Best Defense Stocks Worth Watching – March 11th

Teradyne, Boeing, Citigroup, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Analog Devices, and Northrop Grumman are the seven Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Defense stocks are shares of companies that develop and manufacture military equipment and technology used by governments for national security purposes. These companies typically produce items such as aircraft, naval vessels, weaponry, and advanced defense systems, and the stocks are often viewed as a hedge during geopolitical tensions. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Defense stocks within the last several days.

Teradyne (TER)

Teradyne, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells automated test systems and robotics products worldwide. It operates through four segments; Semiconductor Test, System Test, Robotics, and Wireless Test. The Semiconductor Test segment offers products and services for wafer level and device package testing of semiconductor devices in automotive, industrial, communications, consumer, smartphones, cloud, computer and electronic game, and other applications.

Shares of NASDAQ TER traded down $18.73 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $86.24. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 6,288,984 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,768,408. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $120.87 and a 200-day moving average price of $121.53. Teradyne has a 12-month low of $82.98 and a 12-month high of $163.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.09, a PEG ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46.

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 Boeing stock traded up $0.34 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $148.49. 3,421,744 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,706,576. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $174.46 and a 200-day simple moving average of $163.98. The stock has a market capitalization of $111.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.11 and a beta of 1.53. Boeing has a 12-month low of $137.03 and a 12-month high of $196.95.

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.

NYSE C traded down $0.54 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $66.87. 7,449,065 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 16,058,362. Citigroup has a 1 year low of $53.51 and a 1 year high of $84.74. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $77.84 and its 200-day simple moving average is $69.83. The stock has a market capitalization of $126.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.25, a P/E/G ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a quick ratio of 0.96, a current ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50.

General Electric (GE)

General Electric Company, doing business as GE Aerospace, designs and produces commercial and defense aircraft engines, integrated engine components, electric power, and mechanical aircraft systems. It also offers aftermarket services to support its products. The company operates in the United States, Europe, China, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa.

Shares of GE stock traded down $0.78 on Tuesday, hitting $191.34. 1,746,811 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,311,017. General Electric has a one year low of $131.14 and a one year high of $212.19. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $193.49 and its two-hundred day moving average is $183.35. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $205.37 billion, a PE ratio of 31.96, a P/E/G ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.19.

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.

Shares of NYSE LMT traded down $9.14 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $470.04. 584,778 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,116,390. The company has a market capitalization of $110.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 0.43. The company has a quick ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.10. Lockheed Martin has a 52-week low of $419.70 and a 52-week high of $618.95. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $462.79 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $520.80.

Analog Devices (ADI)

Analog Devices, Inc. designs, manufactures, tests, and markets integrated circuits (ICs), software, and subsystems products in the United States, rest of North and South America, Europe, Japan, China, and rest of Asia. The company provides data converter products, which translate real-world analog signals into digital data, as well as translates digital data into analog signals; power management and reference products for power conversion, driver monitoring, sequencing, and energy management applications in the automotive, communications, industrial, and consumer markets; and power ICs that include performance, integration, and software design simulation tools for accurate power supply designs.

ADI stock traded down $8.21 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $208.05. The company had a trading volume of 1,199,551 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,893,575. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $218.56 and its 200 day moving average price is $221.13. Analog Devices has a 52 week low of $182.57 and a 52 week high of $247.10. The stock has a market cap of $103.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 66.31, a PEG ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a current ratio of 1.93, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19.

Northrop Grumman (NOC)

Northrop Grumman Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense technology company in the United States, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and internationally. The company’s Aeronautics Systems segment designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, and sustains aircraft systems. This segment also offers unmanned autonomous aircraft systems, including high-altitude long-endurance strategic ISR systems and vertical take-off and landing tactical ISR systems; and strategic long-range strike aircraft, tactical fighter and air dominance aircraft, and airborne battle management and command and control systems.

Northrop Grumman stock traded down $5.69 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $489.76. 419,180 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 814,741. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $470.47 and its 200 day moving average price is $494.93. Northrop Grumman has a 52-week low of $418.60 and a 52-week high of $555.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The firm has a market capitalization of $70.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.29, a P/E/G ratio of 3.73 and a beta of 0.31.