AI & Space Stock Morning Briefing

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Executive Summary

Market color: AI stocks surged across the value chain pre-market — chip equipment (KLAC, LRCX, AMAT), memory/storage (MU, WDC, STX), optics (COHR, LITE) and AI power (CEG, VST, TLN, ETN) — as the rally broadens well beyond accelerators. Gains came despite a risk-off tape: futures slid on escalating US-Iran tanker strikes and rising oil, with investors rotating into AI infrastructure after the August jobs report unwound rate-hike fears.

AI Stocks Tracked
37
Space Stocks Tracked
32
Pre-Market Movers (>=2%)
28
Volume Anomalies (>=2x)
1
Stocks with News
69
Earnings Reports Today
228
Stocks with >=15% Upside
56
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Today's Catalysts

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Earnings Today

SymbolCompanyTimingEPS Est.Mkt Cap
CASYCasey's General Stores, Inc.After Close$6.82$28.0B
FDXFFedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc.After Close$0.89$19.4B
GMEGameStop Corp.After Close$0.16$8.6B
TTANServiceTitan, Inc.After Close$0.35$8.4B
VFSVinFast Auto Ltd.Before Open$-0.33$7.2B
RUBSFRubisNot Specified-$4.1B
BRZEBraze, Inc.After Close$0.16$3.6B
ODMUFOld Mutual LimitedNot Specified-$3.1B
ABMABM Industries IncorporatedBefore Open$1.01$2.8B
UNFIUnited Natural Foods, Inc.Before Open$0.62$2.7B
DNEMFDunelm Group plcNot Specified-$2.1B
PPAAFPT Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero)Not Specified$0.01$2.0B
BELGFBellevue Gold LimitedNot Specified-$1.8B
ANABAnaptysBio, Inc.After Close$0.14$1.7B
NNWWFThe North West Company Inc.After Close$0.76$1.7B
INNVInnovAge Holding Corp.After Close$0.08$1.5B
HGRAFHydroGraph Clean Power Inc.After Close-$1.4B
VZLAVizsla Silver Corp.Not Specified$-0.02$1.4B
AVOMission Produce, Inc.After Close$0.12$1.1B
SRTSFGr. Sarantis S.A.Not Specified-$889.0M
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Pre-Market Movers

TickerNameMarketPriceChangeVol/AVGNews
BEBloom EnergyAI$252.87+7.4%1.0xY
KLACKLA CorpAI$185.60+7.3%1.0xY
MRVLMarvellAI$223.55+7.0%0.6xY
COHRCoherentAI$281.86+6.6%0.8xY
STXSeagateAI$849.28+6.3%0.5xY
MUMicronAI$1016.59+6.1%0.8xY
WDCWestern DigitalAI$467.46+5.9%0.7xY
LRCXLam ResearchAI$307.65+5.1%0.8xY
VSATViasatSpace$75.32+5.0%0.6xY
CEGConstellation EnergyAI$298.96+4.9%0.9xY
AMDAMDAI$477.57+4.7%0.8xY
SMCISuper MicroAI$39.59+4.5%0.9xY
VRTVertivAI$280.53+4.4%0.6xY
AMATApplied MaterialsAI$454.71+4.3%0.6xY
MODModineAI$194.66+4.3%0.8xY
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Stocks to Watch Today

