NYSE:LMT - Lockheed Martin Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lockheed Martin trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LMT."

Lockheed Martin announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 26th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be paid a dividend of $2.40 per share on Friday, December 27th. This represents a $9.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. This is an increase from Lockheed Martin's previous quarterly dividend of $2.20. View Lockheed Martin's Dividend History.

Lockheed Martin announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Thursday, September 26th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Lockheed Martin Co. (NYSE:LMT) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The aerospace company reported $5.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.02 by $0.64. The aerospace company had revenue of $15.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.87 billion. Lockheed Martin had a net margin of 10.26% and a return on equity of 221.59%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $5.14 EPS. View Lockheed Martin's Earnings History.

Lockheed Martin is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

11 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Lockheed Martin's shares. Their forecasts range from $313.00 to $470.00. On average, they anticipate Lockheed Martin's stock price to reach $389.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Lockheed Martin.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lockheed Martin in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Lockheed Martin.

Press coverage about LMT stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lockheed Martin earned a media sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,300,000 shares, an increase of 12.9% from the December 15th total of 3,810,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,090,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View Lockheed Martin's Current Options Chain.

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Lockheed Martin's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.49%), Huntington National Bank (0.05%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%), Donaldson Capital Management LLC (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Lockheed Martin stock include Brian P Colan, Bruce L Tanner, David B Burritt, Ilene S Gordon, James D Taiclet Jr, John Frank A St, Kenneth R Possenriede, Marillyn A Hewson, Maryanne Lavan, Michele A Evans and Richard F Ambrose. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Lockheed Martin.

LMT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, United Services Automobile Association, Calamos Advisors LLC, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Lockheed Martin company stock in the last year include Brian P Colan, David B Burritt, John Frank A St, Kenneth R Possenriede, Marillyn A Hewson, Maryanne Lavan, Michele A Evans and Richard F Ambrose. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lockheed Martin.

LMT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Contravisory Investment Management Inc., Advisors Capital Management LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Winmill & CO. Inc., Hoey Investments Inc., Alpha Cubed Investments LLC and Windward Capital Management Co. CA. Company insiders that have bought Lockheed Martin stock in the last two years include Ilene S Gordon and James D Taiclet Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lockheed Martin.

Shares of LMT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $425.66.

Lockheed Martin has a market capitalization of $120.07 billion and generates $53.76 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $5.05 billion in net income (profit) each year or $17.85 on an earnings per share basis. Lockheed Martin employs 105,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Lockheed Martin.

The official website for Lockheed Martin is http://www.lockheedmartin.com/.

Lockheed Martin's mailing address is 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD, 20817. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at 301-897-6000 or via email at [email protected]