2019 was a very good year for the top U.S. defense firms. Most posted double-digit share price gains and a wave of consolidation could push more gains in the year ahead.
24/7 Wall St. noticed 11 key dividend hike announcements in September from large-cap companies that were too big to ignore.
24/7 Wall St. has looked for solid companies raising payouts that are generally outyielding Treasuries and that are viewed to have a cheap share price against most Wall Street analyst projections.
Boeing successfully completed the first test flight of its unmanned refueling tanker for the U.S. Navy and continues to work on both major and minor issues on its much-delayed KC-46 Air Force…
Boeing's $5.6 billion second-quarter pretax charge to earnings was — and remains — its most urgent problem. Yet it's not the only problem.
Lockheed Martin's better-than-expected earnings and sales along with raised guidance for the fiscal year were not enough to quell investors' fears of bad news ahead.
Paul Ausick Growing dividends over time is a firm commitment to shareholders, but growing a dividend by 10% or more year after year is no simple task. Here are 10 companies that should be…
For investors looking for sectors to shift to as the aging bull market slows down, it always makes sense to have positions in the defense and aerospace arena.
After looking at the daily flow of calls on Wednesday, it turns out that there were eight analyst upgrades in large-cap and mega-cap stocks that stood out.
Aerospace and defense firms United Technologies and Raytheon have agreed to a merger that is expected to create the country's second-largest defense contractor.
One of the fastest and most deadly jet fighters ever developed and deployed has become a pawn in an international battle.
Douglas A. McIntyre These so-called sin stocks are all rated Buy at major Wall Street firms and should hold up well even in a protracted bear market.
One big defense contractor is seeing a big gain in its share price Wednesday while another is seeing sharp drop. What about the rest of the country's big defense firms? Here's a…
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday included Allergan, Apple, Carnival, Ciena, Juniper Networks, Lockheed Martin, Plug Power, Take-Two Interactive Software, United Continental and Zynga.
Lockheed Martin reported quarterly and full-year results this morning that met mostly profit expectations and exceeded revenue estimates. The outlook was a bit shaky, however.
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