Best Defense Stocks To Consider - January 23rd

Key Points

• MarketBeat names five defense stocks to watch: Rocket Lab (RKLB), GE Aerospace (GE), Boeing (BA), Redwire (RDW) and RTX (RTX) had the highest dollar trading volume among defense stocks in recent days.
• Defense stocks are viewed as relatively stable because revenue is often backed by long-term government contracts, but performance can still be affected by geopolitical events, budget shifts, and program cancellations.
• Company focus differs across the list: Rocket Lab and Redwire are space-focused (launch services, spacecraft components and infrastructure), while GE, Boeing and RTX are large aerospace/defense primes offering engines, aircraft, systems and services, implying different risk and growth profiles for investors.

Rocket Lab, GE Aerospace, Boeing, Redwire, and RTX are the five Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Defense stocks are shares of companies that design, manufacture, or provide services and technology for military and national-security purposes—aircraft, weapons, electronics, shipbuilding, and cybersecurity for governments and allied organizations. Investors often view them as relatively stable because defense spending is typically steady and driven by long-term government contracts, but performance can still be affected by geopolitical events, budget changes, and program cancellations. 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.

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GE Aerospace (GE)

GE Aerospace (also known as General Electric) is a company that specializes in providing aerospace products and services. It operates through two reportable segments: Commercial Engines and Services and Defense and Propulsion Technologies. It offers jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business, and general aviation aircraft.

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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.

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Redwire (RDW)

Redwire Corporation provides critical space solutions and space infrastructure for government and commercial customers in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company provides avionics and sensors including star trackers, sun sensors, critical for navigation, and control of spacecraft; camera systems; solar array solutions for spacecraft spanning the spectrum of size, power needs, and orbital location; and strain composite booms, coilable booms, truss structures, telescope baffles, and deployable booms to position sensors or solar arrays away from the spacecraft.

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RTX (RTX)

RTX Corporation, an aerospace and defense company, provides systems and services for the commercial, military, and government customers in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. The Collins Aerospace Systems segment offers aerospace and defense products, and aftermarket service solutions for civil and military aircraft manufacturers and commercial airlines, as well as regional, business, and general aviation, defense, and commercial space operations.

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