Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT):
The company's earnings for share shows growth of 5.40% for the current year and 11.71%. Analyst projected EPS growth for the next 5 years at45.73%. 9.30% The company's EPS growth rate for the past five years was 9.30%. Stock for several years. The company's earnings will be a direct relationship to the price of the company's stock. The stock observed Sales growth of 1.60% during past 5 years. EPS growth quarter over quarter stands at 54.70% and Sales growth quarter over quarter at 16.00%.
Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) settled with change of 0.57% pushing the price on the $ 261.26 per share in recent trading session ended on Friday. The latest trading activity shows that the stock price is 8.33% off from its 52-week low and traded with a move of -28.03% from high-print in the last 52-week period. The Company kept 284.19M Floating Shares and holds 297.57M shares outstanding.
Shares price with -22.57% from its 50 Day and high at 8.33% from 50 Day low. Analyses consensus rating score stands at 2. For the next one year period, the average of the individual price target stated by the sell-side analysts is $ 360.89.
As a short look on profitability, the firm profit margin was 5.80%, and the operating margin was noted at 13.50%. The company maintained at Gross Margin of 12.90%. The Institutional ownership of the firm is 78.80% while Insiders ownership is 0.10%. Company has kept return on investment (ROI) at 33.10% over the previous 12 months and has been able to maintain return on assets (ROA) at 6.90% for the last twelve months.
Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) stock recent traded volume stands with 1983781 shares as compared to its average volume of 1642.13K shares. The related volume observed at 1.21.
Liquidity Indicator:
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Its debt ratio and its liability (payable and debt) with its assets (cash, marketable securities, inventory, accounts receivable). As such, a current ratio can be used as a rough estimate of a company's financial health. The quick ratio of 0.9 is a measure of how well the company can meet its short-term financial liabilities with quick assets (cash and cash equivalents, short-term marketable securities, and accounts receivable). The higher the ratio, the more financially secure the company is in the short term. A common law of thumb is that companies are able to meet their short-term liabilities.
The long term debt / equity shows a value of 14.3 with a total debt / equity of 15.62. It gives the investors the idea on the company's financial leverage, measured by apportioning total liabilities by its stockholders equity. It also illustrates how much debt is used in equity.
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Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) stock moved down -7.23% in contrast to its 20 days moving average displaying short-term to downward movement of stock. It shifted -11.92% below its 50-day simple moving average. This is showing medium-term bearish trend based on SMA 50. The stock price went underground -17.82% from its 200-day simple moving average identifying long-term down trend.
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