Deere & Company	1.76	2.11	1.89
GD General Dynamics	0.32	1.36	0.83
LMT Lockheed Martin	3.47	0.98	0.83
NOC Northrop Grumman	0.98	1.04	0.93
NUE Nucor	0.31	2.83	1.51
OSK Oshkosh	0.25	1.84	0.92

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
STLD Steel Dynamics	82.41%
BA Boeing	64.82%
CAT Caterpillar	70.98%
CMI Cummins	83.46%
DE Deere & Company	68.58%
GD General Dynamics	86.14%
LMT Lockheed Martin	74.19%
NOC Northrop Grumman	83.40%
NUE Nucor	76.48%
OSK Oshkosh	92.36%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
STLD Steel Dynamics	6.30%
BA Boeing	0.09%
CAT Caterpillar	0.33%
CMI Cummins	0.41%
DE Deere & Company	0.29%
GD General Dynamics	1.50%
LMT Lockheed Martin	0.14%
NOC Northrop Grumman	0.23%
NUE Nucor	0.71%
OSK Oshkosh	0.55%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
STLD Steel Dynamics	13,000	148.45 million	139.10 million	Optionable
BA Boeing	172,000	756.16 million	755.48 million	Optionable
CAT Caterpillar	112,900	468.48 million	466.93 million	Optionable
CMI Cummins	69,600	137.79 million	137.22 million	Optionable
DE Deere & Company	75,800	270.83 million	270.04 million	Optionable
GD General Dynamics	117,000	268.99 million	264.96 million	Optionable
LMT Lockheed Martin	121,000	233.46 million	233.14 million	Optionable
NOC Northrop Grumman	97,000	143.18 million	142.85 million	Optionable
NUE Nucor	32,700	230.75 million	229.11 million	Optionable
OSK Oshkosh	18,500	64.00 million	63.65 million	Optionable

America First Stocks Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) Shares Sold by Blair William & Co. IL

August 12 at 3:45 AM | marketbeat.com

Headlands Technologies LLC Grows Position in Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK)

August 11 at 3:54 AM | marketbeat.com

XTX Topco Ltd Makes New Investment in Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK)

August 11 at 3:37 AM | marketbeat.com

True North Advisors LLC Makes New $807,000 Investment in Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK)

August 10 at 7:22 AM | marketbeat.com

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Boosts Stock Position in Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK)

August 10 at 4:00 AM | marketbeat.com

James C Freeders Implements A Sell Strategy: Offloads $1.66M In Oshkosh Stock

August 9, 2025 | benzinga.com

Natixis Advisors LLC Sells 39,434 Shares of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK)

August 9, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Oshkosh Executive Makes a Major Stock Move!

August 7, 2025 | tipranks.com

Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Oshkosh Q3 Earnings

August 7, 2025 | marketbeat.com

ING Groep NV Purchases 18,400 Shares of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK)

August 7, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Bank of Nova Scotia Invests $3.78 Million in Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK)

August 7, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) PT Set at $164.00 by UBS Group

August 7, 2025 | americanbankingnews.com

DA Davidson Comments on Oshkosh's Q3 Earnings (NYSE:OSK)

August 7, 2025 | americanbankingnews.com

DA Davidson Issues Positive Forecast for Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) Stock Price

August 6, 2025 | marketbeat.com

UBS Group Issues Positive Forecast for Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) Stock Price

August 6, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) Shares Acquired by New Age Alpha Advisors LLC

August 6, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Robert W. Baird Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) Stock

August 6, 2025 | americanbankingnews.com

Oshkosh (OSK) Gets a Buy from Truist Financial

August 5, 2025 | theglobeandmail.com

Oshkosh (OSK) Gets a Buy from KeyBanc

August 5, 2025 | theglobeandmail.com

Oshkosh Stock: A Deep Dive Into Analyst Perspectives (13 Ratings)

August 5, 2025 | benzinga.com

Oshkosh Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.51 (NYSE:OSK)

August 5, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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America First Stocks Company Descriptions

Steel Dynamics NASDAQ:STLD

$125.60 +3.19 (+2.61%)

Closing price 08/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$125.41 -0.19 (-0.15%)

