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Lockheed (LMT) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

Rocket Lab (RKLB) stock has traded between $39.48 and $150.23 over the past 52 weeks. It now sits about 58% below its 52-week high, and anyone who bought twelve months ago is still up about 19%. None of that tells you what you would be buying today. Rocket Lab sells two quite different things, and the one its name points at is the smaller of them.

Boeing (BA) grew revenue faster over the past twelve months than any of its aerospace and defense peers, GE Aerospace included, and its stock still fell. It is also the only one in that group running an operating loss. The growth has come with rising airplane deliveries, and the market is waiting to see whether those airplanes earn a margin.

One orbits the Earth, the other aims to transform urban commutes, but their paths to profitability diverge sharply on cash burn and regulatory risk.

AeroVironment posted a Q1 revenue and earnings beat with record backlog, prompting Moderate Buy ratings from analysts and price targets implying significant upside from current levels.

FEATURE Defense stocks have been surprisingly lousy lately. That could change as the midterm elections approach. Wall Street has some new ideas for investors to consider. Coming into Tuesday trading, the exchange-traded fund was down 7% since the start of the Iran war in late February, underperforming the by almost 20 percentage points.

At $337 a share, GE Aerospace (GE) trades at 39 times trailing earnings, which is not typically where an investment thesis begins. The bullish case here centers on cash generation instead. Management has raised 2026 free cash flow guidance to $8.9 billion to $9.2 billion, and on the CFO's own account that is more cash than the company expected to generate in 2028 when it framed that year in July 2025.

CEO Phil Sansone said the F-16 win represents another expansion of Mobix Labs’ position across major U.S. military aircraft programs.

Investing.com -- Lockheed Martin is poised for stronger and more durable earnings growth than investors currently expect, with rising missile demand, F-35 sustainment and other defense programs supporting a multi-year expansion, UBS said on Tuesday as it upgraded the defense contractor to Buy from Neutral. UBS raised its 12-month price target to $674 from $581, implying about 26% upside from the report's Sept. 4 share price of $524.48. The bank expects the company to deliver a 9% revenue compoun

Wall Street returns from summer vacation to a market suddenly bracing for a rate hike, with fresh analyst calls on Intel, Lockheed Martin, Amgen, and SpaceX adding more pressure points to an already tense week.

Boeing trades at a 49x forward P/E amid a commercial rebound, while Lockheed Martin offers steadier cash flow at a 17x multiple, a stark contrast in recovery timing.

Boeing (BA) trades at $208.87, down 12.0% over the past twelve months while the S&P 500 returned 20.5%. The complaint behind it is simple: the company still loses money building airplanes. What complicates it is how fast that loss is shrinking.

Lockheed Martin (LMT) has spent the past three years handing its owners a slightly bigger slice of the company each year, and the arithmetic worked. Earnings per share grew faster than net income. The stock now sits well below its 52-week high, which makes the question worth asking again: is that quiet compounding still running at the speed the record suggests.

Although Lockheed Martin has outperformed relative to the industrial sector over the past year, Wall Street analysts maintain a cautiously optimistic outlook on the stock’s prospects.

Six months into the Iran war, the global economy has avoided the worst-case scenario many feared, even as the conflict continues to reshape oil markets, travel, food costs and defense spending. The war initially triggered a sharp rise in oil...

The aerospace leader's stock has pulled back 10%, but how has the ticker historically responded when sell-offs turn into deeper 20% dips.

MP and NioCorp offer distinct critical-minerals opportunities, but operational maturity and execution risks set them apart.

The multiple rests on a launch vehicle that has yet to fly and an acquisition that has yet to close, while most of the revenue arriving today comes from satellites.

Over the past six months, Lockheed Martin’s shares (currently trading at $564.17) have posted a disappointing 12.9% loss, well below the S&P 500’s 10.5% gain. This might have investors contemplating their next move.

A veteran investor openly admits he wants SpaceX shares but refuses to touch them, and his reasoning points to a risk most retail investors are completely overlooking before the stock even opens for trading.

One turnaround story shows recovery despite revenue headwinds; the other leans on government contracts and strong cash flow. Their valuations tell very different stories.

In August 2026, Lockheed Martin and partners including Verizon, NVIDIA, Keysight Technologies, ODC and Astris AI showcased the NetSense Airspace Awareness-as-a-Service system, advanced NGI Stage 2 testing, expanded its Strigo modular defense solutions, and supported Firefly Aerospace’s extended launch agreement to enhance responsive space access. Together with over US$152 million in recent Department of Defense contracts and inclusion in a US$920 million Air Force award pool, these moves...

Recent contract wins from the Department of Defense, including more than US$152 million in awards and participation in a US$920 million Air Force program, have put fresh attention on Lockheed Martin (LMT) stock. See our latest analysis for Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin’s recent contract wins and technology announcements, including progress in missile defense and AI-enabled airspace awareness, come as the stock trades at US$589.15, with a 30 day share price return of 15.62% and a 1 year...

The Department of Defense awarded Lockheed Martin multiple contracts worth over $152 million. The Air Force taps 24 companies for a $920 million award.

Stocks eye a third winning week as strong earnings from SoundHound, Albemarle and CAVA offset mixed results, with MarketBeat analysts covering NVIDIA, Lockheed Martin, GE Vernova and more.

RTX's recent rally is supported by defense contract wins, technology milestones and rising 2026 estimates, despite its premium industry valuation.

Elbit Systems fell solidly after beating earnings. Iran war disruption fears and declining aerospace sales were possible reasons.

Joby Aviation is buying defense contractor Resonant Sciences in a $500 million deal.

The defense launch demand behind Rocket Lab stock's run was visible in the company's own contract announcements months before the market paid for it.

Forget the usual Wall Street qualifiers. Jim Cramer went straight for the superlatives on Lockheed Martin (LMT). During the August 6 episode of CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round, he called the stock "sensational" and its CEO "fantastic." Two words that leave little doubt about where he stands. ...