Defense Stocks To Consider – January 30th

Celestica, Teradyne, Boeing, Rocket Lab USA, and Lockheed Martin are the five Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Defense stocks are investments in companies that are involved in the production, development, and supply of military equipment, technology, and services. These companies often cater to government defense contracts and the defense industry as a whole, making them sensitive to changes in military spending and geopolitical events. Investors may consider defense stocks as part of a diversified portfolio to potentially benefit from the demand for defense-related products and services. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Defense stocks within the last several days.

Celestica (CLS)

Celestica Inc. provides supply chain solutions in North America, Europe, and Asia. It operates through two segments: Advanced Technology Solutions, and Connectivity & Cloud Solutions. The company offers a range of product manufacturing and related supply chain services, including design and development, new product introduction, engineering services, component sourcing, electronics manufacturing and assembly, testing, complex mechanical assembly, systems integration, precision machining, order fulfillment, logistics, asset management, product licensing, and after-market repair and return services.

CLS stock traded up $14.23 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $114.72. The company had a trading volume of 5,973,737 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,184,066. The company has a market capitalization of $13.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.39 and a beta of 2.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.47. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $97.35 and a 200 day simple moving average of $71.46. Celestica has a fifty-two week low of $32.80 and a fifty-two week high of $131.23.

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 $8.25 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $113.80. 5,027,329 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,651,382. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $125.02 and its 200-day simple moving average is $125.71. The company has a market cap of $18.53 billion, a PE ratio of 36.17, a P/E/G ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.46. Teradyne has a twelve month low of $92.29 and a twelve month high of $163.21.

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.

BA traded up $3.72 on Thursday, reaching $177.38. The company had a trading volume of 2,723,119 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,668,129. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $168.24 and a 200-day moving average price of $164.26. Boeing has a 1 year low of $137.03 and a 1 year high of $214.63. The stock has a market capitalization of $109.66 billion, a PE ratio of -13.77 and a beta of 1.52.

Rocket Lab USA (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.

NASDAQ:RKLB traded down $0.57 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $28.30. 12,705,129 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 19,996,391. The company has a quick ratio of 2.16, a current ratio of 2.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97. Rocket Lab USA has a 1 year low of $3.47 and a 1 year high of $33.34. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $25.84 and a 200-day simple moving average of $14.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.15 billion, a P/E ratio of -76.22 and a beta of 1.98.

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 Lockheed Martin stock traded down $1.66 during trading on Thursday, reaching $452.70. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 677,788 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,382,620. Lockheed Martin has a fifty-two week low of $413.92 and a fifty-two week high of $618.95. The company has a current ratio of 1.30, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66. The firm has a market cap of $107.31 billion, a PE ratio of 16.39, a P/E/G ratio of 4.05 and a beta of 0.48. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $495.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $536.97.