The global aerospace, defence & security industry experienced a 23% rise in company filings mentions of COVID-19 in Q1 2023 compared with the previous quarter, with the highest share accounted for by Raytheon Technologies with 59% year-on-year decrease, according to GlobalData’s analysis of over 115 aerospace, defence & security company filings. GlobalData’s COVID-19 Cross-Sector Impact – Thematic Research report helps understand how the effect of COVID-19 on Aerospace, Defence & Security sector compares with 17 other key sectors, in terms of equity indices, M&A volumes, jobs index, and filings. Buy the report here.
Notably, COVID-19 was one of the most frequently referenced themes in Q1 2023, ranking highest in terms of mentions, ahead of social and cybersecurity, according to GlobalData.
Of the 50 leading companies in the aerospace, defence & security industry, Raytheon Technologies had the greatest increase in references for COVID-19 in Q1 2023, compared with the previous quarter. GlobalData identified 39 COVID-19-related sentences in the company's filings, an increase of 200% in Q1 2023 compared with Q4 2022. Lockheed Martin’s mentions of COVID-19 rose by 100% to 30 and Northrop Grumman’s by 100% to 25 and Boeing’s by 100% to 24 and General Dynamics’s by 900% to 21.
GlobalData’s Company Filings Analytics also applies sentiment weight to reference sentences, based on whether the sentences are positive, negative, or neutral. Starting at 100 in 2020, an index over 100 is more positive. The overall index for COVID-19 in Q1 2023 was 59.
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