Q4 Earnings Strength: Social media discussions spotlight Lockheed Martin's robust fourth-quarter results, including 9.1% year-over-year revenue growth and a record $194 billion backlog. The stock's 44% surge over three months has outpaced the sector, driven by strong fundamentals and a promising 2026 outlook of 5% sales growth.
Geopolitical Boost: Heightened global tensions, including Middle East mobilizations and NATO spending increases, are seen as key tailwinds for the defense giant. Recent THAAD deals and advancements in hypersonics and unmanned systems have propelled shares higher, with some noting the best monthly performance since 1980.
Mixed Sentiment: While optimism dominates around stable government contracts and rising demand, voices caution at all-time highs and emerging bearish options flow. Investors weigh the structural shift in defense spending against potential near-term pullbacks.
Note: This discussion summary was generated from an AI condensation of post data.
Lockheed Martin Insider Trading Activity
Lockheed Martin insiders have traded $LMT stock on the open market 7 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 7 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $LMT stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- JOHN FRANK A ST (Chief Operating Officer) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 7,792 shares for an estimated $3,826,166.
- STEPHANIE C. HILL (Pres. Rotary & Mission Systems) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 2,410 shares for an estimated $6,660.
- GREGORY M ULMER (President Aeronautics) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 2,840 shares for an estimated $0.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
Lockheed Martin Revenue
Lockheed Martin had revenues of $20.3B in Q4 2025. This is an increase of 9.12% from the same period in the prior year.
You can track LMT financials on Quiver Quantitative's LMT stock page.
Lockheed Martin Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $LMT stock 3 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $LMT stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 11/18 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 12/19.
- REPRESENTATIVE VAL T. HOYLE sold up to $15,000 on 09/23.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
Lockheed Martin Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,161 institutional investors add shares of Lockheed Martin stock to their portfolio, and 1,347 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC removed 1,509,057 shares (-77.5%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $729,885,599
- CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS removed 1,035,763 shares (-36.3%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $500,967,490
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 851,976 shares (+5.1%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $412,075,231
- T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. removed 828,827 shares (-96.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $400,878,755
- D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. added 699,458 shares (+109.1%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $338,306,850
- AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added 669,604 shares (+107.3%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $323,867,366
- BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. removed 659,551 shares (-98.2%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $319,005,032
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
Lockheed Martin Government Contracts
We have seen $37,972,137,211 of award payments to $LMT over the last year.
Here are some of the awards which we have have seen pay out the most over the last year:
- THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO AWARD LONG LEAD FUNDING FOR F-35A, F-35B, AND F-35C AIRCRAFT FOR U.S. SE...: $14,153,976,413
- LONG RANGE ANTI-SHIP MISSILE/JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE LARGE LOT PROCUREMENT: $2,298,989,977
- EXECUTE PHASED ARRAY TRACKING RADAR TO INTERCEPT ON TARGET (PATRIOT) ADVANCED CAPABILITY-3 (PAC-3) MISSILE ...: $2,079,248,806
- SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, AUTONOMIC LOGISTICS INFORMATION SYSTEM HARDWARE, TRAINING SYSTEMS, SITE ACTIVATIONS, INT...: $2,028,124,527
- CH-53K FRP LOT 9 AND OPTION FRP LOT 10 LONG LEAD ITEMS: $1,705,679,085
To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard.
Lockheed Martin Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $LMT in the last several months. We have seen 4 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Truist Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 01/09/2026
- Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/15/2025
- Susquehanna issued a "Positive" rating on 10/09/2025
- Baird issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/06/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for Lockheed Martin, check out Quiver Quantitative's $LMT forecast page.
Lockheed Martin Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $LMT recently. We have seen 12 analysts offer price targets for $LMT in the last 6 months, with a median target of $597.5.
Here are some recent targets:
- John Godyn from Citigroup set a target price of $673.0 on 02/05/2026
- Noah Poponak from Goldman Sachs set a target price of $517.0 on 02/02/2026
- Sheila Kahyaoglu from Jefferies set a target price of $630.0 on 02/02/2026
- Gavin Parsons from UBS set a target price of $663.0 on 02/02/2026
- Gautam Khanna from TD Cowen set a target price of $670.0 on 01/30/2026
- Ken Herbert from RBC Capital set a target price of $650.0 on 01/30/2026
- Michael Ciarmoli from Truist Securities set a target price of $605.0 on 01/09/2026
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