For the quarter ended March 2025, Lockheed Martin (LMT) reported revenue of $17.96 billion, up 4.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $7.28, compared to $6.33 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.14% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $17.76 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $6.34, the EPS surprise was +14.83%.
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: $7.06 billion versus $6.97 billion estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.1% change.
- Net sales- Rotary and Mission Systems: $4.33 billion compared to the $4.30 billion average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +5.9% year over year.
- Net sales- Missiles and Fire Control: $3.37 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of $3.21 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +12.7%.
- Net sales- Space: $3.21 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of $3.22 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -2%.
- Operating Profit- Aeronautics: $720 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $689.11 million.
- Operating Profit- Space: $379 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $308.06 million.
- Operating Profit- Rotary and Mission Systems: $521 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $465.20 million.
- Operating Profit- Missiles and Fire Control: $465 million compared to the $460.37 million average estimate based on six analysts.
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Shares of Lockheed have returned +5.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -8.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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