“The lower effective income tax rates for the quarter and six months ended June 28, 2026 were primarily attributable to lower interest expense on our uncertain tax position and the reach-forward losses recognized in 2025.”10-Q · Jul 23, 2026 ↗
Lockheed Martin Corporation
LMT
You’ve read what changed. Here’s whether the market is confirming it.
Market read
Lockheed Martin Corporation's move is spreading beyond its market group.
LMT accounts for 2.9% of the group's measured movement across 6.6 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 0 of 12 SPY-adjusted paths align to the mixed. Capital-flow agreement is 13%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.
Is this move genuinely shared?
LHX, HII, NOC moved materially before LMT. LMT crossed its material path threshold at 11:20 ET, 45 minutes after the first measured mover. RSG, KRMN, GD followed.
5 of 12 members in Aerospace & Defense are active. 0 of 8 disclosed connections are confirming.
- At least 8 of 12 durable members become active together.
- Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
- BWXT remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.
Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 4 of 12 members or fewer.
Research brief
The story so far
LMT accounts for 2.9% of the group's measured movement across 6.6 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 0 of 12 SPY-adjusted paths align to the mixed. Capital-flow agreement is 13%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- At least 8 of 12 durable members become active together.
- Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
- BWXT remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +5.6% year over year.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.71x in the latest annual period.
No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.
- P/E is 24% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 33% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
524.31Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The FY 2027 proposal is subject to Congressional appropriation, and there can be no assurance that it will be enacted at the levels proposed or that increases in authorized quantities will translate into increased orders for our programs within any particular…”10-Q · Jul 23, 2026 ↗
“Certain costs, including rising labor rates and supplier costs, have increased as a result of inflation, and have adversely affected our margins on certain programs.”10-Q · Jul 22, 2025 ↗
“During 2024, we recorded charges totaling $ 87 million ($ 69 million, or $ 0.29 per share, after-tax) for trademark and fixed asset impairments as well as severance costs resulting from the strategic review of our Sikorsky business during the second quarter o…”10-K · Jan 29, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 1.6× · EV/sales 1.8×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for LMT. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for LMT. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind LMT
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
GTHPFiling-linked namesupplierJan 29, 2026 ▾
“The increase was primarily attributable to higher sales of approximately $1.4 billion for tactical and strike missile programs due to increased volume (primarily JASSM, LRASM, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) and PrSM); and about $450 million for…”
ORNOrion Group Holdings, Inc.customerJul 22, 2025 ▾
“This increase was primarily attributable to higher sales of $115 million for commercial civil space programs primarily due to higher volume on the Orion program; and $80 million for strategic and missile defense programs due to higher volume on NGI and Fleet…”
Depended on by
ISSC47.0% of ISSCcustomerDec 23, 2025 ▾
“Currently, we support multiple OEM platforms, including those with the Boeing Company, Eclipse Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, and Pilatus Aircraft.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
LMT is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Aerospace & Defense. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.