general dynamics

Headwinds for General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD) in recent months now appear priced in just as those challenges are now being overcome, said Goldman Sachs in upgrading the F-16 and Gulfstream corporate jet maker’s stock. The Analyst Goldman Sachs analyst Noah Poponak upgraded General...

This weekend's Barron's cover story examines a stock poised to shine in the solar industry gloom. Other featured articles discuss a Latin America cable TV outfit set to rally and a business jet maker showing signs of life after a long slump. The leading electric vehicle maker and an online travel...

The cover story in this weekend's Barron's features a look at how vulnerable the video streaming giant is now as it faces big changes. In an interview, a renowned stock picker from Fidelity share his thoughts on various investing topics and offers a few picks. Other featured articles take a look...

Two merging chemical giants are expected to report their earnings this week. Consensus Wall Street forecasts see very different results from each of them. Both have handily topped earnings estimates in recent quarters. We are in the heart of the fourth-quarter earnings reporting season. Among the...

This weekend's Barron's ponders the prospects for a leading money center bank and an aerospace and defense giant. Prospects for a leading maker of auto infotainment systems are also examined. Another featured article takes a look at the latest developments with three small cap...

“In today's world, safety and protection are tantamount to the top priorities of life,” NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSSC) CEO, Richard Soloway told Benzinga. In part one of a two-part interview, Soloway, along with NAPCO SVP of operations and finance, Kevin Buchel...

Like other sectors, the defense stocks have seen their share of winners and losers this year. Five of the best performers in the sector since the beginning of the year are:  General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD), Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT), Orbital Sciences Corp (...

Following a The Wall Street Journal report that General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD) subsidiary, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., would unmask a new business jet Tuesday, speculation about the aircraft has kept Wall Street analysts busy. The jet's anticipated appearance was unusual...

As earning season slowly kicks in to gear, Myles Walton of Deutsche Bank previewed the Aerospace and Defense sector in a note to clients on Thursday. Commercial aero stocks are down five percent year to date on average while defense stocks have risen 13 percent versus a 5-percent gain in the S...

The Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee is set to mark up its draft of the fiscal 2015 Pentagon spending bill on Tuesday. The fate of the A-10 "Warthog" aircraft is one of the main issues at hand. The U.S. Air Force has wanted to be rid of the A-10 for some time now, but panel...

U.S. stocks fell after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq has risen for six consecutive trading sessions after new home sales data came in worse than expected. Investors could reasonably expect the markets to cool off after six straight days of gains especially as earnings continue to come in mixed....

The markets are closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, but after that the earnings season shifts back into high gear. The consensus forecasts for eBay, McDonald's, Netflix, Starbucks and Verizon call for year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining...

Lots of quarterly reports are on deck this week, to go along with all the delayed economic data expected to be released. Analysts and investors should have plenty to mull over. Earnings highlights will include reports from AT&T, McDonald's, Microsoft and Netflix, which are all expected to post...

Between the September 13 and September 30 settlement dates, the number of shares sold short in Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) grew by the largest percentages among U.S. defense stocks. In the days leading up to the federal...

Between the August 30 and September 15 settlement dates, the number of shares sold short in defense stocks Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Textron (NYSE: TXT) rose by double-digit percentages. In that period, the effects of the federal budget sequester were well established, but...