Engility Holdings (NYSE: EGL) expects to start seeing some organic sales growth in the second half of this year as the company has finished the integration of fellow government services contractor TASC one year out from that acquisition’s closure, CEO Lynn Dugle told investors Thursday. Chantilly, Virginia-based Engility has nearly $...
The GovCon Index stayed clear of choppy activity in U.S. financial markets with a gain of 0.705 points — or 0.929 percent — to 76.572 on a first quarter earnings beat by shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and a sharp spike in McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) shares. Huntington Ingalls rose 4.13 perce...
The GovCon Index slid for a second consecutive session Wednesday by 0.498 points to 75.867 as U.S. financial markets entered sell-off mode on new data that showed a slowdown in hiring for the month of April. Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) extended its stretch of declines into a second straight day after the communications equipment manufact...
The GovCon Index posted a loss of 0.481 points to 76.361 Friday and closed the week with a decline amid the release of first-quarter earnings reports from large U.S. government contractors throughout the week. GCI closed April as its third consecutive month with positive movement at a year-to-date gain of 5.24...
The GovCon Index deepened its slide Friday with a loss of 0.481 points to 76.361 that puts the GCI at a weekly decline but a sharp gain for the month of April as earnings reports for large government contractors dominated trading activity Monday through Friday. April represents the Index’s third consecutive month with positive moveme...
The GovCon Index descended into narrow range in a choppy afternoon trading session Thursday and closed at a nominal decline of 0.093 points to 75.306 as U.S. investors paused to gauge markets’ rally over Tuesday and Wednesday. Financial shares posted a fifth-straight positive day on earnings from banks that exceeded Wall Street&...
The GovCon Index tumbled for a third consecutive session Tuesday at 0.294 points to 73.895 as U.S. investors weighed new economic data that showed mixed pictures for the domestic economy and remarks from International Monetary Fund leader Christine Lagarde that a global recovery is surrounded by political risk and instabilit...
The GovCon Index closed Friday with a gain of 0.348 points to 74.380 on positive movement in U.S. markets and posted a weekly gain of 1.273 percent. The U.S. markets’ performance is based on jobs data that indicates nonfarm businesses added 215, 000 workers in March to surpass analyst expectations, according to Reuters...
The GovCon Index posted a gain of 0.348 points to 74.380 in a reflection of overall positive movement in U.S. markets Friday on March jobs figures that exceeded some economists’ expectations and new manufacturing data that showed some recovery in that sector. Both the Index and S&P 500 composite index held downward in the first hour-a...
James Reagan, Leidos Holdings chief financial officer , has been inducted into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 List of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his leadership in mergers and acquisitions and financial structure. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector leaders selected by Executive Mosaic...
