506,197 Shares in Lockheed Martin Corporation $LMT Acquired by Sanders Capital LLC

Sanders Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm bought 506,197 shares of the aerospace company’s stock, valued at approximately $252,699,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. United Financial Planning Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Lockheed Martin in the third quarter worth $25,000. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Lockheed Martin by 285.7% in the third quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 54 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Lockheed Martin in the third quarter valued at $27,000. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Lockheed Martin in the second quarter valued at $29,000. Finally, Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd purchased a new position in Lockheed Martin in the third quarter valued at $35,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 74.19% of the company’s stock.

Lockheed Martin News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Lockheed is expanding F‑35 capabilities with new weapons, data‑sharing and production wins, supporting longer‑term aircraft revenue and backlog growth. Is LMT Expanding F-35 Capabilities to Strengthen Air Dominance?
• Positive Sentiment: Lockheed won a role providing an anti‑jamming payload for Japan’s next‑generation defense satellite communications program—an international program that should add program revenue and deepen strategic ties. Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) To Provide Anti-Jamming Payload For Japan’s Next-Generation Defense Satellite Communication System
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and coverage note a defense demand tailwind—ramping munitions and system production globally—which supports multi‑year revenue visibility for primes like Lockheed. Lockheed Martin And RTX Stock: Rising Pillars Of Modern Defense
• Positive Sentiment: Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha Flight 7 successfully reached orbit and delivered a Lockheed payload—a technical validation and positive PR for Lockheed’s space customers and partners (though the immediate financial impact to Lockheed is likely limited). Firefly Aerospace Successfully Launches Alpha Flight 7
• Neutral Sentiment: Roth Capital and other coverage are focusing on Firefly’s momentum after the Alpha flight; that attention can buoy aerospace sentiment but mainly benefits smaller launch suppliers rather than big primes directly. Roth ‘encouraged’ by FireFly’s successful Alpha flight
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary and retrospectives (including long‑term performance pieces) reinforce Lockheed’s defensive, dividend‑paying profile—useful context but unlikely to move the stock near‑term. $1000 Invested In Lockheed Martin 20 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today
• Negative Sentiment: Lockheed’s most recent quarterly report showed an EPS miss vs. estimates (and year‑over‑year EPS decline), which keeps some traders cautious on near‑term earnings momentum despite revenue growth. (This remains a primary driver of short‑term volatility.)
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and balance‑sheet factors (premium P/E, elevated debt‑to‑equity) leave less room for disappointment vs. peers; with investors rotating into higher‑beta space and launch names, Lockheed can see short‑term selling pressure.

Lockheed Martin Price Performance

Shares of NYSE LMT opened at $646.24 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.05, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a current ratio of 1.09. Lockheed Martin Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $410.11 and a fifty-two week high of $692.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $148.69 billion, a PE ratio of 30.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 0.22. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $616.53 and its 200-day simple moving average is $524.82.

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

Lockheed Martin Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be issued a $3.45 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $13.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.1%. Lockheed Martin’s dividend payout ratio is presently 64.22%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

LMT has been the subject of several analyst reports. Truist Financial boosted their target price on Lockheed Martin from $605.00 to $695.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Lockheed Martin from $515.00 to $680.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on Lockheed Martin from $540.00 to $630.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, February 1st. TD Cowen upped their target price on shares of Lockheed Martin from $600.00 to $670.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane raised their target price on shares of Lockheed Martin from $550.00 to $570.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $618.95.

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.