Defense Stocks To Keep An Eye On - June 20th

GE Aerospace, Boeing, Rocket Lab, Citigroup, and RTX are the five Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Error: Response status code does not indicate success: 429 (Too Many Requests). 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.

Shares of GE traded up $2.24 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $238.13. The company had a trading volume of 2,969,169 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,405,906. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.77 and a current ratio of 1.08. The company has a market capitalization of $253.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 1.38. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $220.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $199.75. GE Aerospace has a 52 week low of $150.20 and a 52 week high of $257.47.

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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.

Shares of NYSE BA traded up $1.86 during trading on Friday, reaching $199.54. The company had a trading volume of 3,277,372 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,420,167. The business's 50-day moving average is $192.55 and its 200 day moving average is $178.01. The stock has a market cap of $150.46 billion, a PE ratio of -11.13 and a beta of 1.43. Boeing has a 12-month low of $128.88 and a 12-month high of $218.80.

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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.

Shares of NASDAQ:RKLB traded up $2.10 during trading on Friday, reaching $29.95. 16,593,996 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 17,138,853. Rocket Lab has a 52-week low of $4.20 and a 52-week high of $33.34. The stock has a market cap of $13.58 billion, a P/E ratio of -74.95 and a beta of 2.08. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $24.16 and a two-hundred day moving average of $23.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a current ratio of 2.08.

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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 Citigroup stock traded up $0.18 on Friday, reaching $78.53. The company's stock had a trading volume of 5,286,141 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,460,790. The company has a market capitalization of $146.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.41, a P/E/G ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52. Citigroup has a 52 week low of $53.51 and a 52 week high of $84.74. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $72.27 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $73.21.

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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.

RTX traded up $1.69 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $147.56. 2,633,021 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,426,065. The firm has a market capitalization of $197.13 billion, a PE ratio of 43.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 0.63. The company's 50-day moving average is $133.06 and its 200 day moving average is $127.23. RTX has a 52 week low of $99.07 and a 52 week high of $149.26. The company has a quick ratio of 0.75, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60.

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