  • [MEDIUM] AMD (AI) -- $477.57 (+4.7%)
  • AMD
  • moved +4.7%; 5 news items; 28% analyst upside
  • Workstation can run 300B-parameter AI models on desktop
  • [MEDIUM] MU (AI) -- $1016.59 (+6.1%)
  • Micron
  • moved +6.1%; 5 news items; 49% analyst upside
  • AI memory supply crunch; Goldman flags a breakout signal
  • [MEDIUM] ASML (AI) -- $1714.88 (+4.2%)
  • ASML
  • moved +4.2%; 5 news items; 26% analyst upside
  • TSMC, Samsung and Intel commit to High-NA EUV tools
  • [MEDIUM] PL (Space) -- $18.12 (-1.3%)
  • Planet Labs
  • moved -1.3%; 3.1x normal volume; 5 news items; 95% analyst upside
  • [MEDIUM] MRVL (AI) -- $223.55 (+7.0%)
  • Marvell
  • moved +7.0%; 5 news items; 28% analyst upside
  • Data-center revenue +46%; Citi sees semi rebound ahead of Oct investor day
  • [MEDIUM] ORCL (AI) -- $158.78 (+3.1%)
  • Oracle
  • moved +3.1%; 5 news items; 52% analyst upside
  • Earnings due Thursday; discount-hyperscaler push against AWS
  • [MEDIUM] TSM (AI) -- $428.91 (+2.9%)
  • TSMC
  • moved +2.9%; 5 news items; 29% analyst upside
  • [MEDIUM] VRT (AI) -- $280.53 (+4.4%)
  • Vertiv
  • moved +4.4%; 5 news items; 20% analyst upside
  • AI infrastructure buildout; UtilityInnovation Group acquisition in focus
  • [MEDIUM] VST (AI) -- $149.30 (+3.5%)
  • Vistra
  • moved +3.5%; 5 news items; 46% analyst upside
  • CEO buys $1.17M; Thiel fund discloses $59M position
  • [MEDIUM] TLN (AI) -- $317.00 (+3.8%)
  • Talen Energy
  • moved +3.8%; 5 news items; 45% analyst upside
  • Mizuho initiates Outperform with $405 price target
  • [MEDIUM] POWL (AI) -- $181.17 (+3.4%)
  • Powell Industries
  • moved +3.4%; 5 news items; 55% analyst upside
  • Record orders and $2.4B backlog on utility/industrial demand
  • [MEDIUM] WDC (AI) -- $467.46 (+5.9%)
  • Western Digital
  • moved +5.9%; 5 news items; 42% analyst upside
  • Rotation into profitable AI storage infrastructure names
  • [MEDIUM] STX (AI) -- $849.28 (+6.3%)
  • Seagate
  • moved +6.3%; 5 news items; 32% analyst upside
  • AI data-center storage demand drives memory/storage rally
  • [MEDIUM] COHR (AI) -- $281.86 (+6.6%)
  • Coherent
  • moved +6.6%; 5 news items; 47% analyst upside
  • AI datacenter optics spending lifts optical-networking names
  • [MEDIUM] LITE (AI) -- $881.25 (+4.0%)
  • Lumentum
  • moved +4.0%; 5 news items; 30% analyst upside
  • Evercore initiates Outperform with $1,100 price target
  • [MEDIUM] AMAT (AI) -- $454.71 (+4.3%)
  • Applied Materials
  • moved +4.3%; 5 news items; 41% analyst upside
  • Chip-equipment strength on AI fab expansion
  • [MEDIUM] LRCX (AI) -- $307.65 (+5.1%)
  • Lam Research
  • moved +5.1%; 5 news items; 20% analyst upside
  • AI chip demand and record revenues lift equipment maker
  • [MEDIUM] KLAC (AI) -- $185.60 (+7.3%)
  • KLA Corp
  • moved +7.3%; 5 news items; 26% analyst upside
  • Chip-equipment rally broadens beyond NVDA on strong AI fab demand
  • [MEDIUM] MOD (AI) -- $194.66 (+4.3%)
  • Modine
  • moved +4.3%; 5 news items; 59% analyst upside
  • Q1 EPS beat by 20% on data-center sales up 90%
  • [MEDIUM] VSAT (Space) -- $75.32 (+5.0%)
  • Viasat
  • moved +5.0%; 5 news items; 38% analyst upside
  • Rocket Lab satellite-bus win for Protected Tactical SATCOM mission
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Unusual Volume

