What occurred
Based on a submitting with the Securities and Alternate Fee dated October 17, 2025, monetary advisory firm Paradiem, LLC reported a brand new place in Lockheed Martin (LMT 0.40%), buying 32,302 shares. The estimated worth of the commerce, based mostly on the quarterly common worth, was roughly $16.13 million for Q3 2025. This addition brings the fund’s whole reportable U.S. fairness holdings to 68 positions.
What else to know
This was a brand new place for Paradiem, representing 3.76% of its reportable U.S. fairness property beneath administration as of September 30, 2025.
High holdings after the submitting:
- NASDAQ:LRCX: $27.44 million (6.4% of AUM) as of September 30, 2025
- NYSE:TEL: $19.53 million (4.55% of AUM) on the finish of Q3 2025
- NYSE:VLO: $17.87 million (4.2% of AUM) as of September 30, 2025
- NYSE:LMT: $16.13 million (3.8% of AUM) as of September 30, 2025
- NYSE:CAT: $15.79 million (3.7% of AUM) as of September 30, 2025
As of October 17, 2025, shares have been priced at $495.15, down 19.07% over the previous 12 months, underperforming the S&P 500 by 30.57 share factors throughout the identical interval.
The inventory was 20% under its 52-week excessive as of October 17, 2025 and supplied a 2.79% dividend yield as of October 17, 2025.
Firm Overview
| Metric | Worth |
|---|---|
| Market Capitalization | $115.60 billion |
| Income (TTM) | $71.84 billion |
| Internet Revenue (TTM) | $4.20 billion |
| Worth (as of market shut 2025-10-17) | $495.15 |
Firm Snapshot
Lockheed Martin Company is a number one international aerospace and protection contractor with a broad know-how portfolio and important scale. The corporate leverages its experience in built-in methods and long-term authorities relationships to keep up a powerful aggressive place within the protection sector.
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Lockheed Martin gives a various portfolio of services, together with fight and mobility plane, missile methods, helicopters, radar, area transportation, and labeled protection applied sciences.
The corporate generates income primarily from long-term authorities contracts for the analysis, growth, manufacturing, and sustainment of superior aerospace and protection methods.
Its predominant clients are the U.S. authorities and allied protection companies worldwide, with a good portion of gross sales derived from U.S. Division of Protection contracts and overseas army gross sales facilitated by the U.S. authorities.
Silly take
Paradiem, a monetary providers firm, made a notable transfer by initiating a considerable stake in Lockheed Martin, one which catapulted the inventory into its prime 5 holdings. Shares hit a 52-week low of $410.11 in July, and maybe Paradiem was making the most of the inventory’s drop from a excessive of $618.95 reached final October.
Lockheed Martin squeaked out gross sales development within the second quarter with $18.16 billion in income in comparison with $18.12 final 12 months. However a consider its inventory’s fall from grace is the plunge in Q2 diluted earnings per share to $1.46 from $6.85 within the prior 12 months.
The drop in earnings illustrates the influence of macroeconomic components, resembling persistent inflation and rising tariffs. However the protection contractor additionally suffered from self-inflicted wounds. In July, the corporate’s CEO, Jim Taiclet, famous what he known as “new developments” on a “set of main legacy applications.” This led to Lockheed Martin taking pre-tax prices of $1.6 billion in Q2.
Paradiem’s new place in Lockheed Martin reveals a perception that the corporate can bounce again. Given Lockheed Martin’s lengthy historical past serving the U.S. authorities, it is prone to get well over time. Add in its strong dividend, presently yielding 2.8%, and Lockheed Martin seems to be like a worthwhile inventory to purchase whereas it is down.
Glossary
13F AUM: Property beneath administration reported by institutional funding managers on SEC Type 13F, overlaying U.S. fairness holdings.
New place: An funding in a safety that was not beforehand held within the fund’s portfolio.
Dividend yield: Annual dividends per share divided by the share worth, expressed as a share.
52-week excessive: The best worth at which a safety traded through the previous 12 months.
Property beneath administration (AUM): The whole market worth of investments managed by a fund or agency.
Quarterly common worth: The common worth of a safety over a particular quarter, used for valuation or reporting.
Submitting: An official doc submitted to a regulatory authority, typically detailing monetary or funding data.
Reportable U.S. fairness holdings: U.S. inventory positions that have to be disclosed by institutional buyers in regulatory filings.
Stake: The quantity or share of possession an investor holds in an organization.
Lengthy-term authorities contracts: Agreements with authorities companies to supply services or products over a number of years.
Overseas army gross sales: U.S. government-facilitated gross sales of protection tools and providers to allied overseas governments.
TTM: The 12-month interval ending with the newest quarterly report.
Robert Izquierdo has positions in Caterpillar. The Motley Idiot has positions in and recommends Lam Analysis. The Motley Idiot recommends Lockheed Martin. The Motley Idiot has a disclosure coverage.
