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Best Defense Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top defense stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best defense stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Aerospace & Defense

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Defense is Zen Rated C and is the 74th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
MOG.A	MOOG INC	$204.85	-1.72%	-3.37%	-1.36%	5.82%	22.48%	8.62%	141.71%	218.09%	229.18%	$227.92	$143.67	10.12%	42.58%	1.01	165,000	4.43%
VVX	V2X INC	$57.09	0.14%	-6.96%	-1.72%	20.49%	14.73%	-7.32%	39.28%	38.70%	128.36%	$69.75	$41.08	18.15%	38.99%	0.79	115,000	0.88%
TXT	TEXTRON INC	$80.81	1.75%	-0.50%	-4.36%	3.91%	14.84%	0.48%	18.07%	114.24%	88.54%	$89.28	$57.70	9.49%	40.05%	1.09	1,413,000	15.16%
DCO	DUCOMMUN INC	$91.75	-0.21%	-8.89%	-4.56%	0.85%	60.07%	56.06%	94.34%	168.43%	308.69%	$101.47	$51.76	9.58%	77.28%	0.96	88,000	-11.11%
LMT	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP	$491.88	0.44%	1.33%	-1.47%	16.84%	2.96%	-9.92%	1.07%	39.57%	122.98%	$576.43	$410.11	14.67%	19.94%	0.27	1,185,000	9.62%
NOC	NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP	$583.45	0.84%	-3.65%	-4.25%	1.19%	19.93%	14.62%	6.27%	96.69%	207.82%	$640.90	$426.24	8.96%	36.88%	0.24	840,000	-23.84%
RTX	RTX CORP	$178.50	0.61%	-0.08%	6.68%	13.28%	41.52%	47.53%	88.25%	220.18%	79.60%	$181.31	$112.27	1.55%	58.99%	0.64	4,347,000	19.52%
GD	GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP	$344.90	0.07%	-1.67%	1.14%	10.68%	26.75%	18.27%	38.07%	153.44%	131.91%	$360.50	$239.20	4.33%	44.19%	0.58	1,520,000	16.56%
WWD	WOODWARD INC	$262.11	-1.27%	-1.40%	3.72%	1.96%	39.74%	59.74%	185.83%	208.84%	467.95%	$270.21	$146.82	3.00%	78.52%	1.02	462,000	-32.16%
OPXS	OPTEX SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC	$17.23	5.32%	1.12%	33.67%	45.77%	170.06%	108.09%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.76	$5.36	2.98%	221.46%	0.54	66,000	38.66%
ESLT	ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD	$476.75	0.93%	-3.04%	-6.48%	2.15%	19.94%	109.01%	135.15%	320.12%	491.87%	$529.99	$228.30	10.05%	108.83%	0.44	106,000	-18.46%
HII	HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES INC	$322.02	0.92%	7.37%	11.85%	15.48%	39.80%	74.10%	25.27%	115.40%	165.96%	$330.00	$158.88	2.42%	102.68%	0.57	788,000	-19.76%
TATT	TAT TECHNOLOGIES LTD	$42.00	0.82%	0.74%	-4.61%	21.86%	47.58%	130.35%	553.19%	916.95%	494.06%	$45.75	$17.71	8.20%	137.15%	0.55	77,000	-53.33%
CW	CURTISS WRIGHT CORP	$595.73	-0.30%	4.37%	9.72%	21.52%	72.73%	72.70%	254.96%	563.17%	752.26%	$612.28	$266.88	2.70%	123.22%	0.92	216,000	-23.40%
ATRO	ASTRONICS CORP	$49.18	0.18%	-2.25%	7.83%	36.16%	116.75%	182.81%	431.10%	632.94%	65.62%	$51.88	$14.13	5.20%	248.05%	1.25	396,000	-23.99%
HEI	HEICO CORP	$317.77	2.40%	0.32%	-1.56%	-2.76%	26.72%	29.73%	95.38%	192.53%	1,107.47%	$338.92	$216.68	6.24%	46.65%	0.88	442,000	74.70%
HWM	HOWMET AEROSPACE INC	$205.95	2.07%	3.75%	4.95%	14.56%	48.61%	106.53%	479.32%	1,053.78%	648.64%	$211.95	$99.40	2.83%	107.19%	1.17	3,402,000	-14.57%