TickerMarketVolumeAvgRatioChange
PLSpace32.04M10.16M3.1x-1.3%
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Overnight News & Developments

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NVDA (AI)

  • OpenAI Hands Nvidia Fresh Win in Surging AI Market — OpenAI's latest expansion opens another potential market for Nvidia hardware

[GuruFocus.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/openai-hands-nvidia-fresh-win-122815703.html) - Nvidia-Backed Firmus Passes 900 Megawatts With OpenAI Deal — Firmus runs two data centres and has five more under development [GuruFocus.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-backed-firmus-passes-900-122635680.html) - Buy Super Micro Computer for Handsome Returns & Attractive Valuations — SMCI's AI-driven growth, record backlog, liquid-cooling capabilities and attractive valuations support its buy appeal. [Zacks](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/buy-super-micro-computer-handsome-122300783.html)

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AMD (AI)

  • Buy Super Micro Computer for Handsome Returns & Attractive Valuations — SMCI's AI-driven growth, record backlog, liquid-cooling capabilities and attractive valuations support its buy appeal.

[Zacks](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/buy-super-micro-computer-handsome-122300783.html) - AMD Just Put 300 Billion-Parameter AI Models on a Desktop — AMD just announced a workstation that could pull sensitive AI workloads out of the cloud entirely, and the buyers it has in mind reveal exactly who stands to lose the most. [24/7 Wall St.](https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/09/08/amd-just-put-300-billion-parameter-ai-models-on-a-desktop/) - Nvidia’s $12.9 Billion Hugging Face Bet Comes With One Huge Risk — Nvidia just paid nearly $13 billion to own the platform where the open-source AI community lives, works, and distributes its models. The question is whether that community will stay or walk. [24/7 Wall St.](https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/09/08/nvidias-12-9-billion-hugging-face-bet-comes-with-one-huge-risk/)

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AVGO (AI)

  • How a 64-Year-Old’s $1.2 Million in VOO Turned Into a $456,000 Bet on a Single Sector — A $1.2 million position in Vanguard's most popular S&P 500 fund looks like broad diversification until you open the shareholder report and see where most of that money actually sits. For a 64-year-old

[24/7 Wall St.](https://247wallst.com/investing/etf/2026/09/07/how-a-64-year-olds-1-2-million-in-voo-turned-into-a-456000-bet-on-a-single-sector/) - Broadcom’s AI Forecast Suggests Hyperscalers Want More Than Just Nvidia GPUs — Big Tech’s appetite for AI infrastructure isn’t being sated anytime soon, and Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) is proof of that. On Wednesday, the custom AI chipmaker said it now expects AI chip revenue of [Insider Monkey](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/broadcom-ai-forecast-suggests-hyperscalers-211102090.html) - Broadcom Inc. (AVGO)’s AI Opportunity Expands Across AI Infrastructure — The AI infrastructure market is in a powerful expansion phase, with hyperscalers making significant investments in custom AI accelerators, high-speed networking, as well as complex data-center archite [Insider Monkey](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/broadcom-inc-avgo-ai-opportunity-181909723.html)

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MRVL (AI)

  • Intel, Amgen, Novartis, Bloom Energy, and More Stocks That Explain Today’s Market — AI stocks rise despite the market’s inflation worries, but Amgen falls following Swiss drugmaker Novartis’ disappointing trial data.

[Barrons.com](https://www.barrons.com/articles/stock-movers-3b5dab07?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo) - After an 18% summer selloff in chip stocks, Citi asks what comes next — Investing.com -- Citi told clients in a note Tuesday that it expects semiconductor stocks to rebound after a summer slump, arguing that a heavy conference schedule and resilient data center demand sho [Investing.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/articles/18-summer-selloff-chip-stocks-105437359.html) - Should You Buy Marvell Technology Stock Before Oct. 6? — The company's Investor Day event is coming up next month, which may feature some big announcements. [Motley Fool](https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/09/07/should-you-buy-marvell-technology-stock-before-oct-6/)

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MSFT (AI)

  • Oracle Stock Keeps Falling While Wall Street Holds Firm—Who’s Right? — Oracle's stock has cratered while Wall Street analysts stubbornly hold some of the most bullish price targets in the mega-cap space. With earnings dropping Thursday, something has to give.

