Lockheed Martin
LMT
About: Lockheed Martin is the world's largest defense contractor and has dominated the Western market for high-end fighter aircraft since it won the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in 2001. Aeronautics is Lockheed's largest segment, which derives upward of two-thirds of its revenue from the F-35. Lockheed's remaining segments are rotary and mission systems, mainly encompassing the Sikorsky helicopter business; missiles and fire control, which creates missiles and missile defense systems; and space systems, which produces satellites and receives equity income from the United Launch Alliance joint venture.
Employees: 121,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
71% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 173 | Existing positions closed: 101
37% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $2.22B | Put options by funds: $1.62B
15% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,083 | Existing positions reduced: 944
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 2,536 [Q1] → 2,568 (+32) [Q2]
3% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $77.5B [Q1] → $80B (+$2.53B) [Q2]
0.2% more ownership
Funds ownership: 73.88% [Q1] → 74.08% (+0.2%) [Q2]
34% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 38 [Q1] → 25 (-13) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
B of A Securities
Ronald Epstein
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$480
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Neutral
Maintained
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21 Aug 2025 |
UBS
Gavin Parsons
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$453
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Neutral
Maintained
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23 Jul 2025 |
JP Morgan
Seth Seifman
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$465
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Overweight
Maintained
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23 Jul 2025 |
Truist Securities
Michael Ciarmoli
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$440
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Hold
Downgraded
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23 Jul 2025 |
RBC Capital
Ken Herbert
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$440
|
Sector Perform
Maintained
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23 Jul 2025 |
Susquehanna
Charles Minervino
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$490
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Positive
Maintained
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23 Jul 2025 |
Baird
Peter Arment
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$500
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Outperform
Maintained
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23 Jul 2025 |
TD Cowen
Gautam Khanna
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$480
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Hold
Downgraded
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10 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 156 articles about LMT published over the past 30 days