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Space Stocks To Follow Today - December 25th

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Key Points

  • MarketBeat's screener flags five space stocks to watch today: AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Rocket Lab (RKLB), Boeing (BA), Honeywell (HON), and Lockheed Martin (LMT), selected for the highest dollar trading volume among space-related firms in recent days.
  • Space stocks offer high growth potential but come with elevated R&D and capital requirements, long contract horizons, and significant technical, regulatory and market risk, and encompass both pure‑play space companies and larger aerospace/defense firms with space exposure.
  • Five stocks to consider instead of AST SpaceMobile.

AST SpaceMobile, Rocket Lab, Boeing, Honeywell International, and Lockheed Martin are the five Space stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Space stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose primary business or significant operations involve space-related activities—such as launch providers, satellite manufacturers and operators, ground systems, space infrastructure, and enabling technologies like propulsion, sensors and communications. Investors treat them as a thematic sector with high growth potential but elevated R&D and capital needs, long contract horizons, and considerable technical, regulatory and market risk, including both pure-play space firms and larger aerospace/defense companies with space exposure. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Space stocks within the last several days.

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS)

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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.

Read Our Latest Research Report on RKLB

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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Honeywell International (HON)

Honeywell International Inc. engages in the aerospace technologies, building automation, energy and sustainable solutions, and industrial automation businesses in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company's Aerospace segment offers auxiliary power units, propulsion engines, integrated avionics, environmental control and electric power systems, engine controls, flight safety, communications, navigation hardware, data and software applications, radar and surveillance systems, aircraft lighting, advanced systems and instruments, satellite and space components, and aircraft wheels and brakes; spare parts; repair, overhaul, and maintenance services; and thermal systems, as well as wireless connectivity services.

Read Our Latest Research Report on HON

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.

Read Our Latest Research Report on LMT

Further Reading

Should You Invest $1,000 in AST SpaceMobile Right Now?

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