Best Defense Stocks To Research – February 09th

BigBear.ai, Boeing, Citigroup, General Electric, and Onsemi are the five Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Defense stocks refer to stocks of companies that operate within the defense industry, including manufacturers of military equipment, systems, and services, as well as providers of defense-related technology and products. Investors often turn to defense stocks as a way to potentially benefit from government spending on national defense and security. These stocks are influenced by geopolitical events, military conflicts, government contracts, and defense budgets. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Defense stocks within the last several days.

BigBear.ai (BBAI)

BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. provides artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence solutions. It offers national security, supply chain management, and digital identity and biometrics solutions. The company also provides data ingestion, data enrichment, data processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, and predictive visualization solutions and services.

NYSE:BBAI traded up $1.82 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $8.59. 229,322,361 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 50,240,612. The company’s 50 day moving average is $3.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $2.40. BigBear.ai has a twelve month low of $1.16 and a twelve month high of $9.31. The company has a quick ratio of 2.06, a current ratio of 2.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.08.

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 BA traded down $3.29 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $181.51. 5,385,293 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,716,679. The business has a fifty day moving average of $172.22 and a 200-day moving average of $164.13. The firm has a market capitalization of $136.14 billion, a PE ratio of -9.91 and a beta of 1.52. Boeing has a 1-year low of $137.03 and a 1-year high of $213.10.

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.

Citigroup stock traded down $0.60 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $81.73. 10,310,089 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 16,631,058. The firm has a market capitalization of $154.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.74, a PEG ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 1.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a current ratio of 0.96. Citigroup has a fifty-two week low of $52.24 and a fifty-two week high of $82.91. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $74.67 and its 200-day moving average is $67.16.

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.

GE stock traded down $0.74 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $205.32. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 3,953,362 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,009,583. General Electric has a 52 week low of $110.57 and a 52 week high of $207.84. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88. The stock has a market cap of $220.37 billion, a PE ratio of 34.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.56 and a beta of 1.22. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $179.68 and its 200-day simple moving average is $177.89.

Onsemi (ON)

onsemi is engaged in disruptive innovations and also a supplier of power and analog semiconductors. The firm offers vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure, with a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets. It operates through the following segments: Power Solutions Group, Advanced Solutions Group, and Intelligent Sensing Group.

ON traded down $1.19 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $51.25. 13,241,898 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,215,611. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 3.07. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.72, a PEG ratio of 10.27 and a beta of 1.61. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $60.60 and its 200 day simple moving average is $67.50. Onsemi has a one year low of $49.80 and a one year high of $85.16.