Reston, Virginia-based contractor Leidos Holdings (NYSE: LDOS) has agreed to a merger with the government information technology and services businesses of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) under a $5 billion, tax-free Reverse Morris Trust transaction to create the government services industry’s largest publicly-traded contractor by revenu...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported fourth quarter earnings per share of $3.01 and $11.46 for its fiscal year 2015 to exceed the consensus estimates of Wall Street analysts for both figures by 7 cents and 8 cents respectively. Fourth quarter earnings topped...
The GovCon Index retreated with a loss of 1.295 percent to 70.580 Monday in a move that puts the Index back into a correction, or 10 percent off its most recent high, for the second time this month. Monday’s plunge starts a week in which investors who follow defense and government contracting sectors await a ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 25, 2016 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) has offered tools that work to support analysis of Next Generation Weather Radar data on the Amazon Simple Storage Service cloud platform, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Jan. 6 WeatherPipe and the Amazon Simple Notification Service aim t...
The General Services Administration has asked shortlisted contractors to submit proposals for the construction of a consolidated FBI headquarters building that will receive $1.4 billion in funds under President Barack Obama’s budget for fiscal year 2017. The FBI Headquarters Consolidation Project is part of GSA’s program to comply w...
Jan. 18 – Jan. 22 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Volatility in financial markets has become a fact of life all over the world and has sent investors questioning where the opportunities are in the midst of headwinds such as declining commodity pric...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 22, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) was a sponsor of the Washington Wizards’ Military Night game versus the Miami Heat Wednesday as part of the Defending the Rim program, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Tuesday it donated 300 tickets to the United Service Organizations for the game...
Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) — one of 30 companies listed on Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported earnings per share of $1.21 for the first quarter of the company’s 2016 fiscal year to exceed Wall Street analyst expectations by 21 cents. Profit for the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based avionics contractor came in at $135 mil...
The GovCon Index suffered a loss of 1.324 percent to 70.492 Thursday driven by a plunge in Engility Holdings (NYSE: EGL) shares after the contractor issued fiscal year 2016 guidance that forecasts a sharp drop in earnings from 2015 outlook. Chantilly, Va.-based Engility’s 2016 guidance sees earnings of between $1.00 and $1.15 per share compare...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 21, 2016 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) and WISeKey have collaborated to produce cybersecurity services for the Internet of Things market, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. WISeKey said Wednesday the partnership aims to develop platforms that deliver security and maintain data privacy for clients’ conne...
