How to Find the Best Defense Stock

The best defense stocks are defensive. That is, they're able to continue increasing dividends and earnings over time, regardless of what's happening in the economy. RTX Corporation, formerly known as Raytheon, is one of the three biggest defense stocks out there by market cap and sales. Raytheon stock used to be a dividend aristocrat before their merger with United Technologies which resulted in an aerospace & defense company called RTX. All large defense contractors also have a commercial element to them, and RTX is sitting at about 40% commercial. While the S&P500 no longer considers RTX to be a dividend aristocrat, we still consider them a dividend champion which raises some questions around whether their dividend sustained its growth track record or not. One of our underpaid analysts will be probing to see if this defense contractor belongs in our dividend investing universe alongside the only other aerospace and defense company in the list - General Dynamics. If you're a dividend growth investor looking for defensive defense companies, this video is a must-see.

RESEARCH PIECES USED IN THIS VIDEO:
1. How to Build A Great Dividend Portfolio
2. The Dividend Aristocrats Explained Simply
3. How to Find the Best Dividend Growth Stocks

CHAPTERS:
Intro
What are defense stocks?
Aerospace and defense ETFs
The biggest defense stocks
Raytheon's leadership
How Raytheon became RTX Corp
Is RTX stock a dividend aristocrat?
Conclusion

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[sublyme]

Quite bullish on RTX myself. They were hit a little too hard over their P&W engine issue, which made them very attractive even before Hamas decided to kick off all out war.

[stockspotlightpodcast]

$LMT is my choice. Always good to have a defensive stock in one’s portfolio

[absw]

Would Palantir be considered a defense stock? At least judging by revenue?

One of my better long term performers so far, which is also a dividend payer, has been L3Harris. I'm not primarily a dividend investor, but it is nice to own companies dedicated to working for their shareholders, and steady dividend increases are a sign of that.

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[sagebeer]

Im up almost 20% on this stock, even after the engine ordeal, and that dosnt even bother me, but what does bother is the fact that they sold their cyber security department for a couple pennies (1.5B). In this day and age thats the biggest red flag for me.

As we speak lockheed martin is considering having their own cyber security, this feels like a move going backwards for rtx.