AIR	AAR CORP	$84.21	-0.01%	-2.62%	-6.09%	12.72%	57.52%	43.46%	90.00%	313.81%	256.97%	$89.69	$46.51	6.10%	81.06%	1.12	331,000	-15.56%
LHX	L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$289.10	-2.30%	-1.40%	-5.34%	5.20%	31.40%	16.82%	17.30%	69.66%	262.69%	$308.12	$193.09	6.17%	49.72%	0.44	2,166,000	-14.96%
CDRE	CADRE HOLDINGS INC	$42.46	-0.49%	-2.28%	16.30%	28.39%	45.66%	22.12%	44.57%	N/A	N/A	$44.29	$27.07	4.13%	56.83%	0.82	222,000	21.31%
LOAR	LOAR HOLDINGS INC	$79.13	-0.54%	-3.13%	-1.09%	7.06%	-16.34%	-8.18%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$99.67	$62.11	20.61%	27.41%	1.33	232,000	-6.07%
DRS	LEONARDO DRS INC	$36.56	1.41%	-9.75%	-19.47%	-12.12%	-1.08%	21.58%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$49.31	$28.17	25.86%	29.78%	0.91	1,757,000	-19.07%
VTSI	VIRTRA INC	$6.08	3.23%	-2.72%	15.59%	-14.25%	29.91%	-0.33%	16.92%	73.71%	N/A	$8.53	$3.57	28.72%	70.31%	0.62	13,400	-45.97%
ISSC	INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS & SUPPORT INC	$9.40	1.08%	-7.57%	-24.74%	-39.51%	39.47%	28.77%	-1.05%	53.34%	261.54%	$20.00	$5.30	53.00%	77.36%	0.68	249,000	-39.27%
BWXT	BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$213.61	-0.09%	5.08%	15.86%	40.60%	95.76%	75.45%	274.89%	288.88%	655.61%	$218.50	$84.21	2.24%	153.67%	0.78	1,087,000	1.02%
CODA	CODA OCTOPUS GROUP INC	$10.25	1.94%	7.89%	27.73%	37.58%	52.99%	20.16%	59.66%	96.74%	N/A	$10.54	$5.76	2.75%	77.95%	0.39	103,000	-20.16%
MRCY	MERCURY SYSTEMS INC	$77.41	0.79%	-2.53%	0.01%	47.20%	54.82%	139.29%	59.94%	7.56%	353.22%	$85.33	$32.76	9.28%	136.29%	0.87	530,000	25.30%
SARO	STANDARDAERO INC	$28.89	1.19%	-0.17%	5.86%	1.19%	6.92%	0.14%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$31.97	$21.31	9.63%	35.57%	1.09	1,397,000	-9.58%
KTOS	KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS INC	$90.60	2.60%	-0.64%	-0.84%	54.34%	168.17%	298.77%	717.69%	364.62%	1,672.99%	$112.57	$22.77	19.52%	297.98%	1.18	2,325,000	32.25%
AIRO	AIRO GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$16.36	0.06%	-6.41%	-14.79%	-22.90%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$39.07	$12.90	58.13%	26.82%	3.48	504,000	26.32%
RGR	STURM RUGER & CO INC	$42.41	-2.91%	-9.69%	-2.44%	24.15%	4.30%	7.86%	-24.44%	-37.27%	-23.86%	$48.18	$31.64	11.98%	34.04%	0.48	222,000	42.31%
TDG	TRANSDIGM GROUP INC	$1,308.51	0.18%	-3.74%	-0.72%	-18.65%	-7.40%	0.48%	127.27%	164.65%	475.75%	$1.62k	$1.18k	19.42%	10.55%	1.03	224,000	-13.85%
BYRN	BYRNA TECHNOLOGIES INC	$20.25	2.48%	-3.39%	-8.62%	-8.82%	-9.56%	40.53%	186.42%	37.76%	575.00%	$34.78	$13.68	41.78%	48.03%	1.04	222,000	-6.33%
PL	PLANET LABS PBC	$13.45	4.59%	-1.18%	3.62%	115.20%	308.81%	508.60%	156.19%	N/A	N/A	$16.78	$2.19	19.85%	515.56%	1.72	8,530,000	41.18%
ERJ	EMBRAER SA	$64.48	-1.13%	0.47%	6.67%	11.98%	40.36%	92.36%	510.03%	1,468.86%	115.65%	$67.44	$33.42	4.39%	92.97%	1.30	647,000	-57.18%
NPK	NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC	$106.97	1.36%	-6.30%	-4.62%	10.91%	26.82%	48.71%	51.75%	29.18%	21.49%	$120.49	$71.59	11.22%	49.42%	0.63	53,000	-47.52%
