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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000936468-25-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LMT"
cik: "0000936468"
company_name: "LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP"
filed_at: "2025-01-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T08:53:28.070258+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lockheed Martin 2024 EPS $22.31, hit by $2B classified program losses; sales up 5%

## Summary
- Net sales $71.0B (+5% YoY); Q4 $18.6B. Diluted EPS $22.31 (FY) vs $27.55; Q4 $2.22 vs $7.58.
- Classified program losses: pre-tax $2.0B in FY ($1.7B Q4); after-tax impact $6.16/sh FY, $5.45/sh Q4.
- Record backlog $176B at year-end; 2025 financial outlook provided.
- Cash from ops $7.0B; free cash flow $5.3B; returned $6.8B to shareholders in 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000936468-25-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LMT
- cik: 0000936468
- company_name: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP
- filed_at: 2025-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936468/000093646825000006/0000936468-25-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936468/000093646825000006/lmt-20250128.htm

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