Lockheed Martin (MEX:LMT) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 4.80% (As of Jun. 2025)

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What is Lockheed Martin 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. Lockheed Martin's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 4.80%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lockheed Martin's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:LMT' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.6 Med: 1.55 Max: 6.5
Current: 4.8

During the past 13 years, Lockheed Martin's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 6.50%. The lowest was -4.60%. And the median was 1.55%.

MEX:LMT's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
98.03% of 203 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: -3 vs MEX:LMT: 4.80

Competitive Comparison of Lockheed Martin's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Lockheed Martin's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Lockheed Martin's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Lockheed Martin's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Lockheed Martin 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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Lockheed Martin (MEX:LMT) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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Lockheed Martin Business Description

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Address

6801 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20817

Website

https://www.lockheedmartin.com

Lockheed Martin is the world's largest defense contractor and has dominated the Western market for high-end fighter aircraft since it won the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in 2001. Aeronautics is Lockheed's largest segment, which derives upward of two-thirds of its revenue from the F-35. Lockheed's remaining segments are rotary and mission systems, mainly encompassing the Sikorsky helicopter business; missiles and fire control, which creates missiles and missile defense systems; and space systems, which produces satellites and receives equity income from the United Launch Alliance joint venture.