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Top Defense Stocks To Follow Today - August 19th

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Key Points

  • Boeing, Rocket Lab, and Citigroup are currently highlighted as key defense stocks to watch, experiencing the highest dollar trading volumes in recent days.
  • Boeing operates in various sectors including commercial aviation and military defense, showcasing a diverse portfolio that supports stability in the defense market.
  • Rocket Lab focuses on providing launch services and solutions for the space and defense industries, underlining the growing intersection of aerospace and defense technology.
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Boeing, Rocket Lab, and Citigroup are the three Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Defense stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that manufacture and supply military equipment, weapons, aerospace systems, cybersecurity solutions and support services to national defense agencies. Their revenues and stock performance are closely tied to government defense budgets and long-term military contracts. Investors often view them as a relatively stable sector that can benefit from geopolitical tensions and ongoing defense spending. 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.

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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.

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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.

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