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  • The Best War Fueled Dividends

    By Joshua Bondy - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: GD, LMT, RTN, BA

    Even with defense spending cuts, the outlook for U.S. military contractors is not entirely negative. America has recently woken up to the fact that China is growing as a military power. With a 2012 GDP of $12.38 trillion, China is growing an economy to support a new American rival. Anti-China U.S. military spending will support defense contractors and help to ensure their dividends. 

    RTN Dividend Yield data more »

  • 3 Companies With 3 Great Characteristics for Your Portfolio

    By Anh HOANG - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: PETS, RTN, STRA

    I am on the hunt for businesses that have consistently generated high returns on capital over a long period of time, produced good cash flow, paid decent dividends, and are valued cheaply. Thus, I ran a screen for finding such businesses that have consistently generated return on equity of at least 15% in each of the past five years, had a free cash flow yield of at least 5%, and more »

  • Will Defense Cuts Affect Raytheon et al?

    By Shas Dey - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: GD, NOC, RTN

    Despite military cutbacks, the country’s top defense contractors reported earnings better than analyst estimates. This indicates that these companies have been able to shrug off the effect of the military cuts until now. But there are concerns that the worst is yet to come and companies are resorting to various initiatives like cutting costs, restructuring and seeking alternative markets.

    Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) is one of the top defense contractors more »

  • China Is Building Its War Machine: Part 1

    By Reuben Brewer - May 9, 2013 | Tickers: LMT, NOC, RTN

    Note: A previous version of this article incorrectly identified several fighter aircraft as belonging to Northrop Grumman. Those errors have been corrected below.

    After the experience of building a new aircraft carrier, China has signaled that it is going to ramp up production with bigger and better versions. This comes as tensions with neighbors increases. The U.S. military/Industrial complex could be long-term winners.

    Bulking Up

    According to Bloomberg more »

  • Asian Demand Could Boost Defense Company Sales

    By Reuben Brewer - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: GD, LMT, NOC, RTN

    Asia looks set to become a key growth market for the U.S. military/industrial complex with North Korea and China becoming increasingly more assertive in their relations with neighboring countries.

    Regional conflict

    China is a burgeoning world power. It spends heavily on its military. Although it lacks the capabilities of the U.S. military, it is quickly closing the gap. North Korea, a nuclear power, is also saber rattling more »

  • Asian Demand Could Boost Defense Company Sales

    By Reuben Brewer - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: GD, LMT, NOC, RTN

    Asia looks set to become a key growth market for the U.S. military/industrial complex with North Korea and China becoming increasingly more assertive in their relations with neighboring countries.

    Regional conflict

    China is a burgeoning world power. It spends heavily on its military. Although it lacks the capabilities of the U.S. military, it is quickly closing the gap. North Korea, a nuclear power, is also saber rattling more »

  • Asian Demand Could Boost Defense Company Sales

    By Reuben Brewer - April 14, 2013 | Tickers: GD, LMT, NOC, RTN

    Asia looks set to become a key growth market for the U.S. military/industrial complex with North Korea and China becoming increasingly more assertive in their relations with neighboring countries.

    Regional Conflict

    China is a burgeoning world power. It spends heavily on its military. Although it lacks the capabilities of the U.S. military, it is quickly closing the gap. North Korea, a nuclear power, is also saber rattling more »

  • What Is the Stock Market’s ‘Magic Formula’ Telling Us to Buy?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 7, 2013 | Tickers: CSCO, DLX, GME, RTN, UTHR

    Gotham Asset Management founder Joel Greenblatt is said to use a more cerebral approach to picking stocks. As a professor at Columbia Business School and author of several books on value investing and methods of picking stocks, we’re guessing that Mr. Greenblatt’s top five stock picks are chosen on more than just P/E ratios and growth expectations. His fund is nearly evenly distributed between most sectors of more »

  • Which Big Companies Are Increasing Dividends?

    By Mike Thiessen - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: HPQ, RTN, SAP

    Three major firms recently announced that they would increase their annual shareholder distributions for the upcoming quarter. For starters, German technology firm SAP (NYSE: SAP) announced that it would increase its dividend to 85 euro cents per share and recommended that its shareholders adopt the proposal as-is. Meanwhile, struggling U.S. PC and hardware maker, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), disclosed a modest increase of about 10 percent. Finally, weapons systems manufacturer more »

  • The 4 Reasons I Own This Stock

    By Chad Henage - April 1, 2013 | Tickers: LMT, NOC, RTN, BA

    Peter Lynch used to say that you should know enough about a company to tell its “story” in just a minute or two. I bought Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) because of their high yield, and relatively cheap valuation. I also thought that Lockheed could increase their margins, which would cause better earnings in the future. Let's see how these assumptions stack up next to the company's recent performance more »

  • Is Boeing a Good Stock to Buy?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 24, 2013 | Tickers: CAT, LMT, NOC, RTN, BA

    Boeing (NYSE: BA) continues to have problems with its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which are currently grounded pending further review of the safety of their lithium-ion batteries. This development comes after the company experienced good financial results in 2012, with revenue rising an impressive 19% and pretax income growing 10% compared to the previous year (earnings were down on a higher effective tax rate).

