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Chris Higgins
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Trump Election Leads to FVE Increases Across Our Defense Names, but There Aren't Any Bargains

Based on our outlook for higher defense spending under a Donald Trump presidency, we have increased fair value estimates for the defense contractors we cover. Immediately following the election, we flagged companies involved in nuclear arms work as benefiting from Trump’s priorities. We would add contractors with exposure to the U.S. Army, given Trump’s desire to increase the service’s end strength. Our new fair value estimates are as follows: General Dynamics $168 (from $155), Raytheon $151 ($1...
Underlying
Lockheed Martin Corporation

Lockheed Martin is a security and aerospace company. The company has four segments: Aeronautics, which is engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, sustainment, support and upgrade of military aircraft; Missiles and Fire Control, which provides air and missile defense systems, logistics, fire control systems, and mission operations support; Rotary and Mission Systems, which provides design, manufacture, service and support for military and commercial helicopters, radar systems, and simulation and training services; Space, which researches, designs, develops, engineers and produces satellites, space transportation systems, and strategic, strike, and defensive systems.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Chris Higgins

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