RTX Corporation (NYSE: RTX) shares are up premarket on Tuesday as its major units, Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney, announced deals to expand GTF overhaul capacity and enhance services.
Boeing closed over $50 billion in aircraft orders in March alone added to its more than half a trillion backlog, but the stock still sells off. Time to buy?
Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY) and the best and worst performers in the defense contractors industry.
Defense and aerospace stocks have emerged as a bright spot amid turbulent and chaotic broader market conditions, with the iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (BATS: ITA) up 5.7% year-to-date and the VanEck Defense UCITS ETF (LON: DFNG) up 16%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq have declined 4% and 10%, respectively, during the same period.
As the Q4 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the defense contractors industry, including BWX (NYSE:BWXT) and its peers.
Knowing which stocks to hold for the long term and which to sell before they drag down your portfolio is a challenge every investor faces at least once in their journey.
Even during a down period for the markets, RTX has gone against the grain, climbing to $132.82. Its shares have yielded a 9.6% return over the last six months, beating the S&P 500 by 11%. This was partly due to its solid quarterly results, and the run-up might have investors contemplating their next move.
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Palantir's alliance with Archer Aviation and Anduril may change the U.S. defense industry; analysts agree and are raising their price targets for PLTR stock
I can't accept that the Administration 'wants' the U.S. to have a recession; you already see political pushback about the heavy approaches from constituents around the Country. So it's a question of whether this was 'detox' or 'dealing'.