[24/7 Wall St.](https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/09/08/oracle-stock-keeps-falling-while-wall-street-holds-firm-whos-right/) - IREN Limited Has Cratered Over 3 Months: A Top-Ranked Wall Street Name Says It’s Due to Double — A top Wall Street analyst is standing behind a bold price target on IREN while the stock sits deep in the red, and the gap between where shares trade today and where the bulls say they belong tells a [24/7 Wall St.](https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/09/08/iren-limited-has-cratered-over-3-months-a-top-ranked-wall-street-name-says-its-due-to-double/) - Microsoft-Backed OpenAI Acknowledges AI Agents Misused External Wikis — Microsoft-backed (MSFT) OpenAI said Saturday its AI agents posted messages on external wiki sites ea [MT Newswires](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/microsoft-backed-openai-acknowledges-ai-092747378.html)

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GOOGL (AI)

  • TSMC, Samsung and Intel Just Gave ASML a Powerful Endorsement — TSMC, Samsung and Intel are moving forward with ASML's High-NA EUV technology

[GuruFocus.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/articles/tsmc-samsung-intel-just-gave-121154337.html) - AI Stocks: OpenAI Declares The 'AGI Era' Is Here Amid IPO Fervor — AI stocks show diverging fortunes in Q3, with Nvidia, Snowflake and Palantir gaining momentum while AMD, Ciena and Google lag. [Investor's Business ](https://www.investors.com/news/technology/ai-stocks-artificial-intelligence-stocks-sept82026/?src=A00220&yptr=yahoo) - Oracle Stock Keeps Falling While Wall Street Holds Firm—Who’s Right? — Oracle's stock has cratered while Wall Street analysts stubbornly hold some of the most bullish price targets in the mega-cap space. With earnings dropping Thursday, something has to give. [24/7 Wall St.](https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/09/08/oracle-stock-keeps-falling-while-wall-street-holds-firm-whos-right/)

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AMZN (AI)

  • AI Could Nearly Triple America's Data Center Footprint by 2030 — The AI boom is becoming a power-and-real-estate story as developers race to build much larger computing campuses.

[GuruFocus.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/ai-could-nearly-triple-americas-122955990.html) - Discount Hyperscaler: Oracle’s Direct Threat to AWS — Oracle is undercutting AWS on price and piling up a backlog that defies expectations, but one of these cloud giants is bleeding cash to get there. The question is whether a discount challenger can act [24/7 Wall St.](https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/09/08/discount-hyperscaler-oracles-direct-threat-to-aws/) - Oracle Stock Keeps Falling While Wall Street Holds Firm—Who’s Right? — Oracle's stock has cratered while Wall Street analysts stubbornly hold some of the most bullish price targets in the mega-cap space. With earnings dropping Thursday, something has to give. [24/7 Wall St.](https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/09/08/oracle-stock-keeps-falling-while-wall-street-holds-firm-whos-right/)

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META (AI)

  • AI Could Nearly Triple America's Data Center Footprint by 2030 — The AI boom is becoming a power-and-real-estate story as developers race to build much larger computing campuses.