POWW	OUTDOOR HOLDING CO	$1.60	1.91%	-1.84%	8.11%	35.59%	-18.78%	48.15%	-50.77%	-30.13%	N/A	$2.14	$0.95	25.06%	67.89%	1.25	330,000	-17.91%
PKE	PARK AEROSPACE CORP	$19.16	0.90%	-2.99%	-5.80%	6.33%	46.60%	41.61%	54.02%	79.40%	14.25%	$21.52	$11.97	10.97%	60.13%	0.73	110,000	27.91%
CAE	CAE INC	$28.06	1.85%	-2.23%	-5.33%	-1.65%	12.15%	59.43%	46.99%	61.73%	144.21%	$30.13	$17.94	6.87%	56.41%	1.22	481,000	-15.47%
HXL	HEXCEL CORP	$71.40	0.62%	-1.91%	13.88%	19.18%	47.31%	21.66%	28.19%	104.41%	50.28%	$74.35	$45.28	3.97%	57.70%	1.14	833,000	-31.04%
KRMN	KARMAN HOLDINGS INC	$84.24	-1.59%	0.11%	16.68%	62.94%	135.64%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$88.82	$25.03	5.16%	236.62%	1.24	1,161,000	22.34%
VSEC	VSE CORP	$180.68	0.76%	-1.26%	8.69%	15.42%	57.77%	76.07%	290.32%	477.99%	439.99%	$186.00	$88.69	2.86%	103.72%	1.19	314,000	-34.03%
SATL	SATELLOGIC INC	$1.91	6.11%	-13.18%	-41.77%	-41.77%	-53.64%	93.91%	-60.46%	N/A	N/A	$5.49	$0.93	65.21%	105.38%	1.03	4,086,000	6.54%
AXON	AXON ENTERPRISE INC	$732.23	-0.90%	-0.51%	2.03%	-3.08%	19.39%	72.90%	403.46%	647.55%	2,966.29%	$885.92	$424.99	17.35%	72.29%	1.17	533,000	8.55%
AVAV	AEROVIRONMENT INC	$369.91	1.12%	-2.28%	17.47%	38.21%	144.13%	72.08%	304.27%	386.66%	1,502.04%	$417.86	$102.25	11.48%	261.77%	1.08	588,000	-26.59%
SWBI	SMITH & WESSON BRANDS INC	$9.59	-1.84%	-6.26%	-2.44%	20.63%	0.63%	-25.97%	-15.06%	-44.60%	-46.45%	$14.20	$7.73	32.46%	24.06%	0.82	352,000	-6.88%
SPAI	SAFE PRO GROUP INC	$6.30	3.45%	-13.58%	-10.26%	72.13%	98.11%	180.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.16	$1.47	31.22%	328.57%	1.23	87,000	-59.72%
BA	BOEING CO	$201.02	0.47%	-9.18%	-6.86%	-9.39%	9.70%	34.63%	41.06%	35.28%	35.46%	$242.69	$128.88	17.17%	55.97%	1.19	10,697,000	-44.91%
EH	EHANG HOLDINGS LTD	$18.41	1.71%	4.84%	-0.86%	5.20%	9.91%	8.10%	390.93%	128.70%	N/A	$29.76	$12.02	38.14%	53.23%	1.83	803,000	-27.07%
SPR	SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC	$36.69	0.99%	-7.07%	-4.95%	-6.88%	1.92%	13.35%	58.42%	94.85%	-33.56%	$42.33	$27.00	13.32%	35.89%	1.29	2,018,000	-22.27%
SIDU	SIDUS SPACE INC	$1.13	0.89%	-5.83%	8.65%	-2.59%	-28.48%	-50.00%	-99.35%	N/A	N/A	$7.65	$0.93	85.23%	21.37%	1.68	1,016,000	-27.01%
SPCE	VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS INC	$3.94	3.14%	-1.50%	2.07%	3.68%	36.33%	-40.03%	-95.74%	-98.88%	N/A	$8.19	$2.18	51.89%	80.73%	1.99	7,680,000	183.60%
MNTS	MOMENTUS INC	$1.14	5.58%	-12.69%	-14.02%	-2.99%	-37.29%	-84.41%	-99.89%	-99.98%	N/A	$12.18	$1.03	90.68%	10.19%	1.96	1,013,000	-87.88%
SKYH	SKY HARBOUR GROUP CORP	$9.88	0.82%	-5.09%	0.10%	1.13%	-7.40%	-10.51%	179.10%	-1.69%	N/A	$14.52	$9.28	31.96%	6.47%	0.25	64,500	44.30%
AOUT	AMERICAN OUTDOOR BRANDS INC	$6.87	1.33%	-9.61%	-20.85%	-26.99%	-38.80%	-19.37%	-22.98%	-55.82%	N/A	$17.91	$6.55	61.64%	4.89%	0.91	154,000	150.41%
KITT	NAUTICUS ROBOTICS INC	$1.65	-1.20%	-6.25%	-42.71%	-80.45%	-81.85%	-86.62%	-99.85%	N/A	N/A	$54.36	$1.56	96.96%	5.77%	0.77	678,000	-31.93%
