Lockheed Martin and RTX both raised full-year guidance on the same July morning, but their balance sheets and business mixes tell two very different stories about which dividend survives a budget freeze…
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mostly higher after a rather ho-hum start to the third-quarter earnings season. Large-cap financial stocks led off with strong numbers, though the sector’s results were mixed.…
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher this morning after another day of back-and-forth trading across Wall Street, driven by the same two elements: interest rates and energy prices. Another big fly…
Space investing in October 2026 calls for discipline. Rising defense budgets, the Golden Dome missile defense initiative and growing demand for direct-to-device satellite connectivity are raising the whole sector. The three names…
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher after we started off the first full trading week of the 4th quarter in solid style, as all major indices finished the day higher despite…
Boeing just landed a Navy fighter contract, a multibillion-dollar missile deal, and an FAA all-clear in a single week, yet analysts still see the stock trading at a 40-plus percent discount to…
Lockheed Martin has raised its dividend for 23 straight years on the strength of a single customer, but two recent quarters exposed just how quickly that cash cushion can vanish when fixed-price…
Defense contractors win contracts that stretch across multiple budget cycles, which means their dividend programs rest on a very different foundation than most industrial companies. Four of the largest primes have raised…
Lockheed pays nearly double the yield, trades at a cheaper multiple, and holds 23 straight years of dividend increases. So why does the stronger dividend case belong to RTX?
A newly reported software defect on the 737 MAX is pulling Boeing (NYSE:BA | BA Price Prediction) lower, and the pressure is landing almost entirely on one name. Boeing stock is down…
Two battered defense giants, record backlogs, and sharply cheaper entry prices are tempting retirement income investors, but only one of these dividend payers has the cash flow history to keep the checks…
Not every S&P 500 dividend stock is built the same, and the gap between names that merely pay and names that can keep paying through any cycle comes down to one number…
A defense analyst warned that China may be watching gleefully as the Pentagon scrambles to restock two weapons classes critical to any future great-power fight. Four defense contractors sit at the center…
Aerospace and defense shares are trading lower Tuesday morning after a Reuters report that Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the U.S. takes initial steps…
Both Lockheed Martin and RTX raised their dividends in 2026, both carry massive backlogs, and both generate serious free cash flow, but only one of them belongs in a retirement income portfolio…
