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Promising Defense Stocks To Follow Today - August 4th

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Key Points

  • The five defense stocks highlighted today are Boeing, ON Semiconductor, BigBear.ai, Citigroup, and GE Aerospace, all of which showed significant trading volume recently.
  • Boeing's shares traded down to $221.52, with a market cap of $167.50 billion and a P/E ratio of -13.42, indicating ongoing market volatility.
  • GE Aerospace shares rose to $275.25, reflecting strong performance with a market cap of $291.88 billion and a PE ratio of 38.39, suggesting solid investor confidence.
  • Interested in Boeing? Here are five stocks we like better.

Boeing, ON Semiconductor, BigBear.ai, Citigroup, and GE Aerospace are the five Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Defense stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that develop, manufacture, and supply military hardware, defense systems, cybersecurity solutions, and related services to governments. Because these firms often operate under long‐term government contracts and benefit from steady defense budgets, their revenues tend to be more predictable than those of purely commercial companies. However, their share prices can be sensitive to geopolitical tensions, regulatory changes, and shifts in national security policies. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Defense stocks within the last several days.

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 BA stock traded down $0.38 on Monday, hitting $221.52. 3,207,120 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,590,613. Boeing has a 12 month low of $128.88 and a 12 month high of $242.69. The stock has a market cap of $167.50 billion, a P/E ratio of -13.42 and a beta of 1.48. The company has a 50 day moving average of $215.23 and a 200 day moving average of $188.97.

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ON Semiconductor (ON)

onsemi is engaged in disruptive innovations and also a supplier of power and analog semiconductors. The firm offers vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure, with a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets. It operates through the following segments: Power Solutions Group, Advanced Solutions Group, and Intelligent Sensing Group.

Shares of ON stock traded down $6.51 on Monday, hitting $50.31. 12,501,068 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 9,964,542. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 4.95 and a quick ratio of 3.32. The stock has a market cap of $21.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 1.45. ON Semiconductor has a 12 month low of $31.04 and a 12 month high of $78.61. The company has a 50 day moving average of $53.83 and a 200 day moving average of $47.76.

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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.

BigBear.ai stock traded up $0.83 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $7.23. The stock had a trading volume of 60,493,671 shares, compared to its average volume of 88,107,008. The company has a quick ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 1.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55. The stock has a market cap of $2.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.26 and a beta of 3.44. BigBear.ai has a one year low of $1.16 and a one year high of $10.36. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $5.72 and its 200-day simple moving average is $4.73.

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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.

Citigroup stock traded up $0.62 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $91.85. The stock had a trading volume of 4,728,652 shares, compared to its average volume of 15,871,993. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.61. The stock has a market cap of $171.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.57, a P/E/G ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 1.38. Citigroup has a one year low of $53.51 and a one year high of $96.90. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $84.36 and its 200-day simple moving average is $76.96.

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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.

Shares of GE traded up $5.87 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $275.25. 1,386,944 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,166,113. GE Aerospace has a 52 week low of $150.20 and a 52 week high of $275.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 1.04. The stock has a market capitalization of $291.88 billion, a PE ratio of 38.39, a PEG ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 1.44. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $252.13 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $218.91.

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