Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) Trading 1.2% Higher – Here’s Why

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) shot up 1.2% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $563.30 and last traded at $557.8290. 2,009,604 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 26% from the average session volume of 2,717,709 shares. The stock had previously closed at $551.24.

Lockheed Martin News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Lockheed hit a 52‑week high, signaling strong buyer demand and momentum tied to recent contract and budget news. Lockheed Martin stock hits 52-week high
• Positive Sentiment: Social and market commentary highlights a proposed $1.5T U.S. defense budget for FY2027 plus recent contract wins (PAC‑3 MSE interceptors, expanded F‑35 production) — a direct revenue tailwind and reason analysts have raised targets. QuiverQuant defense budget & contract discussion
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage noting a 13.7% one‑month jump cites the PAC‑3 framework, record F‑35 deliveries and higher U.S. defense budgets as the drivers — practical near‑term demand that improves revenue visibility. Zacks: LMT rises 13.7% in a month
• Positive Sentiment: Truist upgraded LMT, and several analysts have issued higher price targets recently (including some above $600), supporting the rally and lowering downside risk in the near term. Truist upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: High‑profile visits and public endorsements — e.g., Secretary of War Pete Hegseth visiting the Fort Worth F‑35 plant and media commentary saying Lockheed should “win a lot” — raise the company’s political visibility and may favor contract wins. PR Newswire: Secretary of War visit
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader tech/defense themes (AI, sovereign compute and quantum) are attracting capital into defense‑adjacent names; that supports sector interest but is a less direct catalyst for Lockheed. Zacks: AI/defense/quantum sector piece
• Neutral Sentiment: DoD investments in suppliers (example: L3Harris receiving large Pentagon funding to expand missile supply) can ease industry bottlenecks and help primes like Lockheed, but those moves mainly benefit the direct recipients. This is a modest, indirect positive for LMT. MarketBeat: L3Harris Pentagon investment
• Neutral Sentiment: Jefferies reiterated a Hold rating, citing balanced risk/reward and unlocked optionality — a reminder some analysts see upside but also execution/valuation limits. TipRanks: Jefferies hold note
• Negative Sentiment: Insider and some institutional selling was highlighted (several insider sales and mixed hedge‑fund flows), which could cap gains if it continues — watch volume and follow‑through. QuiverQuant: insider & institutional activity

Analyst Ratings Changes

LMT has been the subject of several research reports. Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on Lockheed Martin from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, October 6th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Lockheed Martin in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price objective on shares of Lockheed Martin from $517.00 to $492.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 10th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on shares of Lockheed Martin from $500.00 to $540.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday. Finally, Citigroup raised their target price on Lockheed Martin from $505.00 to $592.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Lockheed Martin presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $522.24.

Lockheed Martin Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.32, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.13. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $475.10 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $468.79. The stock has a market cap of $129.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 0.24.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 21st. The aerospace company reported $6.95 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $6.33 by $0.62. Lockheed Martin had a return on equity of 111.84% and a net margin of 5.73%.The business had revenue of $18.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $18.45 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $6.84 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.8% on a year-over-year basis. Lockheed Martin has set its FY 2025 guidance at 22.150-22.350 EPS. Analysts forecast that Lockheed Martin Corporation will post 27.15 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Lockheed Martin

In related news, COO John Frank A. St sold 7,792 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $491.04, for a total transaction of $3,826,183.68. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer directly owned 1 shares in the company, valued at $491.04. This represents a 99.99% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 0.14% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Lockheed Martin

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. United Financial Planning Group LLC acquired a new stake in Lockheed Martin during the third quarter worth $25,000. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Lockheed Martin by 285.7% during the 3rd quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 54 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the period. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Lockheed Martin during the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. Mid American Wealth Advisory Group Inc. bought a new stake in Lockheed Martin in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Lockheed Martin in the second quarter worth about $29,000. 74.19% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.