Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) Rating Increased to Strong-Buy at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating in a report released on Saturday morning.

A number of other research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Lockheed Martin from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Friday, March 6th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted 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. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Lockheed Martin from $592.00 to $673.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. DZ Bank lowered shares of Lockheed Martin from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $665.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, TD Cowen boosted their price target 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. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $618.95.

Lockheed Martin Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of NYSE:LMT opened at $646.24 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $148.69 billion, a PE ratio of 30.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 0.22. 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 has a 52-week low of $410.11 and a 52-week high of $692.00. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $616.53 and a 200 day moving average of $525.30.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 the consensus estimate of $19.84 billion. Lockheed Martin had a net margin of 6.69% and a return on equity of 108.53%. Lockheed Martin’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $7.67 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Lockheed Martin will post 27.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Lockheed Martin Dividend Announcement

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of LMT. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Lockheed Martin by 1.0% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,697,527 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $10,048,993,000 after buying an additional 214,565 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Lockheed Martin by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 8,638,936 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $4,178,399,000 after acquiring an additional 114,900 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised 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 worth $2,770,729,000 after purchasing an additional 527,523 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its holdings in Lockheed Martin by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 2,384,753 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,190,493,000 after purchasing an additional 79,491 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Lockheed Martin by 4.2% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,196,058 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,096,294,000 after purchasing an additional 87,663 shares during the period. 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 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.