Defense Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - August 25th

Key Points

• MarketBeat’s stock screener identified five defense stocks to watch: Rocket Lab (RKLB), Boeing (BA), GE Aerospace (GE), RTX (RTX), and RBC Bearings (ROLL), based on their recent dollar trading volume.
• The companies span launch services and space systems, commercial and military aircraft, aerospace engines, missile defense, defense systems, and precision components for aerospace and military applications.
• Defense stocks may benefit from long-term government contracts and national-security spending, but remain exposed to government budgets, politics, regulation, and geopolitical developments.

Rocket Lab, Boeing, GE Aerospace, RTX, and RBC Bearings are the five Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Defense stocks are shares of companies that provide military equipment, technology, services, or other products to governments and defense agencies. Investors often view them as relatively defensive investments because demand may remain steady due to long-term government contracts and national-security spending, though they can still be affected by government budgets, politics, regulation, and geopolitical developments. 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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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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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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RBC Bearings (ROLL)

RBC Bearings Incorporated manufactures and markets engineered precision bearings and components in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Aerospace/Defense and Industrial. The company produces plain bearings with self-lubricating or metal-to-metal designs, including rod end bearings, spherical plain bearings, and journal bearings; roller bearings, such as tapered roller bearings, needle roller bearings, and needle bearing track rollers and cam followers, which are anti-friction products that are used in industrial applications and military aircraft platforms; and ball bearings include high precision aerospace, airframe control, thin section, and industrial ball bearings that utilize high precision ball elements to reduce friction in high-speed applications.

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