Is Lockheed (LMT) A Worthy Stock for Value Investors Now?
Zacks Investment Research | Mar 06, 2021 02:22AM ET
Value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. After all, who wouldn’t want to find stocks that are either flying under the radar and are compelling buys, or offer up tantalizing discounts when compared to fair value?
One way to find these companies is by looking at several key metrics and financial ratios, many of which are crucial in the value stock selection process. Let’s put Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) Lockheed Martin Corporation Quote
This somewhat mixed trend is why the stock has just a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) and why we are looking for in-line performance from the company in the near term.
Bottom Line
Lockheed is an inspired choice for value investors, as it is hard to beat its incredible line up of statistics on this front.
However, with a sluggish industry rank (among bottom 11% of more than 250 industries) and a Zacks Rank #3, it is hard to get too excited about this company overall. In fact, over the past two years, the Zacks Aerospace - Defence industry has clearly underperformed the market at large, as you can see below:
So, value investors might want to wait for estimate revisions and analyst sentiments to turn around in this name first, but once that happens, this stock could be a compelling pick.
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