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LMT

Lockheed Martin Corporation
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52-week range439.19 – 676.706 report(s) in our archive
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    What LMT trades with

    The themes this instrument belongs to, and the rest of what sits inside them — the peer set a screener gives you is statistical, this one is editorial.

    Defence

    The US primes and the European names that re-rated on rearmament — two different cycles wearing one label.

    INDY NEWS coverage of LMT6

    Every report in our own archive tagged with this symbol, newest first — fetched from the archive alongside the market data.

    • BREAKING STORYBEARISH
      Defense Stocks Drop 3% as Report Says Iran May Reopen Strait of Hormuz

      Lockheed Martin and RTX each dropped 3% and Boeing declined after a report that the Strait of Hormuz could reopen, which also sent oil prices lower.

    • BREAKING STORYBULLISH
      Morgan Stanley Maps Four Catalysts for SpaceX as Trillion-Dollar Revenue Math Draws Scrutiny

      Morgan Stanley flagged four near-term catalysts capable of re-rating SpaceX equity into year-end, sharpening institutional focus on private-market space exposure. Separate analysis stress-tests Elon Musk's implied trillion-dollar revenue ambition, concluding the arithmetic requires Starlink to become a global telecom utility rather than a launch adjacency.

    • SPECIAL REPORTBEARISH
      Hormuz Tanker Strike Reignites Energy Risk Premium as Western Defense Supply Chains Tighten

      A vessel tied to ADNOC was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz as President Trump defended an extended carrier deployment in the region, while the U.K. stepped up defense supply-chain vetting after Chinese-origin signals were detected in naval drones. The twin developments reassert a security premium across energy and defense-linked assets.

    • BREAKING STORYBULLISH
      Autonomy and Defense Capital Converge: Pony.ai-Uber Europe Push, Trump Shipbuilding Order

      Two industrial policy and mobility catalysts landed simultaneously: a 2,000-plus vehicle robotaxi rollout in Europe from Pony.ai and Uber, and a presidential directive to overhaul U.S. Navy shipbuilding including construction of a new shipyard. Both channel capital into physical infrastructure with multi-year visibility.

    • SPECIAL REPORTNEUTRAL
      The Space Economy Goes Mainstream As SpaceX Valuation Surge Draws Index Money

      Space Exploration Technologies exposure surged in the latest session, coinciding with rising investor interest in dedicated space-sector benchmarks such as the Syntax Space Industry Index. Bullish enthusiasm around launch cadence, satellite broadband economics and defense adjacency is now colliding with bearish analysis warning that current valuations embed near-flawless execution.

    • SPECIAL REPORTBULLISH
      Golden Dome Test Success Reframes the Space-Defense Trade

      A successful Golden Dome test involving SpaceX and Northrop Grumman advances the US layered missile defense program, while Rocket Lab's Neutron debut sets up a potential profitability inflection. The sector is transitioning from speculative narrative to contracted revenue.

    Full archive search for LMT

    Every figure on this page is fetched and computed in your browser from free public sources — end-of-day prices and reported financials from Yahoo Finance's open endpoints, and our own archive for the coverage panel. Fundamental history on the free tier runs about four fiscal years and five quarters. Data is best-effort and unaudited; this is market research, not investment advice.

    Guidance reliability · LMTmethodology·all companies

    Only 2 resolved forecasts on record — below the 6-period threshold, so no verdict is published.

    n = 2 resolved forecasts · FY 2025 to FY 2025 · 7 still outstanding

    Insufficient sample — no verdict published. LMT has 2 resolved forecasts on record, below the 6 needed before we will characterise a management team’s forecasting. The record below is published in full; the company is excluded from every ranking on this site until it clears the threshold.

    Pattern
    Not enough resolved periods
    2 resolved
    Avg. signed deviation
    −9.9%
    outside its own range
    Avg. vs midpoint
    −9.9%
    where in the range it lands
    Avg. range width
    1.2%
    room it leaves itself
    Above guidance1Below guidance1

    Next report expected 20 Oct 2026 (Q3 FY2026) — Estimated from the issuer's own filing history: FY2025Q3 results were released on 2025-10-21. source

