Peter Arment

General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE:GD) is set to report its fourth-quarter financial results on Wednesday before the opening bell. Here is a preview of what to expect heading into the print.  What To Watch: Investors will be looking for updates from General Dynamics' various business segments,...

Global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) reported Tuesday its third-quarter results, highlighted by a top-and-bottom-line beat and an upward revised guidance. Here's a summary of how some of the Street's top analysts reacted to the print. The Analysts...

Curtiss-Wright Corp. (NYSE: CW), a manufacturer of precision components and engineered products for the industrial markets, including aerospace, defense and power generation, is well-positioned for 2018, according to a sell-side analyst. The Analyst Baird analyst Peter Arment initiated coverage...

“We are clearly late to the party,” said Credit Suisse analyst Robert Spingarn in a note while upgrading Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) from Neutral to Outperform with a price target increase from $200 to $300. Spingarn is now one of the most bullish analysts covering Boeing (see his track record...

Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) is set to announce its second quarter earnings fro 2017 on July 26, and Baird analyst Peter Arment expects to see good things. Arment reiterated an Outperform rating on Boeing shares, and raised its price target by over 15 percent to $240. That significant upside, about 19...

Baird is positive on the aerospace and defense sector ahead of the fourth-quarter reporting season, expecting all of defense companies to report solid quarters. Also, the sector has a nice set up with FY 2018 Department of Defense budget request around the corner. “Increasing international...

A day after Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) disclosed its agreement to buy B/E Aerospace Inc (NASDAQ: BEAV) for $6.4 billion, Baird downgraded B/E Aerospace's stock from an Outperform to Neutral. The firm believes there is limited opportunity for any upside potential following the...

Baird analysts initiated bullish coverage on five defense stocks Thursday. “We believe the Fiscal Year 2016 funding will mark the first year of a long-term upturn for budgets and expect contractor backlogs to expand over the next several years,” said analyst Peter Arment. The analyst...

Baird designated Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) as the best growth profile stock in the large-cap defense space. The firm expects revenue growth for the company between 2017 and 2020 to be in the mid-single digits following an estimated 1.5 percent for 2016. Peter Arment, an analyst at...

Baird Equity Research believes Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) stock has the potential to continue upside movement, citing the positive outlook from the domestic defense programs. Analysts Peter Arment and Asher Carey cited the importance of the domestic defense since 69 percent of the company's...

Baird Equity Research analyst Peter Arment initiated coverage on Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) with an Outperform rating and a price target of $161. “We believe the Free Cash Flow dynamic at BA continues to be underappreciated,” said Arment, who specifically mentioned the generation of $25...