NYSE:LMTLockheed Martin Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lockheed Martin's stock was trading at $356.93 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LMT stock has decreased by 2.2% and is now trading at $349.25. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lockheed Martin in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 21st 2020. View our earnings forecast for Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 21st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Lockheed Martin Co. (NYSE:LMT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 21st. The aerospace company reported $6.08 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $5.80 by $0.28. The aerospace company had revenue of $15.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $15.07 billion. Lockheed Martin had a net margin of 10.21% and a return on equity of 185.10%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $5.99 EPS. View Lockheed Martin's earnings history.

Lockheed Martin declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $2.40 per share on Friday, September 25th. This represents a $9.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.75%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 31st. View Lockheed Martin's dividend history.

Lockheed Martin declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, September 26th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Lockheed Martin updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 21st. The company provided EPS guidance of $23.65-23.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $24.03. The company issued revenue guidance of $62.25-64.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $62.74 billion.

18 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Lockheed Martin's shares. Their forecasts range from $360.00 to $520.00. On average, they expect Lockheed Martin's stock price to reach $443.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Lockheed Martin.

News coverage about LMT stock has been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lockheed Martin earned a coverage optimism score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,200,000 shares, a drop of 8.3% from the May 31st total of 2,400,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,850,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.2 days. Currently, 0.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Lockheed Martin's Current Options Chain.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.12%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.09%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.05%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.03%), Abner Herrman & Brock LLC (0.02%) and Cypress Capital Group (0.02%). 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 Hexavest Inc., 6 Meridian, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., HNP Capital LLC, Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, Whittier Trust Co., and Abner Herrman & Brock LLC. Company insiders that have sold Lockheed Martin company stock in the last year include Brian P Colan, John Frank A St, Kenneth R Possenriede, Marillyn A Hewson, Maryanne Lavan, and Michele A Evans. View insider buying and selling activity for Lockheed Martin.

LMT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Canandaigua National Corp, American National Bank, Platte River Wealth Advisors LLC, Fulton Bank N. A., Hoey Investments Inc., and Forte Capital LLC ADV. 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 activity for Lockheed Martin.

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One share of LMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $349.25.

Lockheed Martin has a market capitalization of $97.94 billion and generates $59.81 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $6.23 billion in net income (profit) each year or $21.95 on an earnings per share basis. Lockheed Martin employs 110,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Lockheed Martin is 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]