Yahoo Finance Lockheed Martin (LMT) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know
Lockheed Martin (LMT) closed at $393.98 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.34% move from the prior day. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.26% gain on the day. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.13%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.4%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the aerospace and defense company had gained 3.2% over the past month. This has lagged the Aerospace sector's gain of 7.4% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.92% in that time.
LMT will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release. In that report, analysts expect LMT to post earnings of $5.03 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 2.14%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $14.98 billion, up 4.65% from the year-ago period.
LMT's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $21.20 per share and revenue of $59.31 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +20.52% and +10.31%, respectively.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for LMT. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
Ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), the Zacks Rank system has a proven, outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks returning an average of +25% annually since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection remained stagnant. LMT is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
Digging into valuation, LMT currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 18.52. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 18.4, so we one might conclude that LMT is trading at a premium comparatively.
It is also worth noting that LMT currently has a PEG ratio of 2.61. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. The Aerospace - Defense was holding an average PEG ratio of 2.14 at yesterday's closing price.
The Aerospace - Defense industry is part of the Aerospace sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 14, putting it in the top 6% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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