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Defense and aerospace primes Market-Risk Comparison

Descriptive market-risk statistics — not investment advice; past performance does not indicate future results. This companion page uses lmfin computations from a pinned Yahoo adjusted-close window. It is not a rating, recommendation, endorsement, forecast, or investment judgment. See Disclaimer.

Window: 3y ending 2026-06-30. Benchmark: SPY.

Member return/risk statistics

For Defense and aerospace primes, lmfin computes each included member's Sharpe ratio, beta vs SPY, annualized volatility, annualized return, and maximum drawdown over the pinned price window. The table below substitutes those values from the frozen pack.

PCA factor structure

lmfin's PCA run computes PC1 variance 53.93% and PC2 variance 12.35% from the aligned member return matrix. Loadings are reported as numeric factor coefficients, not as quality judgments.

Beta figure

Defense and aerospace primes beta vs SPY. Source: lmfin perf; Yahoo adjusted close; window ending 2026-06-30.Defense and aerospace primes beta vs SPYWindow 3y ending 2026-06-30Source: lmfin perf; Yahoo adjusted close; window ending 2026-06-30.Beta vs SPYBeta vs SPY (ratio)0.000.501.00LMT0.15return 8.59%RTX0.45return 27.33%NOC0.07return 8.32%GD0.49return 20.92%LHX0.38return 17.90%HII0.65return 15.57%TXT0.88return 13.77%

Comparison table

TickerSharpeBetaAnnualized volatilityAnnualized returnMax drawdown
LMT0.200.1523.20%8.59%-31.79%
RTX0.960.4524.49%27.33%-28.99%
NOC0.180.0724.75%8.32%-35.42%
GD0.830.4920.66%20.92%-22.55%
LHX0.610.3823.10%17.90%-25.98%
HII0.330.6535.24%15.57%-45.21%
TXT0.380.8826.25%13.77%-37.33%

PCA summary

PC1 variance explained: 53.93%. PC2 variance explained: 12.35%.

TickerPC1 loadingPC2 loading
LMT0.38-0.33
RTX0.36-0.06
NOC0.39-0.41
GD0.420.22
LHX0.42-0.15
HII0.350.14
TXT0.290.79

Pair check

PairCointegrated?OLS hedge ratioR-squaredSpread z-score
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Provenance

lmfin: lmfin 0.1.0. PCA command: lmfin factors LMT RTX NOC GD LHX HII TXT --window 3y --end 2026-06-30 --json. Price source: yahoo; price field: adjusted_close; window start: 2023-07-03; window end: 2026-06-30. Performance, PCA, and pair statistics are lmfin computations from Yahoo adjusted-close data over the pinned window. Descriptive data, not advice.