For the quarter ended June 2025, Lockheed Martin (LMT) reported revenue of $18.16 billion, up 0.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $7.29, compared to $7.11 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -2.21% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $18.56 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $6.49, the EPS surprise was +12.33%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Lockheed performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net sales- Aeronautics: $7.42 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of $7.34 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2%.
- Net sales- Rotary and Mission Systems: $4 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of $4.64 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -12.2%.
- Net sales- Missiles and Fire Control: $3.43 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of $3.34 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.7%.
- Net sales- Space: $3.31 billion versus $3.24 billion estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.5% change.
- Operating Profit- Aeronautics: $-98 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $724.7 million.
- Operating Profit- Space: $362 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $296.64 million.
- Operating Profit- Rotary and Mission Systems: $-172 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $504.94 million.
- Operating Profit- Missiles and Fire Control: $479 million compared to the $494.19 million average estimate based on six analysts.
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Shares of Lockheed have returned -2.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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