    This growth occurred despite a notable more »

  • Time to buy a home safe

    By Christopher Sinnott - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: BAC, C, JPM, NBG, RTN, BA

    Cyprus parliament this week rejected an unprecedented proposed tax on Cypriot bank accounts to pay for it's near 6 billion euro shortfall. I am glad the Cypriots citizens, as well as foreign investors, mainly Russians did not have their money pillaged.  However, what happens now?  Does Cyprus default on it's debt, resulting in the Germans losing 1 trillion dollars for their economy.  Is Italy, Ireland, Portugal, or Greece more »

  • Which companies provide robotics systems to the military?

    By Frank Tobe - March 18, 2013 | Tickers: AIR, AVAV, ATNY, D, ESLT, EXPO, FLIR, HON, IRBT, LLL, LMT, NOC, RTN, COL, TDY, TXT, BA

    By Frank Tobe, Editor and Publisher, The Robot Report
     

    Elbit Systems' unique VIPeR Robot

    My friends at Robohub.org are running a week-long series of focused stories about robotics for defense, security and surveillance purposes. In an attempt to add to the conversation, here is a list of some of the companies that produce these types of robotic devices. This list is comprised of publicly-traded stocks in various stock exchanges more »

  • Make Money, Not War

    By Ash Anderson - March 11, 2013 | Tickers: LLL, NOC, RTN, BA, UTX

    War is always in the news, and behind those seemingly perpetual conflicts are companies that profit from them. Let’s take a look at five companies that make a lion’s share of their revenues from arms dealing.

    United Technologies (NYSE: UTX)

    UT, like a majority of companies in the article, does a lot more than weapons. This company in particular also makes elevators and refrigerators. On the battlefield, UT more »

  • The Best Dividend Paying Aerospace & Defense Stocks

    By Nauman Aly - March 6, 2013 | Tickers: LLL, RTN, RGR

    For this article, I've researched dividend-paying companies in the Aerospace/Defense Industry. Also, to make sure I find the best gems, all three stocks mentioned in this article comply with the following criteria:

    • Market Cap of more than $500 million and an average volume of at least 300K
    • Beta of less than 1 = Low Volatility
    • DCF valuation discount of at least 20% = Earnings translating into cash flow
    • Cash per more »

  • Aerospace and Defense Stocks: Worth The Risk?

    By Bill Edson - February 26, 2013 | Tickers: LMT, NOC, RTN, BA

    The United States overspends on military projects, and as the national debt and sequestration move to the forefront of political debate, this oversized military spending is vulnerable. This is a bad thing for the aerospace/defense industry.

    That being said, are there any stocks in this group that are cheap enough to warrant embracing these risks?

    Industry challenges

    Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) expects a record profit in 2013, even though more »

  • The Surprisingly High Yields of Defense Contractors

    By Mark Holder - February 22, 2013 | Tickers: LMT, NOC, RTN

    The defense sector has been under attack for the last few years as federal government budget cuts pressure the major companies in the sector. The surprising part is that the associated stocks continue to support very strong dividend yields combined with major stock buyback programs.

    Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), and Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) have not only survived the cuts, but in most cases the companies more »

  • Getting Ready To Attack The Defense Stocks

    By Bob Chandler - February 21, 2013 | Tickers: GD, LMT, NOC, RTN | Editor's Choice

    It seems the political battle over government spending is about to heat up again. After a month and a half respite, this latest round of squabbling centers on the $1.2 trillion sequester, a mandated across-the-board set of spending cuts. If enacted, the sequester is expected to hit U.S. defense spending hard. Leon Panetta, outgoing Secretary of Defense, said that if the billions of dollars in cuts are allowed more »

  • How Will Sequestration Affect the Defense Industry

    By Kyle Colona - February 19, 2013 | Tickers: LMT, NOC, RTN

    This article will focus on how sequestration could affect the defense sector. The failure of Congress and the Obama Administration to craft a “grand bargain” on tax cuts and the federal budget deficit in 2011 pushed lawmakers to pass a sequestration measure.

    What is Sequestration?

    This is a fiscal policy mechanism where an amount of money equal to the difference between the spending limits set in a Budget Resolution and more »

  • A Global Security and Aerospace Giant Pumping Out Over 5%

    By Ryan Guenette - February 15, 2013 | Tickers: GD, LMT, NOC, RTN, BA

    A SWOT analysis is a look at a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and is a tremendous way to gain a detailed and thorough perspective on a company and its future.  As 2013 begins, I would like to focus on a global security and aerospace giant: Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT).

    Strengths:

    • Solid Revenue Growth: In 2007, Lockheed Martin reported revenue of $41.86 billion; in 2012, the more »
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