Defense Stocks To Follow Now - February 28th

Key Points

• MarketBeat’s screener flagged seven defense stocks to watch: GE Aerospace (GE), RTX (RTX), Rocket Lab (RKLB), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Curtiss‑Wright (CW), Boeing (BA), and Kratos (KTOS), which had the highest dollar trading volume among defense names in recent days.
• Investors view defense stocks as a defensive sector because steady government defense spending tends to produce lower volatility and more stable cash flows and dividends during economic downturns or geopolitical uncertainty.
• The listed companies cover a broad set of capabilities — commercial and military aerospace, space launch and satellite services, missiles and unmanned systems, and defense electronics — showing exposure across traditional and emerging defense areas.

GE Aerospace, RTX, Rocket Lab, Lockheed Martin, Curtiss-Wright, Boeing, and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions are the seven Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Defense stocks are shares of companies whose primary business is supplying military equipment, aerospace systems, weapons, cybersecurity, and other goods and services to governments and defense contractors. Investors view them as a defensive sector because government defense spending tends to be relatively steady, so these stocks often show lower volatility and more stable cash flows and dividends during economic downturns or geopolitical uncertainty. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Defense stocks within the last several days.

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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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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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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Lockheed Martin (LMT)

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.

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Curtiss-Wright (CW)

Curtiss-Wright Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides engineered products, solutions, and services mainly to aerospace and defense, commercial power, process, and industrial markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Aerospace & Industrial, Defense Electronics, and Naval & Power.

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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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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS)

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of mission critical products, services and solutions for United States national security priorities. It operates through the Kratos Government Solutions (KGS) and Unmanned Systems (US) segments. The KGS segment consists of an aggregation of KGS operating segments, including microwave electronic products, space, satellite and cyber, training solutions.

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