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Lockheed Martin Corporation

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Major US defense contractor specializing in aerospace, defense, and advanced technologies

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Backlog

194USD

52 Week Low

410.11USD

Eps

6.63USD

Earnings Surprise Average

14.01percent

Earnings Esp

0.65percent

Capital Expenditures

2.5USD

Intrinsic Value Per Share

752USD

Jul 1, 2026source

Free Cash Flow

5.6USD

Jul 1, 2026source

Stock Price

637.60USD

May 13, 2026source

Revenue Analyst Consensus

18.3USD

Apr 24, 2026source

Margin

11.7percent

Apr 24, 2026source

Cash

7.44USD

Apr 24, 2026source

Capex

511USD

Apr 24, 2026source

Eps Analyst Consensus

6.74USD

Apr 24, 2026source

Capex Growth

12percent

Apr 24, 2026source

Net Margin

8.3percent

Apr 24, 2026source

Forward Pe Ratio

20.6ratio

Apr 19, 2026source

Ytd Return

26.4percent

Apr 1, 2026source

Stated objectives

2026 segment operating margin at midpoint

target: 10.9% by 2026-12-31 00:00:00stated

2026 EPS guidance midpoint

target: 29.80 USD by 2026-12-31 00:00:00stated

2026 free cash flow target midpoint

target: 6.65 billion USD by 2026-12-31 00:00:00stated

Multibillion-dollar investment in munition production acceleration

target: Multiple billions USD by 2029-12-31 00:00:00stated

Total investment (CapEx + R&D) in 2026

target: 5 billion USD by 2026-12-31 00:00:00stated

1 billion USD additional strategic investment in F-35 sustainment

target: 1 billion USD by 2026-12-31 00:00:00stated

PAC-3 Patriot production capacity target

target: 2,000 units annually stated

Deliver between 170 and 190 F-35 aircraft in 2025

target: 170-190 by 2025-12-31 00:00:00stated

Sustained F-35 production rate of 156 aircraft per year

target: 156 stated

Quadruple THAAD production capacity from 96 to 400 interceptors per year

target: 400 interceptors per year stated

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Covered by

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headquartered in

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subsidiary of

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Competes with

Northrop Grumman Corp.Northrop Grumman Corporation Boeing Company Kongsberg Gruppen ASA Defence AR/VR & Simulation Market Raytheon Technologies Northrop Grumman Corporation L3Harris Technologies, Inc.Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle Market L3Harris Technologies Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Drones Market VisionWave Holdings Inc.

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United States Department of Defense Donald Trump →

Customer of

Rare Earth Permanent Magnets U.S. Air Force Japan Air Self-Defense Force Non-Destructive Testing Equipment Market REalloys Inc.

Supplies to

REAlloys REalloys Inc.TransDigm Group U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Army U.S. Navy U.S. Air Force Hadrian Starfighters Space, Inc.

Developed by

F-35 Lightning II THAAD PAC-3 MSE F-35 Fighter Aircraft F-35 Fighter Jet Legion Pod IRST21 Unmanned Surface Vehicles Marlin MMAUV Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Munitions Acceleration Center High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance

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Firefly Aerospace Revenue Surges 163% as Defense Contractors Ride Government Spending Wave

MP Materials targets 10,000-tonne magnet output by 2028, tenfold scale-up from current capacity

February 22, 2026

L3Harris Wins Red Wolf Strike System Contract From U.S. Navy

February 4, 2026

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High-profile departures at top AI labs — Brad Lightcap's exit from OpenAI and an unnamed researcher's departure from Alphabet/Google that triggered a share-price drop — are surfacing talent retention as a market risk factor even as hyperscalers pour record capital into AI infrastructure. The reaction shows investors treating key-person risk at frontier AI labs as material to valuation, a new fragility layered onto an otherwise bullish AI-driven capex cycle.

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Broadcom Inc.

Both facts report EPS for Broadcom Inc. for the same fiscal period (Q1 2026) observed on the same date (2026-02-01). However, they report conflicting values: 1.5 USD per share vs 2.05 USD per share. This is a 37% difference for the identical metric and time period, not a value change over time.

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