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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-045582"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LMT"
cik: "0000936468"
company_name: "LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP"
filed_at: "2025-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T03:10:41.275445+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lockheed Martin Q3 EPS $6.95 vs $6.80; sales $18.6B (+8.8%); record backlog $179B

## Summary
- Sales $18.6B, up 8.8% YoY; net earnings $1.6B, EPS $6.95 vs $6.80.
- Record backlog $179B (over 2.5 years of sales); major contracts for CH-53K and PAC-3 MSE.
- Cash from operations $3.7B, free cash flow $3.3B, both up ~50% YoY.
- Quarterly dividend raised 5% to $3.45 per share; $2B added to share repurchase authority for $9B total.
- Updated 2025 outlook; delivered record 143 F-35 jets through Q3 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-045582
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LMT
- cik: 0000936468
- company_name: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP
- filed_at: 2025-10-21T23:59:59+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/936468/000162828025045582/0001628280-25-045582-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936468/000162828025045582/lmt-20251021.htm

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