Best Defense Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - June 26th

Rocket Lab, BigBear.ai, AeroVironment, Boeing, and Citigroup are the five Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Defense stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that design, manufacture and support military weapons, vehicles, aerospace systems and related defense technologies for government customers. Because defense budgets tend to remain more stable than consumer spending in downturns, these companies often exhibit lower volatility and predictable cash flows. Investors may include defense stocks in their portfolios as a defensive allocation that can deliver steady dividends even during economic slowdowns. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Defense stocks within the last several days.

Rocket Lab (RKLB)

Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a space company, provides launch services and space systems solutions for the space and defense industries. The company provides launch services, spacecraft design services, spacecraft components, spacecraft manufacturing, and other spacecraft and on-orbit management solutions; and constellation management services, as well as designs and manufactures small and medium-class rockets.

Shares of RKLB stock traded up $3.35 during trading on Thursday, hitting $35.70. 26,901,942 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 17,501,366. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -90.55 and a beta of 2.08. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $25.13 and its 200 day simple moving average is $24.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a current ratio of 2.08. Rocket Lab has a twelve month low of $4.20 and a twelve month high of $37.19.

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BigBear.ai (BBAI)

BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. provides artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence solutions. It offers national security, supply chain management, and digital identity and biometrics solutions. The company also provides data ingestion, data enrichment, data processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, and predictive visualization solutions and services.

Shares of NYSE:BBAI traded up $0.85 during trading on Thursday, reaching $5.66. The stock had a trading volume of 155,333,869 shares, compared to its average volume of 43,203,564. BigBear.ai has a 52 week low of $1.17 and a 52 week high of $10.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.28 and a beta of 3.29. The company has a quick ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 1.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $3.64 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $4.05.

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AeroVironment (AVAV)

AeroVironment, Inc. designs, develops, produces, delivers, and supports a portfolio of robotic systems and related services for government agencies and businesses in the United States and internationally. It operates through Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS), Tactical Missile System (TMS), Medium Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MUAS), and High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite Systems (HAPS) segments.

AVAV stock traded up $28.30 on Thursday, reaching $263.24. 3,035,365 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 482,988. AeroVironment has a 12 month low of $102.25 and a 12 month high of $270.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 4.22 and a quick ratio of 3.07. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $172.05 and its 200 day moving average price is $158.51. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.43 billion, a PE ratio of 169.93 and a beta of 0.81.

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Boeing (BA)

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.

NYSE BA traded up $3.79 on Thursday, hitting $202.69. 3,793,160 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 9,408,226. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $195.98 and a two-hundred day moving average of $179.22. The company has a market cap of $152.83 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.31 and a beta of 1.43. Boeing has a 1-year low of $128.88 and a 1-year high of $218.80.

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Citigroup (C)

Citigroup Inc., a diversified financial service holding company, provides various financial product and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. It operates through five segments: Services, Markets, Banking, U.S. Personal Banking, and Wealth. The Services segment includes Treasury and Trade Solutions, which provides cash management, trade, and working capital solutions to multinational corporations, financial institutions, and public sector organizations; and Securities Services, such as cross-border support for clients, local market expertise, post-trade technologies, data solutions, and various securities services solutions.

Shares of C stock traded up $1.69 on Thursday, reaching $84.32. The company had a trading volume of 7,813,248 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,502,233. The company has a current ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52. The stock has a market cap of $157.48 billion, a PE ratio of 13.34, a PEG ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a 50-day moving average of $73.68 and a 200-day moving average of $73.45. Citigroup has a 12 month low of $53.51 and a 12 month high of $84.74.

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