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Defense Stock Roundup: LMT, BA Win Big Contracts, NOC Inks Divestiture Deal
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A decent flow of contracts from the Pentagon along with a couple of divestment and acquisition deals in the past week should have aided major defense contractors’ share price performance. However, the U.S. stock market ended on a disappointing note last Friday, after a COVID-19 aid package proposal worth $900 billion was rejected by Senate Republicans.
This might have marred growth of defense stocks and caused major indices of the Aerospace-Defense space to end in the red zone over the trailing five trading sessions. The S&P 500 Aerospace & Defense (Industry) index lost 1%, while the Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace & Defense index slipped 0.6% in the aforementioned time period.
Among the past week’s highlights, defense majors namely Lockheed Martin (LMT - Free Report) and Bell-Boeing, a joint-venture between Textron’s (TXT - Free Report) Bell unit and The Boeing Company (BA - Free Report) secured a number of notable deals from the Department of Defense’s daily funding session. Moreover, Leidos Holdings (LDOS - Free Report) signed an acquisition deal while Northrop Grumman (NOC - Free Report) divested one of its businesses.
Recap of Past Week’s Important Stories
1. Lockheed Martin’s business unit, Sikorsky Aircraft won a modification contract for UH-60M and HH-60M combat helicopters. The deal is scheduled to be completed by Jun 30, 2022.
2. Bell-Boeing, a joint venture (JV) between Boeing and Bell Helicopter — a unit of Textron secured a modification contract worth $170.4 million involving the V-22 aircraft program. Work related to the deal is scheduled to be completed by September 2024.
Per the terms, the JV will conduct the production and delivery of one CMV-22B variation in quantity aircraft for the U.S. Navy and exercise options for V-22 Common Configuration Readiness and Modernization (CC-RAM) Lot 4 requirements (read more: Bell-Boeing JV Wins $170M Contract to Support V-22 Program).
3. Leidos Holdings has signed an agreement to buy 1901 Group, a leading information technology services and cloud solutions provider, for $215 million in cash. The acquisition is projected to conclude in the first quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions (read more: Leidos Signs Agreement to Acquire 1901 Group for $215M).
4. Northrop Grumman has agreed to sell off its federal IT and mission support services business to Peraton for $3.4 billion in cash. Peraton is an affiliate of Veritas Capital, a private investment firm.
Over the past five trading sessions, the defense biggies put up a dismal show. General Dynamics (GD - Free Report) lost the most, with its shares down 3%, followed by L3HarrisTechnologies (LHX - Free Report) .
In the last six months, the industry's performance was a mixed bag. While Textron gained the most with 40.7% surge in share price, Lockheed lost 5.3%.
The following table shows the price movement of the major defense players over the past five trading days and during the last six months.
Company
Past Week
Last 6 Months
LMT
-1.34%
-5.28%
BA
-1.02%
23.70%
GD
-3.02%
1.43%
RTX
-1.38%
11.64%
NOC
-2.17%
-5.39%
TXT
-0.36%
40.64%
LHX
-3.00%
-2.06%
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Defense Stock Roundup: LMT, BA Win Big Contracts, NOC Inks Divestiture Deal
A decent flow of contracts from the Pentagon along with a couple of divestment and acquisition deals in the past week should have aided major defense contractors’ share price performance. However, the U.S. stock market ended on a disappointing note last Friday, after a COVID-19 aid package proposal worth $900 billion was rejected by Senate Republicans.
This might have marred growth of defense stocks and caused major indices of the Aerospace-Defense space to end in the red zone over the trailing five trading sessions. The S&P 500 Aerospace & Defense (Industry) index lost 1%, while the Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace & Defense index slipped 0.6% in the aforementioned time period.
Among the past week’s highlights, defense majors namely Lockheed Martin (LMT - Free Report) and Bell-Boeing, a joint-venture between Textron’s (TXT - Free Report) Bell unit and The Boeing Company (BA - Free Report) secured a number of notable deals from the Department of Defense’s daily funding session. Moreover, Leidos Holdings (LDOS - Free Report) signed an acquisition deal while Northrop Grumman (NOC - Free Report) divested one of its businesses.
Recap of Past Week’s Important Stories
1. Lockheed Martin’s business unit, Sikorsky Aircraft won a modification contract for UH-60M and HH-60M combat helicopters. The deal is scheduled to be completed by Jun 30, 2022.
Valued at $507 million, this contract will be executed at Stratford, CA (read more: Lockheed's Unit Wins $507M Deal for Combat Helicopters ).
2. Bell-Boeing, a joint venture (JV) between Boeing and Bell Helicopter — a unit of Textron secured a modification contract worth $170.4 million involving the V-22 aircraft program. Work related to the deal is scheduled to be completed by September 2024.
Per the terms, the JV will conduct the production and delivery of one CMV-22B variation in quantity aircraft for the U.S. Navy and exercise options for V-22 Common Configuration Readiness and Modernization (CC-RAM) Lot 4 requirements (read more: Bell-Boeing JV Wins $170M Contract to Support V-22 Program).
3. Leidos Holdings has signed an agreement to buy 1901 Group, a leading information technology services and cloud solutions provider, for $215 million in cash. The acquisition is projected to conclude in the first quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions (read more: Leidos Signs Agreement to Acquire 1901 Group for $215M).
4. Northrop Grumman has agreed to sell off its federal IT and mission support services business to Peraton for $3.4 billion in cash. Peraton is an affiliate of Veritas Capital, a private investment firm.
The deal is expected to be closed in the first half of 2021, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions (read more: Northrop Grumman to Divest Federal IT Business for $3.4B).
Performance
Over the past five trading sessions, the defense biggies put up a dismal show. General Dynamics (GD - Free Report) lost the most, with its shares down 3%, followed by L3HarrisTechnologies (LHX - Free Report) .
In the last six months, the industry's performance was a mixed bag. While Textron gained the most with 40.7% surge in share price, Lockheed lost 5.3%.
The following table shows the price movement of the major defense players over the past five trading days and during the last six months.
The Hottest Tech Mega-Trend of All
Last year, it generated $24 billion in global revenues. By 2020, it's predicted to blast through the roof to $77.6 billion. Famed investor Mark Cuban says it will produce "the world's first trillionaires," but that should still leave plenty of money for regular investors who make the right trades early.
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