Lockheed Martin Corporation

LMT Industrials Aerospace & Defense

Lockheed Martin Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $75.0 billion, up 5.64% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+11.3%
EPS
+14.6%
Free cash flow
−10.4%
Total debt
−7.62%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

577.58 17.46 −2.93%
Market cap
$133.1B
P/E
20.4×
Fwd P/E
20.8×
Dividend yield
2.39%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.32
Beneish M
−2.24
Dividend safety
76/100

Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) Return on invested capital

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Lockheed Martin Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 23.7%, up 3.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (19.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.1% (fiscal 2015) to 39.7% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 0.26% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 19.9% 1.71
FY2024 18.2% (5.10)
FY2023 23.3% (0.16)
FY2022 23.4% (6.03)
FY2021 29.5% (6.44)
FY2020 35.9% (1.42)
FY2019 37.3% 6.31
FY2018 31.0% (8.66)
FY2017 39.7% 13.48
FY2016 26.2% 9.14

Against its own ten years

Low 17.1% High 39.7%
Ten-year median 26.2%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
GE GE Aerospace compare 27.4%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation 23.7%
HONA Honeywell Aerospace inc. compare 19.8%
BA The Boeing Company compare 19.2%
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. compare 18.3%
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated compare 14.3%
GD General Dynamics Corporation compare 12.2%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation compare 9.84%
RTX RTX Corporation compare 7.12%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 0.26%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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