PRZO	PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD	$1.39	0.72%	-12.58%	-12.03%	-24.04%	57.95%	135.19%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.16	$0.53	56.01%	164.76%	0.51	292,000	-44.27%
DPRO	DRAGANFLY INC	$10.95	11.62%	16.00%	34.52%	110.98%	289.68%	362.03%	-36.52%	N/A	N/A	$14.40	$1.63	23.96%	571.78%	1.04	5,145,000	-1.10%
DFSC	DEFSEC TECHNOLOGIES INC	$5.25	20.69%	20.41%	47.47%	27.43%	18.78%	-73.12%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$31.50	$2.81	83.33%	86.83%	1.06	31,340,000	72,783.72%
LUNR	INTUITIVE MACHINES INC	$11.93	4.93%	-6.87%	13.40%	6.90%	45.49%	52.95%	20.77%	N/A	N/A	$24.95	$6.14	52.18%	94.46%	0.63	4,936,000	-20.46%
VOYG	VOYAGER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$30.58	1.12%	-8.31%	2.69%	-23.59%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$73.95	$26.11	58.65%	17.12%	2.63	378,000	-20.25%
FLY	FIREFLY AEROSPACE INC	$24.26	-0.78%	-9.88%	-17.26%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$73.80	$23.81	67.13%	1.89%	1.90	1,192,000	22.89%
EVTL	VERTICAL AEROSPACE LTD	$4.51	6.37%	-5.05%	-13.10%	-26.31%	21.89%	-10.16%	-91.19%	-95.45%	N/A	$15.99	$2.76	71.79%	63.41%	1.12	1,972,000	16.34%
AZ	A2Z CUST2MATE SOLUTIONS CORP	$7.42	3.78%	-0.13%	-7.13%	-27.18%	-1.98%	44.92%	143.28%	N/A	N/A	$12.36	$4.66	39.97%	59.23%	1.07	237,000	4.41%
PEW	GRABAGUN DIGITAL HOLDINGS INC	$4.60	0.22%	-5.35%	-1.29%	-28.35%	-62.57%	-55.17%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$21.40	$4.26	78.50%	7.98%	0.20	257,000	-47.34%
RKLB	ROCKET LAB CORP	$62.98	3.38%	-2.45%	31.45%	37.15%	189.03%	488.60%	1,137.33%	531.70%	N/A	$73.97	$10.97	14.86%	474.11%	1.86	13,830,000	10.83%
VWAV	VISIONWAVE HOLDINGS INC	$13.27	17.23%	15.79%	39.24%	64.03%	19.01%	19.66%	32.17%	N/A	N/A	$18.41	$2.06	27.92%	543.86%	0.02	432,000	34.58%
EVEX	EVE HOLDING INC	$4.36	-0.23%	-1.58%	14.44%	-32.92%	22.47%	41.56%	-58.79%	N/A	N/A	$7.70	$2.61	43.37%	67.05%	0.74	1,070,000	56.89%
RDW	REDWIRE CORP	$7.87	3.01%	-1.63%	-12.46%	-44.93%	-26.99%	2.34%	187.23%	N/A	N/A	$26.66	$6.61	70.48%	19.06%	1.80	4,862,000	11.11%
ACHR	ARCHER AVIATION INC	$11.22	2.37%	-0.62%	17.12%	11.86%	34.69%	256.19%	293.68%	12.48%	N/A	$14.62	$3.14	23.26%	257.32%	1.92	73,363,000	83.65%
HOVR	NEW HORIZON AIRCRAFT LTD	$2.58	13.16%	-5.15%	1.57%	70.86%	409.88%	818.15%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.18	$0.25	38.28%	944.53%	0.74	1,925,000	202.67%
CVU	CPI AEROSTRUCTURES INC	$2.49	-6.04%	-0.40%	-1.19%	-27.19%	-22.67%	-25.23%	3.32%	8.26%	-71.30%	$5.85	$2.20	57.44%	13.18%	0.71	2,096,000	-98.19%
SIF	SIFCO INDUSTRIES INC	$7.35	-0.94%	0.27%	4.39%	51.23%	177.36%	102.48%	166.30%	110.00%	-39.36%	$7.88	$2.33	6.73%	215.45%	0.41	5,100	-32.89%
AIRI	AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP	$3.27	-0.61%	-2.10%	4.47%	-5.49%	-7.63%	-42.33%	-39.78%	-74.85%	-96.10%	$6.28	$2.80	47.93%	16.95%	0.53	50,700	-28.59%
GPUS	HYPERSCALE DATA INC	$0.40	-9.09%	0.00%	-12.09%	-44.44%	-70.80%	-94.40%	-100.00%	-100.00%	-100.00%	$9.98	$0.32	95.99%	26.18%	1.37	64,175,000	-6.19%
ASTC	ASTROTECH CORP	$3.87	-2.03%	-4.68%	-21.02%	-31.43%	-33.73%	-46.77%	-68.24%	-93.28%	-98.70%	$8.15	$3.75	52.52%	3.20%	0.48	13,500	-12.34%

