Defense Stocks Worth Watching - July 13th

GE Aerospace, Boeing, AeroVironment, Citigroup, and BigBear.ai are the five Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Defense stocks are shares in publicly traded companies that design, manufacture and service military equipment, weapons systems and security technologies. Their revenues depend heavily on government defense budgets and procurement contracts, making their performance sensitive to geopolitical events and policy shifts. Investors often view them as relatively stable due to long-term government agreements. 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.

GE stock traded up $2.92 during trading on Friday, reaching $255.49. The company's stock had a trading volume of 7,838,134 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,547,749. GE Aerospace has a 1 year low of $150.20 and a 1 year high of $260.55. The company has a quick ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90. The company has a market capitalization of $272.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.08 and a beta of 1.37. The company's fifty day moving average is $239.17 and its 200-day moving average is $208.78.

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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.

BA stock traded up $0.59 during trading on Friday, reaching $226.68. The company's stock had a trading volume of 6,527,919 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,554,931. Boeing has a 1 year low of $128.88 and a 1 year high of $230.20. The company has a market capitalization of $170.92 billion, a P/E ratio of -12.65 and a beta of 1.41. The company's fifty day moving average is $206.14 and its 200-day moving average is $182.98.

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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 $26.23 during trading on Friday, reaching $263.80. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,244,777 shares, compared to its average volume of 583,774. AeroVironment has a 1 year low of $102.25 and a 1 year high of $295.90. The company has a quick ratio of 2.69, a current ratio of 3.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The company has a market capitalization of $13.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 170.19 and a beta of 0.96. The company's fifty day moving average is $196.84 and its 200-day moving average is $166.33.

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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.

C stock traded down $0.35 during trading on Friday, reaching $86.73. The company's stock had a trading volume of 10,251,072 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,550,501. Citigroup has a 1 year low of $53.51 and a 1 year high of $88.83. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52. The company has a market capitalization of $161.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.67 and a beta of 1.34. The company's fifty day moving average is $78.40 and its 200-day moving average is $74.78.

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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.

BBAI stock traded down $0.69 during trading on Friday, reaching $6.43. The company's stock had a trading volume of 128,991,952 shares, compared to its average volume of 52,978,289. The company's fifty day moving average is $4.60 and its 200-day moving average is $4.38. BigBear.ai has a 1 year low of $1.17 and a 1 year high of $10.36. The company has a market capitalization of $1.87 billion, a P/E ratio of -8.24 and a beta of 3.46. The company has a quick ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 1.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55.

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