Boeing, Citigroup, Rocket Lab, GE Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Celestica, and BigBear.ai are the seven Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Defense stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that design, manufacture, or service military equipment, weapons systems, and related defense technologies for government and allied forces. Because their revenues are largely driven by government defense budgets rather than economic cycles, these stocks often exhibit lower volatility and can act as a defensive component in an investment portfolio. Their performance is closely tied to shifts in defense spending and geopolitical tensions. 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 NYSE:BA traded up $1.36 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $234.42. The company had a trading volume of 2,786,998 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,509,746. The company's 50-day moving average price is $213.01 and its 200-day moving average price is $186.96. Boeing has a one year low of $128.88 and a one year high of $235.65. The firm has a market cap of $176.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -13.08 and a beta of 1.41.
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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 down $0.67 during trading on Monday, hitting $95.40. The stock had a trading volume of 6,027,181 shares, compared to its average volume of 15,883,943. Citigroup has a 12 month low of $53.51 and a 12 month high of $96.90. The business's 50-day moving average is $82.36 and its 200 day moving average is $76.29. The firm has a market cap of $178.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.09, a P/E/G ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a current ratio of 0.99, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.61.
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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.
NASDAQ RKLB traded down $2.77 during trading on Monday, hitting $44.66. 11,288,275 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 20,118,611. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $33.89 and a two-hundred day moving average of $26.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 2.08 and a quick ratio of 1.72. Rocket Lab has a 12-month low of $4.20 and a 12-month high of $53.44. The firm has a market cap of $20.61 billion, a P/E ratio of -111.77 and a beta of 2.15.
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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.
GE stock traded down $2.50 during trading on Monday, reaching $269.09. The company had a trading volume of 1,824,324 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,225,932. GE Aerospace has a 52 week low of $150.20 and a 52 week high of $273.44. The business has a 50 day moving average of $248.37 and a 200 day moving average of $215.59. The company has a market cap of $285.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.51, a PEG ratio of 3.11 and a beta of 1.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.04 and a quick ratio of 0.73.
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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.
LMT stock traded up $2.23 on Monday, hitting $423.40. The company had a trading volume of 987,426 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,664,902. Lockheed Martin has a 12-month low of $410.11 and a 12-month high of $618.95. The company has a current ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.47. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $465.80 and its 200 day simple moving average is $462.62. The stock has a market cap of $98.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.85, a P/E/G ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 0.28.
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Celestica (CLS)
Celestica Inc. provides supply chain solutions in North America, Europe, and Asia. It operates through two segments: Advanced Technology Solutions, and Connectivity & Cloud Solutions. The company offers a range of product manufacturing and related supply chain services, including design and development, new product introduction, engineering services, component sourcing, electronics manufacturing and assembly, testing, complex mechanical assembly, systems integration, precision machining, order fulfillment, logistics, asset management, product licensing, and after-market repair and return services.
NYSE CLS traded down $0.25 on Monday, reaching $169.97. The company had a trading volume of 1,808,146 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,346,433. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.54 billion, a PE ratio of 46.72 and a beta of 1.81. Celestica has a 12 month low of $40.25 and a 12 month high of $173.63. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $139.83 and its 200 day moving average price is $113.61. The company has a quick ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.
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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 down $0.27 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $7.12. 37,124,934 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 88,795,641. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 1.66 and a quick ratio of 1.66. BigBear.ai has a fifty-two week low of $1.16 and a fifty-two week high of $10.36. The company has a market capitalization of $2.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.15 and a beta of 3.46. The firm's fifty day moving average is $5.43 and its two-hundred day moving average is $4.61.
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