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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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Key metrics · each point sourced

Backlog
194USD
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52 Week Low
410.11USD
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Eps
6.63USD
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Earnings Surprise Average
14.01percent
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Earnings Esp
0.65percent
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Capital Expenditures
2.5USD
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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

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

2026 EPS guidance midpoint

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

2026 free cash flow target midpoint

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

Multibillion-dollar investment in munition production acceleration

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

Total investment (CapEx + R&D) in 2026

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

1 billion USD additional strategic investment in F-35 sustainment

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

PAC-3 Patriot production capacity target

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target: 2,000 units annually stated

Deliver between 170 and 190 F-35 aircraft in 2025

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

Sustained F-35 production rate of 156 aircraft per year

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target: 156 stated

Quadruple THAAD production capacity from 96 to 400 interceptors per year

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target: 400 interceptors per year stated

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Frontier AI Slowdown Call Splits Industry, Rattles Capex-Sensitive Markets
Anthropic's Dario Amodei publicly called for a coordinated global slowdown in frontier AI development, a stance Microsoft echoed with a 'humanist' AI code of conduct, but Nvidia and Meta's CEOs rejected any coordinated pause days later, exposing a widening rift between safety-focused and growth-focused AI leaders. The dispute landed amid growing financial scrutiny of AI infrastructure spending — a hyperscaler capex analysis, FTC warnings against antitrust waivers for AI firms, and an 8.6% single-day stock drop in GE Vernova tied directly to the slowdown remarks — signaling investors are newly nervous about whether the AI capex boom (including Alphabet's projected $701B revenue narrative) can be justified if the pace of development itself becomes contested.
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Satellite-Terrestrial Network Integration Acceleration
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ING Group
Both facts record the same metric (shares_outstanding) for ING Group at the identical observation date (2025-12-31). FACT A states 2,902,437,688 shares; FACT B states 2,902 million shares (2,902,000,000). The difference is 437,688 shares (~0.015%). This is a genuine value conflict, though the discrepancy appears to result from FACT B rounding to the nearest million while FACT A provides the precise count.
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