Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security and aerospace company. Co. is engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. Its segments include Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control (MFC), Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) and Space. Aeronautics segment is engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, sustainment, support and upgrade of advanced military aircraft. MFC segment provides air and missile defense systems, manned and unmanned ground vehicles, energy management solutions, and others. We show 60 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our LMT shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute LMT market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing LMT market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing LMT's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of LMT versus a peer is one thing; comparing
LMT market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like LMT can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching LMT by allowing them to research the LMT market cap history. |
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