🚨 THE IRAN WAR IS GENERATING BILLIONS FOR DEFENSE STOCKS
Lockheed Martin $LMT stock rose 7% after crushing Q2 earnings and raising its full-year guidance.
🟢 Revenue: $20.1B vs Est. $19.4B, +11 YoY
🟢 EPS: $7.94 vs Est. $7.23
🟢 Net income: $1.84B
🟢 Backlog: $230.4B, +38% YoY
Every business segment grew with missile demand driving most of the acceleration
• Missiles and Fire Control: +20%
• Aeronautics: +9%
• Rotary and Mission Systems: +8%
• Space: +6%
Rising global conflicts are boosting profit outlooks, as the Pentagon moves to restock missiles and other critical defense weapons.
Lockheed recently received a seven-year contract worth up to $35B to quadruple production of THAAD missile interceptors.
It is also preparing to increase annual PAC-3 production from roughly 600 missiles to 2,000.
Governmenets a rebuilding their missile inventories and a $230B backlog now represents almost three years of Lockheed’s projected revenue.
Limitless traders see a 72% chance $LMT closes green today after smashing earnings:
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The only question is how quickly Lockheed can build everything governments have ordered.