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Applied Aerospace & Defense fell about 10% on Wednesday after its first earnings report since going public in June.

General Dynamics has managed to avoid much of the defense stock pain that came after fighting began in Iran. Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of $3.96 from sales of $13.5 billion. Operating profit margin was 10.4%, up 0.4 percentage point year-over-year.

Lockheed Martin's latest contract award from the U.S. Government adds to sales growth in the defense group's missiles division, Jefferies' Sheila Kahyaoglu wrote. The company signed a seven-year contract worth up to $35 billion for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor missiles. The contract follows another government award for a significant ramp up in Patriot missile production, the analyst noted.

Lockheed’s earnings miss sent the stock to fresh lows, but with guidance intact and the stock deeply oversold, the setup is starting to look attractive.