LMT: Lockhead Martin BUY & HOLD

22 Jul 2020

LMT
Business Description: Lockheed Martin Corp. operates as a global security and aerospace company, which engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of technology systems, products, and services. It operates through the following business segments: Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control (MFC), Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) and Space.
GRT (Earnings Growth Rate): GRT reflects a company's one to three year forecasted earnings growth rate in percent per year. LMT has a forecasted Earnings Growth Rate of 17.00 %, which VectorVest considers to be very good.
Vectorvest Data:
EPS (Earnings per Share): EPS stands for leading 12 months Earnings Per Share. LMT has a forecasted EPS of $24.91 per share. VectorVest determines this forecast from a combination of recent earnings performance and traditional fiscal and/or calendar year earnings forecasts.

P/E (Price to Earnings Ratio): P/E shows the dollars required to buy one dollar of earnings. LMT has a P/E of 15.06. The average P/E of all the stocks in the VectorVest database is 57.51.

EY (Earnings Yield): EY reflects earnings per share as a percent of Price. LMT has an EY of 6.64 %. This is above the current average of 1.74 % for all the stocks in the VectorVest database.

GPE (Growth to P/E Ratio): LMT has a GPE rating of 1.13. A stock is commonly considered to be undervalued when GPE is greater than 1.00.

DIV (Dividend): VectorVest reports annual, regular, cash dividends as indicated by the most recent payments. Special distributions, one-time payments, stock dividends, etc., are not generally included in DIV. LMT pays an annual dividend of $9.60 per share.

DY (Dividend Yield): DY reflects dividend per share as a percent of Price. LMT has a Dividend Yield of 2.56 %. This is above the current average of 1.21 % for all the stocks in the VectorVest database. DY equals 100 x (DIV/Price). It is useful to compare DY with EY. If DY is not significantly lower than EY, the dividend payment may be in jeopardy.

DS (Dividend Safety): DS is an indicator of the assurance that regular cash dividends will be declared and paid at current or at higher rates for the foreseeable future. LMT has a Dividend Safety of 73, which is good on a scale of 0 to 99. Stocks with DS values above 75 typically have RS values well above 1.00 and EY levels that are much higher than DY.

DG (Dividend Growth Rate): Dividend Growth is a forecasted annual growth rate of a company's dividend based on historical dividend payments and dividend predictability. It is a subtle yet important indicator of a company's financial performance. It also provides some insight into the board's outlook on the company's ability to increase earnings. LMT has a Dividend Growth of 13.00 %. This is above the current average of 7.00 % for all the stocks in the VectorVest database.

YSG (YSG-Vector): YSG is an indicator which combines DY, DS and DG into a single value, and allows direct comparison of all dividend-paying stocks in the database. LMT has a YSG Rating of 1.10, which is good. Stocks with the highest YSG values have the best combinations of Dividend Yield, Safety and Growth. These are the stocks to buy for somewhat above current income and long-term growth.

AvgVol: AvgVol is the 50 day moving average of daily volume as computed by VectorVest. LMT has an AvgVol of 1,567,595 shares traded per day.

%Vol: %Vol reflects the percent change in today's trading volume as compared to the AvgVol. %Vol equals ((Volume - AvgVol) / AvgVol ) * 100. LMT had a %Vol of 27.19 % on Tuesday, July 21, 2020

%PRC: LMT Price changed 2.62 % from the prior day's closing price.

Sales: LMT has annual sales of 61,127,000,000

Sales Growth: Sales Growth is the Sales Growth Rate in percent over the last 12 months. LMT has a Sales Growth of 8.00 % per year. This is good.

Sales Per Share (SPS): LMT has annual sales of $217.97 per share.

Price to Sales Ratio (P/S): LMT has a P/S of 1.72.

Shares: LMT has 280,000,000 shares of stock outstanding.

Market Capitalization: LMT has a Market Capitalization of 105,198,000,000.

Business Sector: LMT has been assigned to the Aerospace & Defense Business Sector. VectorVest classifies stocks into over 200 Industry Groups and 40 Business Sectors.

Industry Group: LMT has been assigned to the Aerospace & Defense (Mfrs) Industry Group. VectorVest classifies stocks into over 200 Industry Groups and 40 Business Sectors.