Defense Stocks FAQ

What are the best defense stocks to buy right now in Nov 2025?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best defense stocks to buy right now are:

1. Moog (NYSE:MOG.A)

Moog (NYSE:MOG.A) is the #1 top defense stock out of 76 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Moog (NYSE:MOG.A) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Moog (NYSE:MOG.A) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is -2 points lower than the defense industry average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MOG.A as a "A".

MOG.A passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Moog has seen its stock return 8.62% over the past year, underperforming other defense stocks by -25 percentage points.

Moog has an average 1 year price target of $222.50, an upside of 8.62% from Moog's current stock price of $204.85.

Moog stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Moog, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. V2x (NYSE:VVX)

V2x (NYSE:VVX) is the #2 top defense stock out of 76 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for V2x (NYSE:VVX) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

V2x (NYSE:VVX) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 10 points higher than the defense industry average of 30.

VVX passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. V2x has seen its stock lose -7.32% over the past year, underperforming other defense stocks by -41 percentage points.

V2x has an average 1 year price target of $58.25, an upside of 2.03% from V2x's current stock price of $57.09.

V2x stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering V2x, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 50% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Textron (NYSE:TXT)

Textron (NYSE:TXT) is the #3 top defense stock out of 76 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Textron (NYSE:TXT) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Textron (NYSE:TXT) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 10 points higher than the defense industry average of 30.

TXT passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Textron has seen its stock return 0.48% over the past year, underperforming other defense stocks by -33 percentage points.

Textron has an average 1 year price target of $91.63, an upside of 13.38% from Textron's current stock price of $80.81.

Textron stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Textron, 37.5% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 62.5% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the defense stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 22 defense stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 defense stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Transdigm Group (NYSE:TDG)

Transdigm Group (NYSE:TDG) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the defense industry average of 1.05%.

Transdigm Group's dividend payout ratio of 248.8% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Smith & Wesson Brands (NASDAQ:SWBI)

Smith & Wesson Brands (NASDAQ:SWBI) has an annual dividend yield of 4.07%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the defense industry average of 1.05%. Smith & Wesson Brands's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Smith & Wesson Brands's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Smith & Wesson Brands's dividend payout ratio of 192.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT)

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has an annual dividend yield of 2.01%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the defense industry average of 1.05%. Lockheed Martin's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Lockheed Martin's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Lockheed Martin's dividend payout ratio of 73.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are defense stocks up?

Defense stocks were up 0.33% in the last day, and down -1.39% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why defense stocks are up.

What are the most undervalued defense stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued defense stocks right now are:

1. Textron (NYSE:TXT)

Textron (NYSE:TXT) is the most undervalued defense stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Textron has a valuation score of 57, which is 40 points higher than the defense industry average of 17. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Textron's stock has gained 0.48% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the defense industry by -33 percentage points.

2. V2x (NYSE:VVX)

V2x (NYSE:VVX) is the second most undervalued defense stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

V2x has a valuation score of 57, which is 40 points higher than the defense industry average of 17. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

V2x's stock has dropped -7.32% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the defense industry by -41 percentage points.

3. Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII)

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) is the third most undervalued defense stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a valuation score of 43, which is 26 points higher than the defense industry average of 17. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Huntington Ingalls Industries's stock has gained 74.1% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the defense industry by 41 percentage points.

Are defense stocks a good buy now?

58.93% of defense stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect defense stocks to rise by 10% over the next year.

5.63% of defense stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 28.17% of defense stocks are rated B (Buy), 42.25% are rated C (Hold), 12.68% are rated D (Sell), and 11.27% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the aerospace & defense industry?

The average P/E ratio of the aerospace & defense industry is 29.98x.

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