TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2016 ” The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Washington chapter has named new members to its executive board for 2016 to 2017 as well as additional members to the board of directors, GovCon Executive reported Friday. AFCEA said July 14 it appointed the following execu...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded higher Tuesday against choppy trade in the larger U.S. stock market as defense-oriented investors prepare to examine a large batch of earnings reports from major sector players due Wednesday. The GovCon Index notched a gain of 0.473 points to 82.151 and eight of the GCI’s 11 S&P 5...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 26, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has completed initial performance trials on the Sea Hunter trimaran as part of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index held in slight negative range Monday as gains by services contractors Engility Holdings (NYSE: EGL) and CACI International (NYSE: CACI) failed to offset declines by defense primes and platform makers. The GovCon Index declined 0.110 points to 81.678 and only two of the GCI’s 11 S&P ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed Friday with a gain of 0.289 points to 81.788 but remained in the negative with a nominal five-day 0.031-point drop. The decline comes amid the large selloff of stocks in the defense and GovCon sectors Thursday as reports on second-quarter earnings among government contracting...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index reversed an initial weak open to register a gain Friday that was not enough to push the GCI to positive for the week as second quarter earnings reports started for government contracting companies. The GovCon Index added 0.289 points to 81.788 Friday but ended at a nominal five-day ...
July 18 – July 22 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson As is the custom of recent times, Lockheed Martin started a new earnings season for GovCon companies Tuesday with a boost to its full-year guidance and second quarter financial results that ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index scored a gain in choppy trade Tuesday on help from defense prime stocks such as Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), which posted second quarter earnings and sales above analyst expectations but issued some caution to analysts on future earnings and the F-35 program. The GovCon Index closed up 81.865 points to 0.27...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) lifted full-year earnings and revenue guidance TuesdayĂÂ and exceeded analysts’ĂÂ second quarterĂÂ estimates for both figures on sales from the Sikorsky helicopter business acquired in NovemberĂÂ as negotiations between the company and U.S. government continue on the next twoĂÂ F-35 fighter jet batches. Bethesd...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index held positive throughout Wednesday trade as U.S. stocks traded in narrow range on a fall in crude oil prices with second quarter earnings season on the horizon. The GovCon Index gained 0.229 points to a new record of 81.751 with eight of the GCI’s 11 S&P 500 stocks in green as the U...