    The record — 26 forecasts, 9 scoredevery figure sourced
    Every forecast LMT management issued in its own earnings releases, with the outcome the company later reported and a link to both source documents.
    PeriodMeasureGuidedIssuedReportedLandedDeviationVerdictSources
    FY 2026revisedEPS$29.95–$30.652026-07-23———PENDINGguidance
    “Diluted earnings per share ~$29.95 - $30.65 $29.35 - $30.25”
    FY 2026revisedRevenue$79.75–$81.75bn2026-07-23———PENDINGguidance
    “Sales ~$79,750 - $81,750 $77,500 - $80,000”
    FY 2026revisedEPS$29.35–$30.252026-04-23———PENDINGguidance
    “Diluted earnings per share $29.35 - $30.25”
    FY 2026revisedRevenue$77.50–$80.00bn2026-04-23———PENDINGguidance
    “Sales $77,500 - $80,000”
    FY 2026EPS$29.35–$30.252026-01-29———PENDINGguidance
    “Diluted earnings per share $29.35 - $30.25”
    FY 2026Revenue$77.50–$80.00bn2026-01-29———PENDINGguidance
    “Sales $77,500 - $80,000”
    FY 2025revisedEPS$22.15–$22.352025-10-21$21.49−3.0%BELOWguidance · result
    “Diluted earnings per share ~$22.15 - $22.35”
    FY 2025revisedRevenue$74.25–$74.75bn2025-10-21$75.0bn+0.4%ABOVEguidance · result
    “Sales ~$74,250 - $74,750”
    FY 2025revisedEPS$21.70–$22.002025-07-22$21.49−1.0%BELOWguidance · result
    “Diluted earnings per share ~$21.70 - $22.00”
    FY 2025revisedRevenue$73.75–$74.75bn2025-07-22$75.0bn+0.4%ABOVEguidance · result
    “Sales ~$73,750 - $74,750”
    FY 2025EPS$27.00–$27.302025-04-22$21.49−20.3%BELOWguidance · result
    “Diluted earnings per share ~$27.00 - $27.30”
    FY 2025revisedRevenue$73.75–$74.75bn2025-04-22$75.0bn+0.4%ABOVEguidance · result
    “Sales ~$73,750 - $74,750”
    FY 2025Revenue$73.75–$74.75bn2025-01-28$75.0bn+0.4%ABOVEguidance · result
    “Net sales $71,043 $71,208 ~$73,750 - $74,750”
    FY 2024revisedRevenue$71.3bn2024-10-22———PENDINGguidance
    “Net sales ~$71,250 $70,500 - $71,500”
    FY 2024EPS$26.10–$26.602024-07-23———PENDINGguidance
    “Diluted earnings per share2 $26.10 - $26.60 $25.65 - $26.35”
    FY 2024revisedRevenue$70.50–$71.50bn2024-07-23———PENDINGguidance
    “Net sales $70,500 - $71,500 $68,500 - $70,000”
    FY 2024revisedRevenue$68.50–$70.00bn2024-04-23———PENDINGguidance
    “Net sales $68,500 - $70,000”
    FY 2024Revenue$68.50–$70.00bn2024-01-23———PENDINGguidance
    “Net sales $68,500 - $70,000”
    FY 2023revisedEPS$27.00–$27.202023-10-17———PENDINGguidance
    “Diluted earnings per share ~$27.00 - $27.20”
    FY 2023revisedRevenue$66.25–$66.75bn2023-10-17———PENDINGguidance
    “Net sales ~$66,250 - $66,750”
    FY 2023revisedRevenue$66.25–$66.75bn2023-07-18———PENDINGguidance
    “Net sales ~$66,250 - $66,750 ~$65,000 - $66,000”
    FY 2023EPS$26.60–$26.902023-04-18———PENDINGguidance
    “Diluted earnings per share ~$26.60 - $26.90”
    FY 2023revisedRevenue$65.00–$66.00bn2023-04-18———PENDINGguidance
    “Net sales ~$65,000 - $66,000”
    FY 2023Revenue$65.00–$66.00bn2023-01-24———PENDINGguidance
    “Net sales ~$65,000 - $66,000”
    FY 2022revisedRevenue$65.3bn2022-10-18———PENDINGguidance
    “Net sales ~$65,250”
    FY 2022Revenue$65.3bn2022-07-19———PENDINGguidance
    “Net sales ~$65,250 ~$66,000”

    Every figure above is read from the company’s own filings. “Guidance” links to the 8-K exhibit that issued the forecast; “result” links to the exhibit in which the company reported the outcome. Nothing here is an analyst estimate. How this is measured.

    Coverage universe: S&P 100. This is a factual record of what a company forecast and what it then reported. It is not investment advice, and it is not a view on the company’s prospects — we publish the measurement and draw no conclusion from it.