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These three stocks have outpaced the broader market over the past five years by combining strong revenue growth, expanding margins, and rising returns on capital. The best-performing stocks typically sustain a trifecta of robust sales growth, increasing margins, and rising returns on capital over many years. Raytheon (NYSE: RTX) has delivered a five-year return of…
A continuing resolution is a stopgap piece of legislation that Congress passes to keep the federal government funded when lawmakers have not finished, or agreed upon, the regular annual appropriations bills before the start of a new fiscal year. Rather than setting new spending levels, a continuing resolution simply extends existing funding, typically at the…
RTX is currently trading at $222.00 per share, delivering an 8.4% return over the last six months while the broader S&P 500 gained 13.1% over the same period. Originally focused on refrigeration technology, Raytheon provides a wide range of products and services to the aerospace and defense industries, operating under the ticker RTX. The stock…
Walt Disney Co. (DIS) filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Federal Communications Commission, accusing the agency of waging an illegal “retaliatory campaign” against its ABC network. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges the FCC is violating ABC’s First Amendment rights through what the network calls “pretextual regulatory…
D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) and NTT DOCOMO have deployed a second quantum computing application in production, delivering major improvements to mobile network operations in Japan. The new application reduces location registration signals generated when devices cross tracking area list boundaries by 65.3% at the daily peak, while also cutting paging signals by 7.0%. NTT…
Power Metals is advancing what it describes as North America’s only cesium project at a pivotal moment for Western critical mineral supply chains. The United States currently imports 100% of its required cesium, a rare mineral used in atomic clocks, GPS systems, aerospace solar technology, advanced communications networks, and high-tech defense equipment. That total import…
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $31.52 million, doubling sequentially from approximately $15.8 million recorded in the first quarter. Despite the strong sequential growth, the company fell short of analyst expectations, missing the $35.18 million consensus forecast by $3.66 million, a shortfall of approximately 10.4%. Management attributed Q2 revenue performance to commercial gateway…
RTX (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary Raytheon has locked in a massive $22.9 billion contract with the U.S. Navy to produce Tomahawk cruise missiles over seven years. The long-term agreement requires Raytheon to scale production to more than 1,000 Tomahawk missiles per year across a broad supplier network. The deal involves coordination with hundreds of suppliers, underscoring…
Rigetti Computing’s (RGTI) second-quarter 2026 results revealed a potentially significant shift in quantum computing demand, with commercial traction emerging alongside government and academic interest. Management noted the company is increasingly seeing commercial organizations purchase on-premises quantum systems, marking a departure from earlier patterns dominated by research institutions and government programs. Rigetti confirmed that its first…
Chip stocks are rallying sharply as investors signal renewed confidence that artificial intelligence infrastructure spending remains robust and shows no signs of slowing. Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) climbed roughly 6% on Thursday, continuing a strong run driven by surging demand for AI-related memory products. SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) posted an even more dramatic gain, soaring approximately…