Defense Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - March 29th

Key Points

• Rocket Lab (RKLB), GE Aerospace (GE), and Boeing (BA) are MarketBeat's three defense stocks to watch today, selected for having the highest recent dollar trading volume among defense names.
• Defense stocks are often valued for their relatively stable, contract-driven revenues tied to government defense budgets and geopolitical events, but they carry significant political, regulatory, and budgetary risk.
• Rocket Lab provides small/medium rocket launches and spacecraft services, GE Aerospace supplies commercial and military engines and propulsion systems, and Boeing spans commercial airliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense and space systems.

Rocket Lab, GE Aerospace, and Boeing are the three 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 technologies for military and national-security purposes (e.g., aerospace, weapons systems, cybersecurity, and defense contractors). Investors view them as tied to government defense budgets and geopolitical events: they can offer relatively stable, contract-driven revenues but carry political, regulatory, and budgetary risk. 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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