As of 08/12/2025 07:28 PM Eastern

Steel Dynamics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer and metal recycler in the United States. The Steel Operations segment offers hot rolled, cold rolled, and coated steel products; parallel flange beams and channel sections, flat bars, large unequal leg angles, and reinforcing steel bars, as well as standard strength carbon, intermediate alloy hardness, and premium grade rail products; engineered special-bar-quality products, merchant-bar-quality products, and other engineered round steel bars; channels, angles, flats, merchant rounds, and reinforcing steel bars; and specialty shapes and light structural steel products. This segment also engages in turning, polishing, straightening, chamfering, precision saw-cutting, and heat treating of bar products. Its products are used in construction, automotive, manufacturing, transportation, heavy and agriculture equipment, and pipe and tube markets. The Metals Recycling Operations segment is involved in the ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal processing, transportation, marketing, brokerage, and scrap management services. Its ferrous products include heavy melting steel, busheling, bundled scrap, shredded scrap, steel turnings, and cast-iron products; and nonferrous products comprise aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel, and other nonferrous metals. The Steel Fabrication Operations segment produces steel non-residential building components, such as steel joists, girders, trusses, and steel deck products for non-residential steel fabricators, metal building companies, general construction contractors, developers, owners, brokers, and governmental entities, as well as e-commerce warehouses, data centers, metal buildings, and education and commercial building projects. The Aluminum Operations segment offers recycled aluminum flat rolled products. The company also exports its products. Steel Dynamics, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Boeing NYSE:BA

$232.23 +6.27 (+2.77%)

Closing price 08/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$232.17 -0.06 (-0.03%)

As of 08/12/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, services, and supports commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight and launch systems, and services worldwide. The company operates through Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space & Security; and Global Services segments. The Commercial Airplanes segment develops, produces, and markets commercial jet aircraft for passenger and cargo requirements, as well as provides fleet support services. The Defense, Space & Security segment engages in the research, development, production, and modification of manned and unmanned military aircraft and weapons systems; strategic defense and intelligence systems, which include strategic missile and defense systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, cyber and information solutions, and intelligence systems; and satellite systems, such as government and commercial satellites, and space exploration. The Global Services segment offers products and services, including supply chain and logistics management, engineering, maintenance and modifications, upgrades and conversions, spare parts, pilot and maintenance training systems and services, technical and maintenance documents, and data analytics and digital services to commercial and defense customers. The Boeing Company was incorporated in 1916 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.

Caterpillar NYSE:CAT

$412.21 +3.67 (+0.90%)

Closing price 08/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$413.11 +0.90 (+0.22%)

As of 08/12/2025 07:50 PM Eastern

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives in worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, road reclaimers, forestry machines, cold planers, material handlers, track-type tractors, excavators, telehandlers, motor graders, and pipelayers; compact track, wheel, track-type, backhoe, and skid steer loaders; and related parts and tools. The company's Resource Industries segment provides electric rope and hydraulic shovels, draglines, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, tractors, mining trucks, wheel loaders, off-highway and articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers and dozers, fleet management products, landfill and soil compactors, machinery components, autonomous ready vehicles and solutions, work tools, and safety services and mining performance solutions, as well as related parts and services. Its Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engine powered generator sets; reciprocating engines, drivetrain, and integrated systems and solutions; turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, and related services; and diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products. The company's Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, revolving charge accounts, repair/rebuild financing services, working capital loans, and wholesale financing; and insurance and risk management products and services. Its All Other Operating segment offers filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, fluid transfer products, precision seals, and rubber sealing and connecting components; parts distribution; logistics solutions and distribution services; brand management and marketing strategy services; and digital investments services. Caterpillar Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

Cummins NYSE:CMI

$398.31 +10.00 (+2.58%)

Closing price 08/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$397.88 -0.43 (-0.11%)

