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LMT beats Q2 earnings and sales estimates, delivers double-digit revenue growth and raises its 2026 sales and EPS outlook.
While the broader market sank Thursday morning, two defense giants defied the selloff with blowout quarters and backlogs that shattered records, raising a pointed question about how much runway remains for investors who missed the initial pop.
Wall Street analysts are piling into Boeing with bullish price targets while Reddit investors stare at the same quarterly filing and walk away unconvinced. The gap between institutional optimism and retail skepticism comes down to one number that keeps resurfacing in every thread.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Lockheed (LMT) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Shares of Lockheed Martin and RTX are surging premarket after both companies reported swelling order books driven by strong demand for military hardware. Defense contractor Lockheed Martin lifted its full-year estimate of sales, per-share earnings and free cash flow as its book of orders for jets, missiles and other military products hit a record $230 billion.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) shares surged more than 7% in premarket trading on Thursday after the defence contractor reported second-quarter earnings and revenue above market expectations while raising its full-year financial guidance. The improved outlook was driven by stronger production across the company’s business segments, particularly within its missile programmes, alongside robust cash generation and a record order backlog.
The defense contractor posted $20.1 billion in quarterly sales and now projects free cash flow of more than $7 billion for the year
Lockheed Martin and RTX both rose more than 5% before the market open. Their stocks are taking very different directions.
Lockheed (LMT) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +9.97% and +3.26%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Security and Aerospace company Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) reported Q2 CY2026 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with sales up 10.5% year on year to $20.06 billion. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $80.75 billion at the midpoint came in 2% above analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $7.94 per share was 10.3% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Investing.com -- Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) reported second-quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations and raised its full-year outlook, sending shares up 7.3% premarket on Thursday.
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Lockheed Martin delivered the beat-and-raise quarter the stock and the sector badly needed. The defense contractor reported second-quarter earnings per share of $7.94 from sales of $20.1 billion on Thursday morning. Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of $7.19 from sales of $19.3 billion.
For the full year, RTX now expects adjusted earnings between $7.10 and $7.25 a share, up from its previous forecast of $6.70 to $6.90.
July 23 (Reuters) - RTX raised its 2026 sales and profit forecasts on Thursday, betting on sustained demand for commercial aircraft maintenance and military systems, as airlines keep older jets flying and governments replenish weapons stockpiles. The Arlington, Virginia-based aerospace and defense company said its backlog rose 22% from a year earlier to $289 billion, including $170 billion in commercial aerospace orders and $119 billion in defense.
↘️ Tesla (TSLA): Elon Musk’s EV maker reported negative free cash flow of more than $1 billion in the second quarter amid heavy spending on AI and robotics. Shares fell about 5% premarket. ↘️ Alphabet (GOOGL): Shares slid more than 3% premarket after the tech company announced plans to significantly boost its capital expenditure.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) introduced the PAC-3 ACE interceptor, a next-generation missile defense solution positioned for rapid production and allied use. The system is described as a cost-effective option aimed at meeting record global demand for air and missile defense capabilities. The announcement expands Lockheed Martin’s missile defense portfolio at a time when many governments are prioritizing scalable defense systems. For investors tracking Lockheed Martin, the PAC-3 ACE...
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Lockheed Martin’s fair value estimate has been trimmed slightly from US$625.16 to US$606.68, signaling a modest reset in the analyst price target framework. This shift lines up with recent research that mixes optimism about execution and long term defense exposure with caution around how much investors may currently be willing to pay for the stock. Read on to see what is behind the updated targets and how to track the next moves in the Lockheed Martin story. Analyst Price Targets don't always...
Earlier this month, U.S. Special Operations Command named Lockheed Martin the prime contractor for its next-generation Global Logistics Support Services II program, a 12-year, roughly US$10.50 billion contract covering worldwide sustainment, maintenance, and life-cycle management for Special Operations Forces. This award reinforces Lockheed Martin’s position at the center of high-complexity defense logistics, extending a relationship that dates back to 2010 and anchoring long-term visibility...
TDY beats Q2 earnings and revenue estimates, fueled by broad-based sales growth, and raises its full-year 2026 earnings outlook.
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