Lockheed MartinLMT
About: Lockheed Martin is the world's largest defense contractor and has dominated the Western market for high-end fighter aircraft since it won the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in 2001. Aeronautics is Lockheed's largest segment, which derives upward of two-thirds of its revenue from the F-35. Lockheed's remaining segments are rotary and mission systems, mainly encompassing the Sikorsky helicopter business; missiles and fire control, which creates missiles and missile defense systems; and space systems, which produces satellites and receives equity income from the United Launch Alliance joint venture.
Employees: 121,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
52% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 323 | Existing positions closed: 213
15% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,055 | Existing positions reduced: 918
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 2,572 [Q3] → 2,628 (+56) [Q4]
0.04% more ownership
Funds ownership: 73.66% [Q3] → 73.7% (+0.04%) [Q4]
10% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.8B | Put options by funds: $1.99B
15% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $102B [Q3] → $86.9B (-$14.8B) [Q4]
40% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 72 [Q3] → 43 (-29) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
UBS Gavin Parsons 55% 1-year accuracy 12 / 22 met price target | 8%upside $499 | Neutral Maintained | 23 Apr 2025 |
Baird Peter Arment 48% 1-year accuracy 15 / 31 met price target | 16%upside $540 | Outperform Upgraded | 23 Apr 2025 |
Wells Fargo Matthew Akers 53% 1-year accuracy 41 / 78 met price target | 7%downside $432 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 8 Apr 2025 |
RBC Capital Ken Herbert 50% 1-year accuracy 34 / 68 met price target | 4%upside $480 | Sector Perform Downgraded | 27 Mar 2025 |
B of A Securities Ronald Epstein 50% 1-year accuracy 16 / 32 met price target | 5%upside $485 | Neutral Downgraded | 24 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 78 articles about LMT published over the past 30 days
