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Lockheed Martin Beats Expectations and Raises Guidance Yet Again

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Image Shown: Lockheed Martin continued to grow its revenues and segment operating profit in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. Image Source: Lockheed Martin Corporation – Third Quarter of Fiscal 2020 IR Earnings Presentation By Callum Turcan On October 20, Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) reported third quarter earnings for fiscal 2020 (period ended September 27, 2020) that beat consensus top- and bottom-line estimates. Lockheed Martin’s GAAP sales rose by 9% year-over-year, hitting $16.5 billion, in part due to the company increasing its F-35 aircraft deliveries to 31 in the fiscal third quarter from 28 in the same quarter last fiscal year. Additionally, all four of Lockheed Martin’s core business segments (‘Aeronautics,’ ‘Missiles and Fire Control,’ ‘Rotary and Mission Systems’ and … Read more

Lockheed Martin Secures Major Aircraft Order

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Image Shown: Lockheed Martin Corporation’s ‘Aeronautics’ segment is its largest in terms of operating profit. Management boosted the firm’s operating profit guidance for fiscal 2020 during Lockheed Martin’s latest earnings report. Image Source: Lockheed Martin Corporation – Second Quarter of Fiscal 2020 IR Earnings Presentation  By Callum Turcan On August 14, the US Department of Defense (‘DoD’) awarded Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) a ten-year $62.0 billion contract covering the sale of F-16 aircraft to overseas buyers. This is an “indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (‘IDIQ’), fixed-price-incentive contract” and it is possible the ultimate sales figure under this deal will be lower than $62.0 billion. In the press release announcing the contract, the DoD noted the initial delivery order covers 90 aircraft and that this … Read more

9 Aerospace Suppliers With Attractive PEG Ratios

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This article originally appeared on Seeking Alpha. Please view disclosures: https://seekingalpha.com/article/273893-9-aerospace-suppliers-with-attractive-peg-ratios Although there is no substitute for assessing a firm’s valuation on a discounted cash-flow basis, evaluating a firm’s value through its PEG ratio may be the next-best option. Provided in this article is an aerospace supplier cheat sheet that gives a brief description, the market cap, consensus forecasts, long-term growth estimates, and the corresponding PEG ratios for suppliers within the commercial aerospace chain. This list should come in handy as commercial aircraft deliveries soar in coming years. (Click charts to expand) Based on the cheat sheet below, there are nine aerospace suppliers that currently garner a PEG ratio below 1, derived by taking the price-to-earnings ratio based on next year’s … Read more