As of 08/12/2025 07:52 PM Eastern

Cummins Inc. designs, manufactures, distributes, and services diesel and natural gas engines, electric and hybrid powertrains, and related components worldwide. It operates through five segments: Engine, Distribution, Components, Power Systems, and Accelera. The company offers diesel and natural gas-powered engines under the Cummins and other customer brands for the heavy and medium-duty truck, bus, recreational vehicle, light-duty automotive, construction, mining, marine, rail, oil and gas, defense, and agricultural markets; and offers parts and services, as well as remanufactured parts and engines. It provides power generation systems, horsepower engines, heavy and medium duty engines, application engineering services, custom-designed assemblies, retail and wholesale aftermarket parts, and in-shop and field-based repair services. In addition, the company offers emission solutions; turbochargers; air and fuel filters, fuel water separators, lube and hydraulic filters, coolants, fuel additives, and other filtration systems; and electronic control modules, sensors, and supporting software, as well as new, replacement, and remanufactured fuel systems. Further, it provides automated transmissions; standby and prime power generators, controls, paralleling systems, and transfer switches, as well as A/C generator/alternator products under the Stamford and AVK brands; and electrified power systems with components and subsystems, including battery, fuel cell, and hydrogen production technologies. Additionally, it offers filtration, aftertreatment, controls systems, air handling systems, and electric power generation systems, and batteries. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and other customers. The company was formerly known as Cummins Engine Company and changed its name to Cummins Inc. in 2001. Cummins Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Columbus, Indiana.

Deere & Company NYSE:DE

$506.07 -0.91 (-0.18%)

Closing price 08/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$506.08 +0.01 (+0.00%)

As of 08/12/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

Deere & Co. engages in the manufacture and distribution of equipment used in agriculture, construction, forestry, and turf care. It operates through the following segments: Agriculture and Turf, Construction and Forestry, and Financial Services. The Agriculture and Turf segment focuses on the distribution and manufacture of a full line of agriculture and turf equipment and related service parts. The Construction and Forestry segment offers machines and service parts used in construction, earthmoving, road building, material handling and timber harvesting. The Financial Services segment finances sales and leases by John Deere dealers of new and used agriculture and turf equipment and construction and forestry equipment. The company was founded by John Deere in 1837 and is headquartered in Moline, IL.

General Dynamics NYSE:GD

$314.00 -0.94 (-0.30%)

Closing price 08/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$313.96 -0.04 (-0.01%)

As of 08/12/2025 07:55 PM Eastern

General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment produces and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, aircraft-on-ground support and completion, charter, staffing, and fixed-base operator services. The Marine Systems segment designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatants, and auxiliary ships for the United States Navy and Jones Act ships for commercial customers, as well as builds crude oil and product tankers, and container and cargo ships; provides maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle support services for navy ships; offers and program management, planning, engineering, and design support services for submarine construction programs. The Combat Systems segment manufactures land combat solutions, such as wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, Stryker wheeled combat vehicles, piranha vehicles, weapons systems, munitions, mobile bridge systems with payloads, tactical vehicles, main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and armaments; and offers modernization programs, engineering, support, and sustainment services. The Technologies segment provides information technology solutions and mission support services; mobile communication, computers, and command-and-control mission systems; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions to military, intelligence, and federal civilian customers; cloud computing, artificial intelligence; machine learning; big data analytics; development, security, and operations; and unmanned undersea vehicle manufacturing and assembly services. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

Lockheed Martin NYSE:LMT

$431.20 +4.94 (+1.16%)

Closing price 08/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$431.75 +0.55 (+0.13%)

As of 08/12/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

Lockheed Martin Corporation, a security and aerospace company, engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of technology systems, products, and services worldwide. The company operates through Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems, and Space segments. The Aeronautics segment offers combat and air mobility aircraft, unmanned air vehicles, and related technologies. The Missiles and Fire Control segment provides air and missile defense systems; tactical missiles and air-to-ground precision strike weapon systems; logistics; fire control systems; mission operations support, readiness, engineering support, and integration services; manned and unmanned ground vehicles; and energy management solutions. The Rotary and Mission Systems segment offers military and commercial helicopters, surface ships, sea and land-based missile defense systems, radar systems, sea and air-based mission and combat systems, command and control mission solutions, cyber solutions, and simulation and training solutions. The Space segment offers satellites; space transportation systems; strategic, advanced strike, and defensive systems; and classified systems and services in support of national security systems. This segment also provides network-enabled situational awareness and integrates space and ground global systems to help its customers gather, analyze, and securely distribute critical intelligence data. It serves primarily serves the U.S. government, as well as foreign military sales contracted through the U.S. government. The company was founded in 1912 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.

