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Defense is ranked #35 of 49 industries by 3-month relative strength, with -7.00% excess return vs the S&P 500 over the last 63 trading days. It sits inside the Industrials GICS sector and contains 24 stocks.
Sharp drop
This group traded 0.6× its typical dollar-volume today and accounted for 0.7% of total market dollar-volume — a read on how much participation is concentrated here right now.
Strength is spread across many constituents. Healthier rotation; setups likely available beyond the obvious names.
0 of 21 constituents are within 2% of a 52-week high.
A wide move (most names above their MAs) is healthier than a narrow one led by a handful of mega-caps.
Defense and ordnance makers — guided missiles and space vehicles, tanks and military combat vehicles, search and navigation systems, and small arms and ammunition (SIC 3480–3489, 3760–3769, 3795, 3812).
Defense is one of 49 industries in the Fama-French taxonomy. SIC code-based classification published monthly by Ken French at Dartmouth. The FF49 groupings are intentionally coarser than GICS or SIC alone — useful for market-rotation reads, less useful for fine-grained screening.
FF49 is intentionally coarse — useful for rotation reads, less useful for fine-grained screening. Read the methodology →
As of Jul 6, 2026, the defense industry is ranked #35 of 49by 3-month relative strength versus the S&P 500. It is currently lagging the market, with an excess return of -7.00% over the past 63 trading days.
The 1-month rank is #45, the 6-month rank is #18, and the 1-year rank is #23. Compare these to spot a rotation: a falling 6M rank with a rising 1M rank tells you the industry is turning — money is starting to come back.
The 24 constituents are ranked by relative strength above. See the full constituents table for per-name RS.
How many stocks are in the Defense industry?
24 US-listed core stocks (common shares + ADRs) map to the Defense Fama-French industry as of 2026-07-06.
What GICS sector does Defense belong to?
Defense maps to the Industrials GICS sector.
How is relative strength computed?
Each constituent’s excess log-return versus the S&P 500 over the window, aggregated market-cap-weighted across the industry. Industries above zero are outpacing the broad market; below zero are lagging.