Rheinmetall AG

Saab AB (publ)

Shares of defense companies in Europe fell in price at trading on January 22 - after the statements of U.S. President Donald Trump about unwillingness to use force to seize Greenland. Analysts at JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. saw the current decline in quotes as an opportunity to invest in the sector, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-22/jpmorgan-says-buy-dip-in-defense-stocks-after-trump-comments">Bloomberg</a> writes.

'New world order': JPMorgan advised to buy EU defense stocks on the downturn

Now the investment bank is betting on the Japanese market

Citi downgraded European stocks due to EU-US conflict over Greenland

Czechoslovak Group (CSG), a <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/32e73b4d-eff3-420b-9a82-7483dc2e14a5#:~:text=CSG%20has%20become-,a%20leading%20supplier%20to%20Ukraine%E2%80%99s%20armed%20forces,-and%20also%20acts">leading</a> supplier to Ukraine's armed forces, is preparing for potentially the largest IPO in the history of the defense sector in the "coming weeks." Chinese neuroimplant developer BrainCo, a competitor of Elon Musk's Neuralink, has decided to go public in Hong Kong. Crypto exchange Bitpanda, in which billionaire Peter Thiel has invested, may list in Frankfurt in the first quarter. The main events on the IPO market during the week are in our selection.

Ammunition supplier, Neuralink competitor and cryptocurrency exchange: highlights of the IPO by Jan. 18

BAE Systems plc

Leonardo S.p.a.

Airbus SE

Further revaluation of the sector is unlikely due to conflicting geopolitical factors, analysts believe

Europe's rally in defense stocks is nearing a peak, says Deutsche Bank. What to buy?

Tokyo Electron Limited

Toyota Motor Corporation

Toyo Engineering Corporation

The yen collapsed to levels not seen in a year and a half

"Takaichi-trade" is back: Japanese stocks soar over early election bets

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

Northrop Grumman Corporation

General Dynamics Corporation

Shares of U.S. defense companies showed the best performance in the market at the beginning of the trading session on January 8, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-07/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?srnd=phx-markets">writes</a>. While the S&amp;P 500 went into a small minus, Nasdaq 100 declined by 1%, interrupting a three-day growth, shares of U.S. defense companies: Lockheed Martin and Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions - on the contrary, grew by more than 6% and 15%, respectively.

U.S. defense stocks on the rise: why is an analyst urging caution?

Thales S.A.

RTX Corporation

AeroVironment, Inc.

They have risen for the fifth consecutive day

"Geopolitics isn't going anywhere": defense stocks in Europe hit a high

Two hotbeds of tensions - Venezuela and Greenland - sent the sector's quotations skyrocketing

Europe's defense companies rise for the fourth day in a row. Which stocks to bet on

Analysts don't yet understand exactly how the U.S. president can ban private companies from paying dividends

Trump threatened defense companies with a ban on dividends and buybacks. Stocks are down

Hensoldt AG

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Investors expect global rearmament to intensify after events in Venezuela 


The era of "hard power": defense stocks in Europe and Asia rise amid US takeover of Maduro

Indra Sistemas, S.A.

On December 16, shares of defense companies in Europe slightly recovered the morning decline. At the opening, the securities were getting cheaper on US President Donald Trump's statement that the truce between Russia and Ukraine is "closer" than ever. Over the past week, the STOXX Europe Aerospace &amp; Defense index <a href="https://stoxx.com/index/sxparo/">fell</a> by 2.8%. However, several investment banks wrote that European defense companies are at the beginning of a long growth cycle that will last at least until 2030.

Defense stocks are falling. Why investment banks do not write them off their accounts

RENK Group AG

Industrial giants Saab, Rheinmetall and Renk were among the leaders of the decline

Defence Industry