Defense Stocks To Follow Now – November 3rd

Posted by on Nov 3rd, 2026

Howmet Aerospace, GE Aerospace, Boeing, Rocket Lab, and RBC Bearings are the five Defense stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Defense stocks are shares of companies that provide military equipment, technology, services, or other products to governments and armed forces. Investors often view them as relatively defensive investments because government contracts can provide stable revenue, though their performance remains affected by government budgets, geopolitical events, regulation, and contract uncertainty. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Defense stocks within the last several days.

Howmet Aerospace (HWM)

Howmet Aerospace Inc. provides advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries in the United States, Japan, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy, Canada, Poland, China, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Engine Products, Fastening Systems, Engineered Structures, and Forged Wheels.

Shares of Howmet Aerospace stock traded up $11.27 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $224.26. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,971,793 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,838,389. Howmet Aerospace has a one year low of $183.52 and a one year high of $310.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.82. The company has a market capitalization of $89.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 1.21. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $227.83 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $248.46.

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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 $4.41 on Tuesday, reaching $320.19. 1,240,955 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,121,835. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $316.70 and a 200-day simple moving average of $323.07. The firm has a market cap of $330.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.98, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.38. GE Aerospace has a 52 week low of $268.91 and a 52 week high of $388.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96, a current ratio of 0.98 and a quick ratio of 0.68.

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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.

Shares of NYSE BA traded down $0.53 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $174.87. 1,889,842 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,119,612. Boeing has a 12-month low of $165.01 and a 12-month high of $254.35. The company has a current ratio of 1.13, a quick ratio of 0.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.31. The company has a market cap of $138.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.05 and a beta of 1.26. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $195.34 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $216.87.

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Rocket Lab (RKLB)

Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a space company, provides launch services and space systems solutions for the space and defense industries. The company provides launch services, spacecraft design services, spacecraft components, spacecraft manufacturing, and other spacecraft and on-orbit management solutions; and constellation management services, as well as designs and manufactures small and medium-class rockets.

Shares of RKLB traded up $1.93 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $54.00. The stock had a trading volume of 5,137,276 shares, compared to its average volume of 22,644,180. Rocket Lab has a 12-month low of $37.57 and a 12-month high of $151.00. The company has a current ratio of 5.48, a quick ratio of 4.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The company’s 50-day moving average is $63.82 and its 200 day moving average is $79.76. The company has a market capitalization of $32.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -199.66 and a beta of 3.15.

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RBC Bearings (ROLL)

RBC Bearings Incorporated manufactures and markets engineered precision bearings and components in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Aerospace/Defense and Industrial. The company produces plain bearings with self-lubricating or metal-to-metal designs, including rod end bearings, spherical plain bearings, and journal bearings; roller bearings, such as tapered roller bearings, needle roller bearings, and needle bearing track rollers and cam followers, which are anti-friction products that are used in industrial applications and military aircraft platforms; and ball bearings include high precision aerospace, airframe control, thin section, and industrial ball bearings that utilize high precision ball elements to reduce friction in high-speed applications.

NASDAQ:ROLL traded down $33.53 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $462.21. 558,853 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 155,583. The company has a fifty day moving average of $495.94 and a 200 day moving average of $551.04. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 224.37 and a beta of 1.34. RBC Bearings has a 12 month low of $152.90 and a 12 month high of $264.94.

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