Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (NYSE:ATK)

For reference point and to allow for comments by others. As of the end of March, 2013.

ROE 19.80%
Trailing PE 9.33
PB 1.66
Div yield 1.40%

Guns need ammo and if the USA doesn't have anything, it has GUNS

defence
div=1.5% new

Established company with large market and a stock price that (as of March 13, 2013) just won't quit.

With Obama back in office and Gun-Control regulations being a hot issue. I think the people will buy guns and ammo in record numbers in the next few months. ATK is a huge producer of ammunition and I think they are in a good position to make a profit.

both rep and dem pres candidates are anti-tank and neutral to negative hardware expansion of the military

Lets see. They operate 24 hours a day, make as much as possible and sell out constantly. Money. Lots of it.

PS/PE

Not feeling the guns and ammunition industry.

ATK losing RAAP to BAE!
Lake City Facility Contact up for Bid!

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MAKES THE NEW MILITARY SUPER WEAPONS... BEWARE OF THE MILITYARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX..

Profile
Alliant Techsystems Inc.
7480 Flying Cloud Drive
Minneapolis, MN 55344-3720
United States - Map
Phone: 952-351-3000
Fax: 952-351-3009
Website: www.atk.com

Details
Index Membership: S&P 400 MidCap
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector: Industrial Goods
Industry: Aerospace/Defense Products & Services
Full Time Employees: 18,000

Business Summary
Alliant Techsystems Inc. supplies aerospace and defense products to the United States government agencies, and its prime contractors and subcontractors. The company also supplies ammunition and related accessories to law enforcement agencies and commercial customers. Its Armament Systems segment offers military ammunition and gun systems; commercial products, such as ammunition for the sport hunting/sport enthusiast market, reloading equipment, gun care products, targets and traps, rifle scopes and mounts, and binoculars; energetic products, including warheads and bomb fills, propellants for tank ammunition and tactical rocket motors, and guided advanced tactical rocket systems; integrated weapon systems comprising medium-caliber chain guns and ammunition suites; small caliber ammunitions; and tactical systems. The company?s Mission Systems segment provides aerospace structures consisting of composite aircraft components, wing skins and nacelles, stringers and frames, and containment cases; advanced weapons, including precision fire weapons and missiles, large-caliber ammunition, and advanced anti-radiation guided missiles; integrated systems comprising missile warning systems and special-mission aircrafts; and tactical propulsion and controls, such as tactical rocket motors, fuzes, warheads and precision fire weapons, large-caliber ammunition, and missile components. Alliant Techsystems? Space Systems segment manufactures rocket motor systems for human and cargo launch vehicles, conventional and strategic missiles, missile defense interceptors, small and micro-satellites, satellite components, structures and subsystems, lightweight space deployables, and solar arrays, as well as provides engineering and technical services. It operates in the United States, Puerto Rico, and internationally. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

***All above information from YAHOO FINANCE***

Currently the largest ammunition manufacturing entity in the world. Since 2000 ATK has grown significantly as a result of both internal expansion and a series of acquisitions.

This second-tier aerospace company is involved in quite a few big-ticket items government projects that aren't going away. They have been playing nicely with the big boys, NOC, BA, LMT

I need a steady supply of Bullets to protect my sugar supply.
I also think of this as a defense play.

p/e under 10

The debt load is ugly, but the stock has been beaten up too much lately.

We always need bullets