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 filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
39% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 284 | Existing positions closed: 205
14% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,018 | Existing positions reduced: 890
0.15% less ownership
Funds ownership: 74.11% [Q3] → 73.96% (-0.15%) [Q4]
9% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.8B | Put options by funds: $1.98B
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 2,567 [Q3] → 2,521 (-46) [Q4]
15% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $103B [Q3] → $86.9B (-$15.6B) [Q4]
43% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 72 [Q3] → 41 (-31) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
10 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
10 analyst ratings
Wells Fargo Matthew Akers 34% 1-year accuracy 20 / 58 met price target | 13%upside $497 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 30 Jan 2025 |
JP Morgan Seth Seifman 36% 1-year accuracy 13 / 36 met price target | 21%upside $535 | Overweight Maintained | 30 Jan 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Kristine Liwag 67% 1-year accuracy 12 / 18 met price target | 19%upside $525 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 29 Jan 2025 |
RBC Capital Ken Herbert 51% 1-year accuracy 35 / 68 met price target | 25%upside $550 | Outperform Maintained | 29 Jan 2025 |
Susquehanna Charles Minervino 38% 1-year accuracy 26 / 69 met price target | 25%upside $550 | Positive Maintained | 29 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 74 articles about LMT published over the past 30 days









