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...
Nine companies have won positions on a potential five-year, $1.75 billion contract to support fielded training systems of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps as well as foreign military customers. The Defense Department said Monday contractors will compete for individual orders to perform training device operation, main...
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 tumbled Thursday on large declines among defense prime companies as U.S. stocks traded lower on falling oil prices and mixed earnings reports among blue chips. The GovCon Index declined 0.694 points to 81.499 as none of the GCI’s 11 S&P 500-listed stocks closed at a ...
NASA has awarded separate contracts to five companies to perform concept studies for a future Mars orbiter mission as part of efforts to develop telecommunications and global high-resolution imaging tools to support the space agency’s exploration of the Red Planet. The agency said Monday its Jet Propulsion Laborat...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index posted a nominal loss of 0.004 points to 81.819 Friday to end a four-day rally but closed the week up 1.257 percent. The second-quarter earnings season opens Tuesday, and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will be the first GovCon Index company to report second-quarter earni...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index fell into narrow range mid-morning after a positive open Friday as defense and contracting stocks ended the week-long rally ahead of the start of second quarter earnings season Tuesday. The GovCon Index posted a nominal loss of 0.004 points to 81.819 but ended the week up 1.257 percent, while the ...