[GuruFocus.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/ai-could-nearly-triple-americas-122955990.html) - AI Stocks: OpenAI Declares The 'AGI Era' Is Here Amid IPO Fervor — AI stocks show diverging fortunes in Q3, with Nvidia, Snowflake and Palantir gaining momentum while AMD, Ciena and Google lag. [Investor's Business ](https://www.investors.com/news/technology/ai-stocks-artificial-intelligence-stocks-sept82026/?src=A00220&yptr=yahoo) - Alphabet vs. Meta Platforms: Which "Magnificent Seven" Titan Has More Room to Run in September? — Alphabet and Meta are taking two different paths in AI. [Motley Fool](https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/09/08/alphabet-vs-meta-platforms-which-magnificent-seven/)

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ORCL (AI)

  • Anthropic IPO update, Oracle earnings, August CPI: What to Watch — Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come throughout next week, including earnings results from Jersey Mike's (JMKE), Oracle (ORCL), and Adobe (ADBE); August'

[Yahoo Finance Video](https://finance.yahoo.com/video/anthropic-ipo-oracle-earnings-august-120000560.html) - Stock Market Today: Dow Slides 400 Points On Continued U.S.-Iran Attacks; Oil Prices Jump Again (Live Coverage) — Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index declined 400 points Tuesday, as oil prices jumped on continued U.S.-Iran attacks. [Investor's Business ](https://www.investors.com/market-trend/stock-market-today/dow-jones-sp500-nasdaq-us-iran-attacks-oil-prices-jump-brent-crude/?src=A00220&yptr=yahoo) - Discount Hyperscaler: Oracle’s Direct Threat to AWS — Oracle is undercutting AWS on price and piling up a backlog that defies expectations, but one of these cloud giants is bleeding cash to get there. The question is whether a discount challenger can act [24/7 Wall St.](https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/09/08/discount-hyperscaler-oracles-direct-threat-to-aws/)

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TSM (AI)

  • ASML Stock Rises 3% on TSMC and Samsung Commitments — Samsung starts in 2028, TSMC in 2030, joining Intel on High NA EUV

[GuruFocus.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/asml-stock-rises-3-tsmc-121714761.html) - TSMC, Samsung and Intel Just Gave ASML a Powerful Endorsement — TSMC, Samsung and Intel are moving forward with ASML's High-NA EUV technology [GuruFocus.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/articles/tsmc-samsung-intel-just-gave-121154337.html) - INTC Stock Jumps Premarket As Intel Takes Early Lead In ASML's Next-Gen Chipmaking Technology – Samsung, TSMC Are Next — Intel is already using the machines in production, while Samsung and TSMC have now committed to using them in the coming years. [Stocktwits](https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/intc-stock-jumps-intel-asml-high-na-euv-tsmc-samsung/cZt3vOqRJUg)

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Analyst Upside Opportunities

TickerMarketPriceTargetUpside
KTOSSpace$47.82$105.62+120.9%
LUNRSpace$14.81$29.50+99.2%
PLSpace$18.12$35.36+95.2%
MNTSSpace$4.18$8.00+91.4%
BKSYSpace$20.50$38.42+87.4%
SPIRSpace$11.98$20.88+74.2%
RKLBSpace$64.26$111.00+72.7%
MODAI$194.66$310.29+59.4%
POWLAI$181.17$280.00+54.6%
FLNCAI$10.35$16.00+54.6%
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AI Stock Price Table

