Boeing
Investors looking for a blue-chip aerospace and defense idea can jump on this top stock. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) designs, develops, manufactures, sells, services and supports commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites and missile defense, human space flight and launch systems worldwide.
Its Commercial Airplanes segment provides commercial jet aircraft for passenger and cargo requirements, as well as fleet support services.
The Defense, Space & Security segment engages in the research, development, production and modification of manned and unmanned military aircraft and weapons systems; strategic defense and intelligence systems, which include strategic missile and defense systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, cyber and information solutions and intelligence systems; and satellite systems, such as government and commercial satellites and space exploration.
The Global Services segment offers products and services, including supply chain and logistics management, engineering, maintenance and modifications, upgrades and conversions, spare parts, pilot and maintenance training systems and services, technical and maintenance documents, and data analytics and digital services to commercial and defense customers.
The Boeing Capital segment offers financing services and manages financing exposure for a portfolio of equipment under operating leases, sales-type/finance leases, notes and other receivables, assets held for sale or re-lease, and investments.
Goldman Sachs has a $288 target price on Boeing stock, while the consensus target is around $228. The shares closed Thursday at $123.14, so hitting the Goldman Sachs target would be a 120% gain.
Datadog
This is a name investors may not be as familiar with, but it holds tremendous upside potential. Datadog Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG) engages in the development of monitoring and analytics platforms for developers, information technology operations teams and business users. The company’s platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring and log management to provide real-time observability of its customers’ entire technology stack.
Datadog announced last year the extension of Network Performance Monitoring (NPM) to Windows. Datadog NPM now monitors the performance of network communications between applications running on Windows Server and Linux, providing seamless network visibility across cloud environments, on-premises data centers and operating systems.
The Goldman Sachs price target on Datadog stock is $223. That compares with a $171.72 consensus estimate and Thursday’s final print of $98.83. Hitting the Goldman Sachs price objective would be a 126% gain.
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