Northrop Grumman NYSE:NOC

$580.78 +0.54 (+0.09%)

Closing price 08/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$580.45 -0.33 (-0.06%)

As of 08/12/2025 08:00 PM Eastern

Northrop Grumman Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense technology company in the United States, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and internationally. The company's Aeronautics Systems segment designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, and sustains aircraft systems. This segment also offers unmanned autonomous aircraft systems, including high-altitude long-endurance strategic ISR systems and vertical take-off and landing tactical ISR systems; and strategic long-range strike aircraft, tactical fighter and air dominance aircraft, and airborne battle management and command and control systems. Its Defense Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces tactical weapons and missile defense solutions, and provides sustainment, modernization, and training services for manned and unmanned aircraft and electronics systems. It also offers integrated, all-domain command, and control battle management systems, precision strike weapons; high speed air-breathing and hypersonic systems; high-performance gun systems, ammunition, precision munitions and advanced fuzes; aircraft and mission systems logistics support, sustainment, operations and modernization; and warfighter training services. The company's Mission Systems segment offers command, control, communications and computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; advanced communications and network systems; cyber solutions; intelligence processing systems; navigation; and maritime power, propulsion, and payload launch systems. Its Space Systems segment offers satellites, spacecraft systems, subsystems, sensors, and payloads; ground systems; missile defense systems and interceptors; launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; and strategic missiles. Northrop Grumman Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.

Nucor NYSE:NUE

$141.42 +3.70 (+2.69%)

Closing price 08/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$140.96 -0.45 (-0.32%)

As of 08/12/2025 07:56 PM Eastern

Nucor Corporation engages in manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. It operates in three segments: steel mills, steel products, and raw materials. The Steel Mills segment produces hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized sheet steel products; plate steel products; wide-flange beams, beam blanks, and H-piling and sheet piling structural steel products; bar steel products, such as blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing and merchant bars, and engineered special bar quality products; and engages in the steel trading and rebar distribution businesses. This segment sells its products to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Steel Products segment offers steel joists and joist girders, steel decks, and galvanized torque tubes for used in solar arrays, hollow structural section steel tubing, electrical conduit, fabricated concrete reinforcing steel, cold finished steel, steel fasteners, steel grating and expanded metal, wire and wire mesh, metal building systems, insulated metal panels, steel racking, overhead doors, and utility towers and structures for communications and energy transmission. This segment is also involved in the piling distribution business. The Raw Materials segment produces direct reduced iron (DRI); brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, and DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal; and engages in the natural gas production and industrial gas business. This segment sells its ferrous scrap to electric arc furnace steel mills and foundries for manufacturing process; and nonferrous scrap metal to aluminum can producers, secondary aluminum smelters, steel mills and other processors, and consumers of various nonferrous metals. It markets its products through in-house sales force; and internal distribution and trading companies. Nucor Corporation was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Oshkosh NYSE:OSK

$138.64 +4.03 (+3.00%)

Closing price 08/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$138.76 +0.12 (+0.09%)

As of 08/12/2025 05:53 PM Eastern

Oshkosh Corporation provides purpose-built vehicles and equipment worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Access, Defense, and Vocational segment. Its Access Equipment segment design and manufacture aerial work platform and telehandlers for use in construction, industrial, and maintenance applications; offers financing and leasing solutions including rental fleet loans, leases, and floor plan and retail financing; and towing and recovery equipment, which includes carriers, wreckers, and rotators, as well as provides equipment installation and sale of chassis and service parts. The Defense segment engages in the manufacture and sale of heavy, medium, and light tactical wheeled vehicles and related services for department of defense. Its Vocational segment offers custom and commercial firefighting equipment, fire apparatus, and emergency vehicles, including pumpers, aerial platform, ladder and tiller trucks, and tankers; light, medium, and heavy-duty rescue vehicles; and wildland rough terrain response, bomb squad, hazardous materials control vehicles, mobile command and control centers, and other emergency response vehicles. Additionally, this segment produces and sells custom and commercial firefighting vehicles, as well as command vehicles, ARFF vehicles; design and manufacture refuse collection vehicles for waste services industry; front discharge concrete mixers for the concrete ready-mix industry; and field service vehicles and truck-mounted cranes for construction, equipment dealer, building supply, utility, tire service, railroad, and mining industries. Further, the company provides its products through direct sales representatives, dealers, and distributors. Oshkosh Corporation was formerly known as Oshkosh Truck Corporation. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Written by Jessica Mitacek | Reviewed by Don Miller

March 13, 2025

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