SG Americas Securities LLC Raises Stake in Lockheed Martin Corporation $LMT

SG Americas Securities LLC grew its stake in Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMTFree Report) by 7,309.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 262,233 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after purchasing an additional 258,694 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC owned approximately 0.11% of Lockheed Martin worth $126,834,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. United Financial Planning Group LLC purchased a new position in Lockheed Martin in the third quarter worth $25,000. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in 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 valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Lockheed Martin during the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Lockheed Martin during the 2nd quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Lockheed Martin during the 3rd quarter worth $35,000. 74.19% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Lockheed Martin Price Performance

LMT stock opened at $616.02 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $629.70 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $533.38. Lockheed Martin Corporation has a 12-month low of $410.11 and a 12-month high of $692.00. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.05. The company has a market cap of $141.73 billion, a PE ratio of 28.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 0.22.

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

Lockheed Martin Dividend Announcement

The firm 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 $3.45 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $13.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.2%. Lockheed Martin’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 64.22%.

Lockheed Martin News Summary

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Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently commented on LMT. Wall Street Zen lowered Lockheed Martin from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on Lockheed Martin from $464.00 to $517.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Argus upped their price objective on shares of Lockheed Martin from $530.00 to $735.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, March 6th. TD Cowen increased their price objective on shares of Lockheed Martin from $600.00 to $670.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $675.00 target price on shares of Lockheed Martin in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $623.16.

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Lockheed Martin Profile

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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.

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