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Lockheed Martin (LMT) fell 10.97% this week, closing at $567.08 against $636.95 the previous Friday. The price held between $639 and $647 on Monday and Tuesday, then gapped down on Wednesday as volume jumped to 3.06 million shares, touching $591.12 intraday. Thursday closed at $576.16 and Friday bottomed at $561.85 before settling at $567.08. Weekly amplitude was 13.49%, and average daily volume of 1.81 million shares ran about 60% above the 60-day median.
Key Events
The main thread this week was how midterm election results fed into defence-spending expectations. After the Democratic congressional win made headlines on Wednesday, defence stocks sold off as a group and LMT fell nearly 5% in premarket trading. The company itself still had a steady flow of news: it delivered the first NGSRI safety-test articles on Monday, announced a $420 million expansion in Camden, Arkansas on Tuesday, and by Saturday reports showed Sikorsky winning a South Korean presidential helicopter contract alongside a potential $1.08 billion Black Hawk sale to Mexico. On Thursday, LMT agreed to pay $30 million to settle Trump-era claims over DEI practices.
Analyst Ratings
Across 25 covering institutions, 9 rate it buy, 2 overweight, 12 hold, 1 underweight and 1 sell, with 1 having no opinion. The consensus rating is buy with a target of $660.86, about 16.5% above spot. Targets range from $498 to $835, so the spread is wide. Within aerospace and defence, LMT ranks third among 85 institutions for coverage breadth.
The Week Ahead
The next catalyst is the US CPI and core CPI release on 10 November 2026, which can shift rate expectations and the broader tape, and in turn defence-sector valuations. There is no company-specific earnings date next week; LMT’s FY2026 annual results are scheduled for 26 January 2027 before the open. The key short-term question is whether the defence-spending concerns sparked by the midterms will continue into the new week.
In Short
This week’s price action and news feed point to the same tension: the analyst backdrop is broadly constructive with a consensus target above spot, but election-driven worries about Pentagon spending are weighing on sentiment, and a P/E of just over 20 suggests valuation is not extreme. Going forward, the story rests on whether defence-spending expectations can stabilise, and how next week’s inflation print influences rate-sensitive flows.
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