---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000936468-24-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LMT"
cik: "0000936468"
company_name: "LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP"
filed_at: "2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T20:25:21.213225+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lockheed Martin Q4 EPS $7.58, FY2023 sales $67.6B; record backlog $160.6B and positive 2024 outlook

## Summary
- Q4 2023 net sales $18.9B (down from $19.0B Q4 2022); net earnings $1.9B ($7.58 EPS).
- Full year 2023 net sales $67.6B (up 2% YoY); net earnings $6.9B ($27.55 EPS) vs $5.7B ($21.66 EPS) in 2022.
- Record backlog of $160.6B at year-end; cash from operations $7.9B, free cash flow $6.2B in 2023.
- Returned $9.1B to shareholders in 2023 via dividends and buybacks ($3.8B in Q4).
- 2024 outlook: continued top-line growth, mid-single digit growth target in free cash flow per share.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000936468-24-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LMT
- cik: 0000936468
- company_name: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP
- filed_at: 2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936468/000093646824000006/0000936468-24-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936468/000093646824000006/lmt-20240123.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP reported the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $18.9 billion, net income $1.9 billion, EPS $7.58 per share.
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $18.9 billion
  - Net income: $1.9 billion
  - EPS: $7.58 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales of $18.9 billion in the fourth quarter and $67.6 billion in 2023 • Net earnings of $1.9 billion, or $7.58 per share in the fourth quarter; $6.9 billion, or $27.55 per share in 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936468/000093646824000006/0000936468-24-000006-index.htm

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