How Lockheed Martin Corporation stacks up

LMT · against 468 other Industrials companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

93/ 100

Near the top of its peers.

Ranked #61 of 469 · scores higher than 86% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

91 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including LMT · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 93?

Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.

a wider operating margin: stronger than 68% of peers. Operating margin: 11.9% vs peer median 7.7%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 93% of peers. Return on assets: 10.1% vs peer median 3.1%
a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 93% of peers. Return on invested capital: 28.3% vs peer median 7.1%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = LMT, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	LMT	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 456 reported	28.3%	8.2%	91%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 465 reported	11.9%	8.5%	63%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 462 reported	10.1%	4.4%	82%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 438 reported	89.2%	11.5%	98%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 475 reported	11.8%	30.1%	9%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around LMT

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	SBC Medical Group Holdings IncorporatedSBC · US-listed	536M USD	100	80
1	Verisk Analytics, Inc.VRSK · US-listed	25.6B USD	100	50
3	Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V.ASR · US-listed	7.8B USD	99	82
3	Exponent, Inc.EXPO · US-listed	4.1B USD	99	59
3	Fastenal CompanyFAST · US-listed	60.0B USD	99	71
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61	Everus Construction Group, Inc.ECG · US-listed	5.8B USD	93	72
61	GE Vernova Inc.GEV · US-listed	244.5B USD	93	62
61	Innovative Solutions and Support IncISSC · US-listed	444M USD	93	78
61	Kennametal Inc.KMT · US-listed	2.3B USD	93	82
61	Lockheed Martin CorporationLMT · US-listed	147.5B USD	93	54
69	AMETEK, Inc.AME · US-listed	57.0B USD	92	58
69	Blue Bird CorporationBLBD · US-listed	1.8B USD	92	77
69	Copa Holdings, S.A.CPA · US-listed	5.6B USD	92	66
69	Danaos CorporationDAC · US-listed	2.8B USD	92	81

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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