Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded downward Tuesday on sharp declines in Boeing (NYSE: BA) and major services-oriented contractors while Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) soared 2.71 percent on news of its board of directors membership agreement with activist hedge fund Jana Partners. The GovCon Index declined 0.316 po...
Leidos Holdings‘ (NYSE: LDOS) impending merger with the information systems and global solutions segment of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) seeks to both diversify customer mix and lower risk to potential spending downturns in fewer market areas for the future combined company, Leidos CEO Roger Krone told investors at the New ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded higher Monday in mixed activity for U.S. stocks as Engility Holdings (NYSE: EGL) surged on a second quarter earnings beat with General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB) also as top performers. The GovCon Index added 0.252 points to 82.500 with four of the GCI’s 11 S&...
July 25 – July 29 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson A new earnings season continued to dominate investors™ attention spans this week and those with keen interests in the aerospace, defense and government contracting sectors were no exception. Eleven ...
Lexi Alexander, a former senior vice president at L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL), has joined Beltsville, Maryland-based government engineering and technical services contractor ASRC Federal as SVP of business development and corporate strategy. ASRC Federal said Thursday the two-decade contracting sector veteran will focus on organic growt...
Three government contractors listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index reported second quarter financial results before U.S. markets opened Wednesday. Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) both lifted full-year earnings and revenue guidance Thursday on second quarter results that topped the consensus analyst ou...
Northrop Grumman‘s (NYSE: NOC) chief executive signaled to investors Wednesday that he would rather reposition its technology services segment to different focus areas rather than pursue a sale or spinoff of the division. Falls Church, Virginia-based Northrop created the technology services segment at the start of this year from a rea...
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...
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...
