LMT

LMT Stock Plummets – What's Causing the Drop?

Lockheed Martin stock is trading -10.5% below its average target price of $491.25 after dropping -4.2% during today's morning session. Analysts are giving the large-cap Defense company an average rating of hold and target prices ranging from $380.0 to $550.0 per share.

Lockheed Martin's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 1.1%. The stock's short ratio is 2.03. At 0.07%, the company's rate of insider ownership does not indicate that management is heavily invested in the corporation.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 74.8%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding Lockheed Martin.

Institutions Invested in Lockheed Martin

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-09-30 State Street Corporation 15% 37,470,687 $16,474,737,456
2023-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 22,302,719 $9,805,836,762
2023-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 7% 16,819,274 $7,394,930,425
2023-09-30 Capital World Investors 2% 5,935,372 $2,609,605,086
2023-09-30 Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. 2% 5,686,937 $2,500,375,667
2023-09-30 FMR, LLC 2% 5,328,058 $2,342,587,332
2023-09-30 Morgan Stanley 2% 5,058,236 $2,223,954,690
2023-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 4,524,768 $1,989,404,807
2023-09-30 Bank of America Corporation 1% 3,274,141 $1,439,541,617
2023-09-30 Wellington Management Group, LLP 1% 3,158,783 $1,388,822,164
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