Lockheed Martin is a security and aerospace company, engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of technology systems, products and services. Co. also provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistics, system integration and cybersecurity services. Co.'s areas of focus are in defense, space, intelligence, homeland security and information technology, including cybersecurity. Co. serves customers with products and services that have defense, civil and commercial applications. Co. business segments are: Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems and Space. We show 56 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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