Top Defense Stocks To Follow Today – April 26th

Boeing, GE Aerospace, and Citigroup are the three Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Error: Response status code does not indicate success: 429 (Too Many Requests). These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Defense stocks within the last several days.

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 NYSE BA traded up $1.66 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $177.92. 7,635,951 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,051,989. The stock has a market capitalization of $133.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.71 and a beta of 1.24. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $164.87 and a 200 day moving average of $164.59. Boeing has a 1 year low of $128.88 and a 1 year high of $196.95.

GE Aerospace (GE)

GE Aerospace (also known as General Electric) is a company that specializes in providing aerospace products and services. It operates through two reportable segments: Commercial Engines and Services and Defense and Propulsion Technologies. It offers jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business, and general aviation aircraft.

GE stock traded up $1.14 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $198.55. 4,390,590 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,399,811. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88. GE Aerospace has a 52-week low of $150.20 and a 52-week high of $214.21. The stock has a market cap of $213.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.15, a PEG ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.04. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $194.36 and its 200 day moving average is $186.68.

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.

Shares of NYSE:C traded up $0.31 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $68.47. The company had a trading volume of 12,248,567 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,430,955. Citigroup has a 12-month low of $53.51 and a 12-month high of $84.74. The company has a fifty day moving average of $69.38 and a two-hundred day moving average of $71.05. The company has a market cap of $128.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.51, a PEG ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50, a current ratio of 0.96 and a quick ratio of 0.96.