Lockheed Martin - LMT Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lockheed Martin in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" LMT shares.
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10 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Lockheed Martin's stock. Their LMT share price forecasts range from $375.00 to $539.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $452.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.6% from the stock's current price.
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Lockheed Martin's stock was trading at $355.41 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, LMT shares have increased by 16.2% and is now trading at $413.07.
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Lockheed Martin saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,240,000 shares, a decrease of 16.1% from the August 15th total of 2,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,200,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 25th 2022.
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Lockheed Martin Co. (NYSE:LMT) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 19th. The aerospace company reported $6.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $6.29 by $0.03. The aerospace company had revenue of $15.45 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.02 billion. Lockheed Martin had a net margin of 7.33% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 69.02%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $7.13 earnings per share.
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Lockheed Martin announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $2.80 per share on Friday, September 23rd. This represents a $11.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.71%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 31st.
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Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) pays an annual dividend of $11.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.71%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 19 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 64.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LMT will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.72% 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 share repurchase plan on Thursday, September 23rd 2021, which allows the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Lockheed Martin updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $21.55-$21.55 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $26.85. The company issued revenue guidance of $65.25 billion-$65.25 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $65.98 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (14.52%), FMR LLC (2.25%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.00%), Northern Trust Corp (0.92%), Franklin Resources Inc. (0.92%) and GQG Partners LLC (0.77%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian P Colan, Brian P Colan, Gregory M Ulmer, John Donovan, John Frank A St, John Frank A St, Kenneth R Possenriede, Marillyn A Hewson, Maryanne Lavan, Michele A Evans, Richard F Ambrose, Richard F Ambrose and Stephanie C Hill.
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One share of LMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $413.07.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has a market capitalization of $109.53 billion and generates $67.04 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $6.32 billion in net income (profit) each year or $17.28 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 114,000 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.