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Energy: Our Favorite Defense Stock Coming off Q2 Earnings

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🗓️ 16 August 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

We discuss the current state of defense spending and earnings for the big four defense contractors. Stocks discussed: LMT, RTN, GD, NOC

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Welcome to Industry Focus, the podcast that dives into a different sector of the

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stock market every day. It's Thursday, August 16th, and we're talking about defense major earnings.

0:25.8

I'm your host Michael Douglas.

0:26.8

I'm joined by Lou Whiteman.

0:28.0

Lou, it's your second time on the show.

0:30.2

I think this is my third or fourth energy show so you know that means we're you know I'd say about the same level of experience here right?

0:39.0

Okay. Well Lou it's good to have you here and I so what I'm thinking for today's

0:47.4

conversation it'll sound a little bit similar to our last two you know last week

0:52.3

We did at midstreamers and the week before that we did

0:54.8

oil majors is, you know, we'll just talk kind of a little bit specifically about each company.

0:59.8

That's Lockheed, Raytheon, General Dynamics, and North Grumman, and then we'll kind of sum up with some general

1:07.4

thoughts and I'll ask Lou to pick his favorite of the companies, which warned him about beforehand so he is he is

1:14.7

prepared he's nodding I want you to know so let's hop right in let's talk about

1:21.4

Lockheed first.

1:24.0

For listeners, so you know, Lockheed's ticker is L.M. like Michael T, LMT. So generally speaking, I'd say a pretty good second quarter report.

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