Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) Shares Down 1.4% – What’s Next?

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) was down 1.4% on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $657.56 and last traded at $667.12. Approximately 2,138,542 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 9% from the average daily volume of 1,969,195 shares. The stock had previously closed at $676.70.

Key Headlines Impacting Lockheed Martin

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

• Positive Sentiment: White House meeting set for March 6 with defense executives — could accelerate U.S. restocking and production priorities if officials push faster weapons replenishment, supporting future revenue and margin upside. Dear Lockheed Martin Stock Fans, Mark Your Calendars for March 6
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst / sector notes saying prolonged conflict drives missile restocking — Barron’s highlights Lockheed among firms that stand to benefit from sustained U.S. resupply spending, supporting a multi‑year revenue tailwind. Lockheed Martin and 5 Other Stocks That Can Benefit From the U.S. Restocking Its Missiles
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish investor interest in the sector — Mario Gabelli highlights Lockheed and peers as winners from a multi‑year, capital‑intensive buildout across the missile supply chain, which supports investor appetite for LMT over the cycle. Gabelli Likes Lockheed, RTX, Boeing — and a Small Supplier You’ve Never Heard Of
• Positive Sentiment: Recent contract awards — a reported $1.9B U.S. Air Force contract for C-130J training/maintenance and an $18.9M Trident II D5 life‑extension modification extend visible backlog and cash flow in Space and Aeronautics. Lockheed Martin Secures $1.9B U.S. Air Force Contract for C-130J Training and Maintenance Systems
• Positive Sentiment: Investing in advanced sensing and quantum analytics — partnerships on terahertz sensing and a quantum machine‑learning collaboration position Lockheed to capture higher‑margin, next‑gen defense work if technologies scale. Lockheed Martin Bets On Terahertz Sensing And Quantum Machine Learning
• Neutral Sentiment: Jim Cramer commentary labels LMT a long‑term winner — useful sentiment/support but mostly noise for near‑term trading. Jim Cramer Says “Lockheed Martin Is Still a Winner, Even Up Here”
• Neutral Sentiment: Reporting that defense executives will meet the White House — confirms policy attention on replenishment but timing and concrete awards remain uncertain. Exclusive: Defense executives plan meet White House as strikes on Iran diminish stockpiles
• Negative Sentiment: Ban on Anthropic’s AI tools forces Lockheed to remove vendor solutions — compliance could cause short‑term disruption, transition costs, and program delays for teams using those models. Defense contractors, like Lockheed, seen removing Anthropic’s AI after Trump ban
• Negative Sentiment: Earlier quarterly EPS miss (Jan. 29) — Lockheed reported revenue beats but EPS below consensus, which increases near‑term sensitivity to guidance and cost trends despite healthy backlog.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings raised Lockheed Martin from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. BNP Paribas Exane increased their target price on Lockheed Martin from $550.00 to $570.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. DZ Bank lowered shares of Lockheed Martin from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $665.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on shares of Lockheed Martin from $464.00 to $517.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on Lockheed Martin from $550.00 to $640.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 16th. 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 company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $612.50.

Lockheed Martin Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.05, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 0.94. The stock has a market capitalization of $150.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 0.22. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $592.90 and its 200-day simple moving average is $515.04.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The aerospace company reported $5.80 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $6.33 by ($0.53). The firm had revenue of $20.32 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $7.67 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Lockheed Martin Corporation will post 27.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Lockheed Martin Dividend Announcement

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

Institutional Trading of Lockheed Martin

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Lockheed Martin by 107.3% during the 4th quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,293,823 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $625,784,000 after buying an additional 669,604 shares in the last quarter. Tableaux LLC increased its position in shares of Lockheed Martin by 34,231.4% during the second quarter. Tableaux LLC now owns 623,115 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $288,589,000 after buying an additional 621,300 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in Lockheed Martin by 10.1% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 5,728,551 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $2,770,729,000 after purchasing an additional 527,523 shares during the period. Sanders Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Lockheed Martin in the third quarter valued at approximately $252,699,000. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in Lockheed Martin by 203.3% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 560,363 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $271,031,000 after purchasing an additional 375,622 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 74.19% of the company’s stock.

About Lockheed Martin

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.