Why Cadre Holdings, Inc. (CDRE) Is Skyrocketing So Far In 2025

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Why Cadre Holdings, Inc. (CDRE) Is Skyrocketing So Far In 2025

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. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Cadre Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CDRE) stands against the other defense stocks.

A Republican administration usually points to a good time for defense stocks and the military-industrial complex as a whole. However, the Trump administration has taken a surprising departure from the traditional Republican stance of advocating for ever-increasing military budgets. Instead, Trump has introduced significant shifts in priorities. His administration has pushed for budget cuts at the Pentagon.

Trump wants to cut defense spending by 8% and re-allocate that toward border security and nuclear modernization instead of traditional military programs. The proposed cut would amount to approximately $50 billion in cuts each year and would total around $300 billion in reduced spending by fiscal 2030.

However, that’s unlikely to happen as both Democrats and Republicans in Congress haven’t been cooperating. Similar attempts previously didn’t get through. Regardless, many defense and aerospace companies have been posting great numbers and the stock market has rewarded them accordingly. It’s a good idea to look into the ones investors are piling into this year, as they could also be the winners of the Trump era.

For this article, I screened the top-performing defense stocks year-to-date. Stocks that I have covered recently will be excluded from this list.

I will also mention the number of hedge fund investors in these stocks. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds invest in? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 275% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 150 percentage points. (

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Number of Hedge Fund Holders In Q4 2024: 12

Cadre Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CDRE) makes safety equipment for law enforcement, first responders, and for military uses.

The stock is up significantly so far in 2025 as it announced an agreement to acquire Carr’s Group’s Engineering Division for £75 million in cash, which includes multiple nuclear brands. This division generated £51 million in revenue for fiscal year 2024. The acquisition will expand Cadre’s nuclear safety presence.

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Furthermore, Cadre Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CDRE) announced a 9% increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.095 per share and raised its annual dividend from $0.35 to $0.38 per share. It also received $590 million in new credit facilities.

The consensus price target of $39.67 implies 13.65% upside.

Cadre Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CDRE) stock is up 9.16% year-to-date.

Overall CDRE ranks 12th on our list of the defense stocks that are skyrocketing so far in 2025. While we acknowledge the potential of CDRE as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than CDRE but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the

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