Axon, Stock Of The Day, Rides Drone Momentum To Buy Point

Axon Enterprise is Thursday's IBD Stock Of The Day as the the S&P 500 maker of Tasers, body cameras and software for law enforcement sees its Dedrone drone defense business take off. Dedrone "was still in its infancy just a year ago, and is quickly becoming one of our largest product lines, surpassing $100 million in quarterly revenue," Axon President Joshua Isner told analysts on the Aug. 5 earnings call. Isner announced on the call that Axon had been among the vendors selected among dozens of applicants for a potential $1.5 billion counter-drone program in a further validation of its technology.