Lockheed Martin - LMT Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lockheed Martin in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" LMT shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LMT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Lockheed Martin's stock. Their LMT share price forecasts range from $332.00 to $546.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $490.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.8% from the stock's current price.
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Lockheed Martin's stock was trading at $486.49 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, LMT shares have decreased by 2.9% and is now trading at $472.49.
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Lockheed Martin saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,760,000 shares, an increase of 15.0% from the February 28th total of 2,400,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,440,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.1% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 18th 2023.
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Lockheed Martin Co. (NYSE:LMT) released its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 24th. The aerospace company reported $7.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $7.41 by $0.38. The aerospace company had revenue of $18.99 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $18.25 billion. Lockheed Martin had a net margin of 8.69% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 68.01%. The firm's revenue was up 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $7.47 earnings per share.
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Lockheed Martin announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 1st will be given a dividend of $3.00 per share on Friday, March 24th. This represents a $12.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 28th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF (MISL), iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA), Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA), Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X Shares (DFEN), Constrained Capital ESG Orphans ETF (ORFN), TrueShares Low Volatility Equity Income ETF (DIVZ), SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR) and Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI).

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.53%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 20 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 55.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LMT will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.67% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Lockheed Martin declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, September 23rd 2021, which permits the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 5.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Lockheed Martin issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $26.60-$26.90 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $26.93. The company issued revenue guidance of $65.00 billion-$66.00 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $65.74 billion.

147 employees have rated Lockheed Martin Chief Executive Officer James D. Taiclet on Glassdoor.com. James D. Taiclet has an approval rating of 92% among the company's employees. This puts James D. Taiclet in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Lockheed Martin's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.29%), Morgan Stanley (2.08%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.72%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.07%), Franklin Resources Inc. (0.76%) and Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC (0.75%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian P Colan, Gregory M Ulmer, John Donovan, John Frank A St, John Frank A St, Kenneth R Possenriede, Maryanne Lavan, Richard F Ambrose, Richard F Ambrose, Stephanie C Hill and Timothy S Cahill.
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One share of LMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $472.49.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has a market capitalization of $120.26 billion and generates $65.98 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $5.73 billion in net income (profit) each year or $21.71 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 116,000 workers across the globe.

Lockheed Martin's mailing address is 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD, 20817. The official website for the company is www.lockheedmartin.com. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at (301) 897-6000, via email at greg.m.gardner@lmco.com, or via fax at 301-897-6919.