Top Defense Stocks To Keep An Eye On - December 24th

Key Points

• MarketBeat's screener flags five defense stocks to watch — Rocket Lab (RKLB), Boeing (BA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), GE Aerospace (GE), and Sidus Space (SIDU) — chosen for having the highest dollar trading volume among defense names recently.
• Defense stocks are seen as relatively defensive because steady government defense spending and geopolitical demand tend to support revenues, making them typically less cyclical and lower-volatility than the broader market.
• The list mixes large, diversified primes (Boeing, Lockheed Martin, GE Aerospace) with space-focused players (Rocket Lab, Sidus Space), highlighting opportunities across launches, satellites, engines, and integrated defense systems.

Rocket Lab, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, GE Aerospace, and Sidus Space are the five Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. "Defense stocks" are shares of companies that design, manufacture, or provide services for military, aerospace, homeland security, and related technologies (e.g., weapons, aircraft, satellites, cybersecurity). Investors view them as relatively defensive because their revenues are often supported by steady government defense spending and geopolitical demand, making them typically less cyclical and lower-volatility than broader market holdings. 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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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.

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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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Sidus Space (SIDU)

Sidus Space, Inc., a space-as-a-service company, engages in the design, manufacture, launch, and data collection of commercial satellite worldwide. Its space services include satellite/space hardware manufacturing; Low Earth Orbit (LEO) launch and deployment services; and space-based geospatial intel, imagery, and data analytics.

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