K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc Buys New Shares in Lockheed Martin Corporation $LMT

K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc purchased a new position in shares of Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 2,055 shares of the aerospace company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,026,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of LMT. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in Lockheed Martin by 5.0% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 3,995 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,941,000 after acquiring an additional 191 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Lockheed Martin by 5.4% during the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 973 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $451,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Integrity Financial Corp WA purchased a new stake in shares of Lockheed Martin during the 2nd quarter worth $206,000. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. grew its stake in shares of Lockheed Martin by 17.3% during the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 1,460 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $676,000 after purchasing an additional 215 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Transcend Capital Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Lockheed Martin by 5.3% in the second quarter. Transcend Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,912 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $885,000 after buying an additional 97 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 74.19% of the company’s stock.

Lockheed Martin News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Lockheed Martin this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Won or expanded defense contracts that support near‑term revenue and backlog — including a foreign military sale to supply C-130J training devices and upgrades to the Royal Australian Air Force and reported capacity expansions for THAAD and PAC‑3 interceptors. Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) Secures Foreign Military Sale Contract Through Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
• Positive Sentiment: Supply‑chain revenue extension: Lockheed’s Aeronautics business placed follow‑on orders with CPI Aerostructures for F‑16 structural assemblies, adding about $9M of orders with deliveries through 2028. CPI Aerostructures Receives Additional Orders Worth $9M From Lockheed Martin for F-16 Structural Assemblies
• Positive Sentiment: Program positioning: Lockheed commentary and involvement in next‑gen space programs (GPS‑IIIF) and cyber partnerships reinforce long‑term TAM exposure in space and cyber. GPS-IIIF Will Change “Calculus” Of Adversaries Seeking To Counter GPS, Lockheed Martin Official Says
• Positive Sentiment: Cyber capability tie‑ups: Lockheed joined BCR Cyber’s strategic industry partner consortium — supportive for its cybersecurity services and bid competitiveness. Lockheed Martin Joins BCR Cyber’s Strategic Industry Partner Consortium
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and retail attention: Streaming coverage and “trending” articles (Zacks, MarketBeat/Yahoo) highlight interest but offer mixed buy/sell signals — useful for flows but not new fundamentals. Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It
• Neutral Sentiment: Minor insider sale: An officer sold 10 shares (de minimis reduction in ownership); not material to fundamentals. SEC Filing – Insider Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Pentagon inquiry into Anthropic exposure: The DoD has asked Lockheed (and Boeing) to disclose reliance on Anthropic’s Claude model as a preliminary step toward labeling Anthropic a “supply‑chain risk” — this raises regulatory/compliance uncertainty and potential disruption to AI tooling used across programs. Pentagon asks Boeing, Lockheed Martin about their exposure to Anthropic, Axios reports
• Negative Sentiment: Sector‑wide rotation and profit‑taking: Defense stocks are pulling back amid investor profit‑taking, rotation back to software, and possible macro/political influence after major speeches — pressure that can amplify LMT downside despite solid contract news. Defense Stocks Are Taking a Hit. There Are 3 Reasons.
• Negative Sentiment: Anthropic conflict context: Coverage of Anthropic’s pushback against military uses highlights potential frictions that could complicate DoD relationships with AI vendors and their contractor customers. Anthropic Tussles with Pentagon as AI Goes to War

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings raised Lockheed Martin from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on Lockheed Martin from $615.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 30th. UBS Group boosted their target price on Lockheed Martin from $580.00 to $663.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a “market perform” rating and issued a $654.00 price target on shares of Lockheed Martin in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on shares of Lockheed Martin from $540.00 to $630.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, February 1st. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $612.50.

Lockheed Martin Trading Down 2.4%

LMT opened at $648.30 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.05. Lockheed Martin Corporation has a 52 week low of $410.11 and a 52 week high of $669.75. The business’s 50 day moving average is $574.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is $507.11. The firm has a market cap of $149.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.23.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The aerospace company reported $5.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $6.33 by ($0.53). Lockheed Martin had a return on equity of 108.53% and a net margin of 6.69%.The business had revenue of $20.32 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.84 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $7.67 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 9.1% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts predict that Lockheed Martin Corporation will post 27.15 EPS for the current year.

Lockheed Martin Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 27th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd will be issued a dividend of $3.45 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $13.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.1%. Lockheed Martin’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 64.22%.

Lockheed Martin Company Profile

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) is a global aerospace and defense company that designs, develops and manufactures advanced technology systems for government and commercial customers. Formed through the 1995 merger of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta, the company is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, and focuses on providing integrated solutions across air, space, land and sea domains. Its primary customers include the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA and allied governments around the world.

Lockheed Martin’s product and service portfolio spans military aircraft, missile and fire-control systems, missile defense, space systems and satellite technologies, sensors and precision weapons.