The GovCon Index soared 1.396 percent to 77.998 Wednesday on a series of pre-market earnings reports from several large defense prime contractors as Boeing (NYSE: BA) overcame an early morning decline to close in positive. GovCon Wire posted a summary of all six GovCon Index-related earnings figures plus that of United Techn...
Six companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index plus another large non-GCI government contractor reported their latest quarterly earnings statements before U.S. financial markets opened Wednesday. Of those seven total, six posted results for the first quarter of their respective fiscal years that run on a calendar basis, with one fo...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index and an S&P 500 stock — lifted its profit and revenue outlooks for 2016 despite a year-over-year decline in first quarter net income due to one-off charges for workforce reductions and other items. The Bethesda, Maryland-based ae...
The U.S. Navy has awarded positions to 12 companies on a five-year, $800 million contract to prototype radio frequency components for electronic warfare, communications, radar and information operations. The Defense Department said Monday contractors will vie for task orders to research, design, fabricate, integrate and test open...
The GovCon Index ended the Friday trading session with a gain of 0.387 points to 76.369 to close its second consecutive week in positive territory. Eleven GCI-listed companies, including the five largest government and defense contractors in the U.S., will report first-quarter earnings this week. The schedule is as follows: ...
The GovCon Index held against choppy trading activity in U.S. markets during the afternoon session Friday to close at a gain of 0.387 points to 76.369 and notch its second consecutive week in the positive. Friday also marks the Index’s seventh weekly gain over the last eight in a stretch that has seen it climb nea...
April 18 – April 22 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Corporate earnings season is underway for the first quarter and gives an opportunity for investors to gauge the financial health and performance of the world’s largest defense and government...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2016 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will provide systems engineering, technical assessment and subject matter support for the Defense Department‘s intelligence operations under a $33 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday the task order was awarded under t...
The GovCon Index started the first full week of April and second-quarter trade Monday with a decline of 0.191 points to 74.189 in a session that saw U.S. stocks hold slightly negative throughout the day. The S&P 500 composite index closed down 6.65 points — or 0.32 percent — as investors slowed down the flurry of ...
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...
