Lockheed Martin (LMT) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Lockheed Martin (LMT) recorded quarterly Operating Margin of 11.45% in Q1 2026, little changed quarter-over-quarter from 11.47% in Q4 2025, and down 176.0% on a YoY basis from 15.06% in Q1 2025.

Lockheed Martin (LMT) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lockheed Martin's Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 11.45% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 176.0% year-over-year to 11.45%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 9.88% (down 36.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 10.3%, up 43.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 11.45% for Q1 2026 at Lockheed Martin, roughly flat from 11.47% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 13.47% in Q1 2023 to a low of 3.74% in Q4 2024.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 11.39% across 5 years, with a median of 12.15% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Operating Margin tumbled 841 bps in 2024, then surged 773 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 12.07% in 2022, then rose by 1 bps to 12.15% in 2023, then tumbled by 69 bps to 3.74% in 2024, then soared by 207 bps to 11.47% in 2025, then declined by 0 bps to 11.45% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 11.45% (Q1 2026), 11.47% (Q4 2025), and 12.25% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 5,829.59 Bn 5,829.59 Bn 456,459.43 -90.05%
2 General Electric 336.97 Bn 326.23 Bn 9.11 Bn -8.61%
3 Rtx 240.63 Bn 235.53 Bn 9.08 Bn 11.57%
4 Boeing 170.07 Bn 149.16 Bn 2.55 Bn 2.02%
5 Lockheed Martin 119.31 Bn 117.42 Bn 2.08 Bn 11.45%
6 Howmet Aerospace 98.96 Bn 96.53 Bn 854.00 Mn 32.56%
7 General Dynamics 92.07 Bn 88.41 Bn 9.09 Bn 10.53%
8 Embraer 88.01 Bn 85.38 Bn - -
9 Northrop Grumman 76.73 Bn 74.64 Bn 3.45 Bn 10.01%
10 TransDigm 70.20 Bn 66.33 Bn 1.51 Bn 46.31%

Historic Data

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Mar 29, 2026 11.45%
Dec 31, 2025 11.47%
Sep 28, 2025 12.25%
Jun 29, 2025 4.12%
Mar 30, 2025 13.20%
Dec 31, 2024 3.74%
Sep 29, 2024 12.51%
Jun 30, 2024 11.85%
Mar 31, 2024 11.80%
Dec 31, 2023 12.15%
Sep 24, 2023 12.10%
Jun 25, 2023 12.79%
Mar 26, 2023 13.47%
Dec 31, 2022 12.07%
Sep 25, 2022 13.02%
Jun 26, 2022 12.71%
Mar 27, 2022 12.92%
Dec 31, 2021 13.85%
Sep 26, 2021 14.31%
Jun 27, 2021 12.87%