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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000936468-24-000107"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LMT"
cik: "0000936468"
company_name: "LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T12:12:50.939546+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lockheed Martin Q3 sales up 1% to $17.1B; raises FY2024 outlook; dividend up 5%

## Summary
- Net earnings $1.6B ($6.80 EPS) vs $1.7B ($6.73) YoY; free cash flow $2.1B.
- Record backlog over $165B; 48 F-35 deliveries in Q3.
- Board approved 5% dividend increase to $3.30/share, 22nd consecutive annual hike.
- Increased share repurchase authority by $3.0B to total $10.3B.
- Raised full-year 2024 outlook for sales, segment profit, EPS, and free cash flow.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000936468-24-000107
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LMT
- cik: 0000936468
- company_name: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936468/000093646824000107/0000936468-24-000107-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936468/000093646824000107/lmt-20241022.htm

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