Aerospace-defense

Defense primes and steady-demand contractors.

Updated June 18, 2026

Aerospace and defense contractors plus a few steady-demand industrials (NOC, LMT, GD, RTX). Unusually low volatility for a cyclical, with a post-2022 defense-spending tailwind — the best risk-adjusted cyclical group.

Cluster Scores — equal-weight average of 29 stock member percentiles
Market Beat
Perform
43
1 Year
531 Month
481 Week
561 Day
Rank Durability
Persist
34
1 Year
436 Month
473 Month
38Trend Hold
Business Beat
Profit
51
Composite
58Revenue
41Margin
53Cash Flow
Money Flow
Pressure
45
60 Day
4730 Day
335 Day
452 Day

Cumulative excess return vs SPY — trailing 52 weeks

Average weekly rank — trailing 52 weeks (0 = bottom, 100 = top)

32 names cluster here, grouped purely by how their prices have moved together over the last five years (with the market’s common move removed) — not by GICS sector. Each row shows price change over 1 day, 1 week, 1 month and 1 year, then the four SYMBOL-card scores: Perform (beat vs the S&P 500), Persist (how steadily it holds rank), Profit (business growth) and Pressure (money flow & volatility). Scores are percentiles from 0–100; greener is stronger.

#Stock1D1W1M1YPerformPersistProfitPressure
1CNCCentene CorporationHealth Care−0.5%−7.2%+4.6%+117.6%97847481
2HUMHumanaHealth Care−1.3%−4.1%+7.5%+74.2%94912899
3CVSCVS HealthHealth Care+0.8%+1.7%+8.7%+70.2%92213495
4CASYCasey'sConsumer Staples−1.6%+0.3%+1.3%+67.1%91388026
5UNHUnitedHealth GroupHealth Care−0.7%−0.9%+3.2%+43.8%84171383
6CAHCardinal HealthHealth Care+0.9%−2.4%+0.8%+43.0%8278487
7RTXRTX CorporationIndustrials+1.7%+8.4%+10.5%+40.5%72688960
8IHFiShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETFETF+0.7%−1.7%+7.7%+29.5%701098
9GDGeneral DynamicsIndustrials+1.3%+3.7%+6.6%+28.9%65327849
10ELVElevance HealthHealth Care−0.4%−11.2%−3.5%+24.9%44346282
11LMTLockheed MartinIndustrials+2.5%+11.9%+9.5%+24.2%4369201
12ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETFETF+0.8%+2.2%−1.1%+22.6%583840
13XARSPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETFETF−0.6%+1.8%−5.8%+20.7%59528
14MCKMcKesson CorporationHealth Care+2.0%+3.5%+7.8%+18.4%56117524
15LHXL3HarrisIndustrials+0.2%+4.0%−4.1%+13.1%4212267
16HIIHuntington Ingalls IndustriesIndustrials+0.2%+1.0%−3.1%+12.6%4137884
17WMWaste ManagementIndustrials+0.6%+0.9%+10.6%+5.8%40448564
18CORCencoraHealth Care+1.6%+1.2%+11.8%+5.3%37431865
19NOCNorthrop GrummanIndustrials+1.6%+0.1%−1.4%+3.5%3212787
20MSIMotorola SolutionsInformation Technology+2.7%+0.1%+1.5%+2.2%29433517
21YUMYum! BrandsConsumer Discretionary+1.1%−7.8%−3.3%+0.6%3396119
22CICignaHealth Care+1.1%−4.9%+1.6%−2.9%20285957
23JJacobs SolutionsIndustrials+1.9%+6.3%+9.5%−3.4%2523546
24ORLYO’Reilly AutomotiveConsumer Discretionary+1.5%+0.1%−1.1%−4.6%23213822
25CTASCintasIndustrials+1.3%+12.1%+21.4%−7.2%2574094
26RSGRepublic ServicesIndustrials−0.2%−0.8%+4.2%−10.3%2071735
27MCDMcDonald'sConsumer Discretionary+0.7%−2.9%−6.7%−11.9%1974814
28AZOAutoZoneConsumer Discretionary+1.2%−3.9%−3.3%−19.0%1523568
29DPZDomino'sConsumer Discretionary+3.0%+7.5%+5.9%−29.0%8365810
30ROLRollins, Inc.Industrials−2.2%−14.2%−14.6%−30.9%139462
31LDOSLeidosIndustrials+1.6%+5.2%+3.2%−31.1%671560
32AXONAxon EnterpriseIndustrials+2.1%−8.2%+18.8%−32.6%7944782

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