Defense Stocks To Watch Now - April 27th

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.

BA traded up $1.66 during trading on Friday, hitting $177.92. 7,635,951 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,059,394. 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 company's 50 day simple moving average is $164.87 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $164.69. Boeing has a 12-month low of $128.88 and a 12-month high of $196.95.

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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.

NYSE GE traded up $1.14 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $198.55. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,390,590 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,397,810. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 0.81. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $194.36 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $186.67. GE Aerospace has a 12 month low of $150.20 and a 12 month high of $214.21. The company has a market cap of $213.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.04.

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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.

C stock traded up $0.31 during trading on Friday, reaching $68.47. The stock had a trading volume of 12,248,567 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,423,191. The stock's 50 day moving average is $69.38 and its two-hundred day moving average is $71.10. The firm has a market cap of $128.88 billion, a PE ratio of 11.51, a PEG ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.29. Citigroup has a 52 week low of $53.51 and a 52 week high of $84.74. The company has a current ratio of 0.96, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50.

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