Posted on 01/12/2017 9:03:10 AM PST by spacejunkie2001
If anyone has any GOOD recommendations for stock purchase of defense contractors, preferably small to mid cap, that would be awesome.
Off the top of my head would be Electric Boat, if they have stock.
Iran is using billions of dollars that we gave them, to buy from Russian contractors...just saying...
General Dynamics, GD
Research it.
Electric Boat is a division of General Dynamics.
Companies that support research, building, maintaining, safety, recycling, and delivery of nuclear weapons :
Boeing (planes /components) ,
Northrup Grumman (B2, components),
General Dynamics (tactical B61 capable fighters, major Ohio SSBN upgrade),
GenCorp Aerojet (safety, plane load),
Huntington Ingalls, (nuclear subs/ships and safety),
Lockheed Martin (Planes, electronics, fusing, bomb hookups, etc) Babcock & Wilcox (uranium enrichment) ,
Betchel (research),
Honeywell (safety, components) ,
URS Corp(Y12 plant ) ,
GE (housing/release/guidance/electrics) ,
Aecom Flour (warhead assembly and plant services) ,
Jacobs Engineering (nuclear facilities and lifecycle),
Alliant Techsystems (targeting/battle damage assessment(BDA), and
Rockwell Collins (guidance/gyros)
IBM (super computers) .
Good to keep an eye out on some of these names. Many smaller companies also support nuclear transporting, storage, and safety, (ITT, Raytheon, Freightliner/Ford/GM, Colt/FN/Motorola, etc), but the big government contracts to the companies above.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Why small to mid cap?
It’s going to be hard to find one in this sector with good growth potential, and there will probably be no dividend yield.
Thats what i thought, might be a worthy investment.
However, with that being said, I have my clients in ATK orbital, KTOS, GD, Lockheed Martin, UTX, TXT, and some others named above.
I own the defense ETF, ITA. It’s performed quite well.
Don’t like single company risk.
Don’t forget to look into Oil and Gas Exploration, Services and Productions ETFs. Trump has announced plans to sell leases on land to Oil and Gas companies. About a Trillion dollars worth to pay for infrastructure spending. These are made up of many companies in their sectors. You could look for a Defense Sector ETF to capture several companies.
XOP S&P Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
XES S&P Oil and Gas Equipment and Services
GD Corps 3.60% due 2042 @ 98.5 ish
BA corp 3.365% due 2046 @ 95-ish
NOC 7.75% due 2031 @ 141.00 =ish
LMT 4.70% due 2046 @ 109-111.00 -ish
If you are a Qualified Institutional Buyer (>$5mm in account), or an Accredited investor (AI) (>$1mm in account), you may want to consider high yield defense bonds from Huntington-Ingles. They are all 144a bonds and some private placement on the secondary.
Actually if your here at a political web site asking for that type info you may need some basic schooling in investing.
But since you “aks’ed” you may want to research (its a key to successful investing ) which no load mutual funds holds defense contractor stocks and start there.
Just Say’en
There are a few good trade rags out there which you should with regularity. Government Acquisitions and one called Procurement something or other... All companies bidding or winning contracts from small to large acquisitions list there. I’m no longer in the mode so I am a bit rusty as to the in and out of keeping informed. Perhaps a reliable financial contact could help with the current trade rags. Try Clark Howard or perhaps Kudlow websites for info as well.
Sure. People come into money and start their investment investigations in interesting ways: Lawsuits, inheritance, lottery, or the most common: “holy crap, I need to get my money working for me so I can retire”. Happens everyday.
Sure. People come into money and start their investment investigations in interesting ways: Lawsuits, inheritance, lottery, or the most common: “holy crap, I need to get my money working for me so I can retire”. Happens everyday.
Agree. I don’t pick individuals stocks too well. But have had a few winners over the years.
I see Vanguard has most of their aerospace and defense stocks in an Industrials ETF mix. Might try that. Need to move some $ around.
That is General Dynamics. It includes Electric Boat and Land Systems (M-1 tank) divisions.
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