TickerPriceChg%Vol/AVGMkt CapP/EUpside
BE$252.87+7.4%1.0x$74.5B332.7+9%
KLAC$185.60+7.3%1.0x$242.5B50.7+26%
MRVL$223.55+7.0%0.6x$200.9B74.0+28%
COHR$281.86+6.6%0.8x$55.2B68.4+47%
STX$849.28+6.3%0.5x$192.8B61.0+32%
MU$1016.59+6.1%0.8x$1.15T23.0+49%
WDC$467.46+5.9%0.7x$168.5B17.4+42%
LRCX$307.65+5.1%0.8x$385.0B53.5+20%
CEG$298.96+4.9%0.9x$105.9B29.3+16%
AMD$477.57+4.7%0.8x$779.6B121.8+28%
SMCI$39.59+4.5%0.9x$25.6B12.1+7%
VRT$280.53+4.4%0.6x$108.0B63.3+20%
AMAT$454.71+4.3%0.6x$360.9B39.2+41%
MOD$194.66+4.3%0.8x$10.3B72.4+59%
ASML$1714.88+4.2%0.7x$658.7B58.1+26%
LITE$881.25+4.0%0.7x$79.0B26.5+30%
TLN$317.00+3.8%0.7x$15.2B10.3+45%
VST$149.30+3.5%1.0x$50.1B25.2+46%
ETN$410.85+3.5%0.8x$159.5B41.8+16%
POWL$181.17+3.4%0.6x$6.6B34.7+55%
ORCL$158.78+3.1%0.8x$457.4B27.2+52%
TSM$428.91+2.9%0.9x$2.22T31.8+29%
GNRC$187.35+2.4%0.6x$11.1B43.1+52%
FLNC$10.35+1.5%0.4x$1.9B75.2+55%
ANET$193.78+1.2%0.6x$244.4B61.3+24%
META$616.77+1.0%0.9x$1.57T23.3+22%
NVDA$230.36+0.8%1.0x$5.56T29.2+42%
CSCO$109.20+0.5%0.6x$430.5B32.8+26%
ABBNY$95.96+0.3%0.1x$173.8B35.3-4%
FCX$72.73+0.2%0.5x$104.4B35.7-1%
AVGO$357.89+0.2%1.4x$1.70T45.6+49%
HUBB$460.72+0.1%0.9x$24.3B27.2+23%
GEV$941.95+0.0%0.5x$250.9B27.0+31%
AMZN$258.51-0.2%0.6x$2.79T20.8+27%
SCCO$198.76-0.4%0.6x$167.8B29.8-14%
GOOGL$338.46-1.1%0.8x$4.14T17.0+26%
MSFT$499.70-2.0%0.5x$3.71T27.9+15%
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Space Stock Price Table

TickerPriceChg%Vol/AVGMkt CapUpside
VSAT$75.32+5.0%0.6x$10.4B+38%
SPCE$3.04+2.7%0.3x$460.9M+17%
PSN$47.58+2.7%0.9x$5.1B+25%
RDW$10.53+1.5%0.4x$2.6B+40%
DXYZ$32.70+1.4%0.3x$996.2M-
GE$337.12+1.1%0.6x$349.8B+20%
DCO$168.32+1.1%0.5x$2.5B+26%
WWD$346.22+1.1%0.5x$20.4B+30%
SPIR$11.98+0.8%0.3x$486.7M+74%
BA$212.25+0.8%0.8x$167.6B+30%
LUNR$14.81+0.7%0.4x$2.4B+99%
MNTS$4.18+0.7%0.2x$91.8M+91%
RKLB$64.26+0.7%0.7x$41.1B+73%
IRDM$47.21+0.6%0.3x$5.0B-11%
TDY$610.65+0.5%0.4x$28.3B+24%
GSAT$82.34+0.4%0.3x$10.7B+9%
UFO$43.70+0.4%0.1x--
ASTS$62.31+0.3%0.6x$24.2B+28%
SATS$0.00+0.0%---
HEI$325.48-0.1%1.0x$45.5B+22%
CW$566.75-0.3%0.8x$20.9B+39%
XAR$252.92-0.4%0.9x--
ARKX$32.22-0.4%0.3x--
HWM$259.27-0.5%1.0x$103.4B+30%
KTOS$47.82-0.6%0.7x$9.0B+121%
BKSY$20.50-0.6%0.7x$839.0M+87%
RTX$200.79-0.7%0.6x$270.6B+17%
PL$18.12-1.3%3.1x$6.6B+95%
LMT$525.28-1.4%0.8x$121.2B+20%
BWXT$157.59-1.7%0.6x$14.4B+45%
LHX$256.45-1.7%0.8x$47.8B+34%
NOC$514.98-2.5%0.8x$73.2B+26%