Lockheed Martin (LMT) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026)
Lockheed Martin's Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 69.17% for Q3 2026, down 3.78 percentage points from 72.95% a year earlier and down 8.17 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Lockheed Martin (LMT) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lockheed Martin's Return on Equity [ROE] was 76.87%, down 4.18 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Equity [ROE] carries a five-year change of -71.53 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Equity [ROE] was 81.04% in FY2024 (-4.91 pp), 85.96% in FY2023 (+29.28 pp), 56.68% in FY2022 (-17.62 pp) and 74.31% in FY2021 (-74.09 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] is 43.90% (Q2 2022) to 105.04% (Q2 2024).
- Year-over-year, Return on Equity [ROE] increased in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -12.44 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Equity [ROE] over five years came in Q1 2024 (a gain of 40.34 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2022 (a drop of 67.14 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows LMT's Return on Equity [ROE] at 77.35% (Q2 2026), 67.46% (Q1 2026) and 77.77% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 334.86 Bn | 293.38 Bn | 5.02 Bn | 51.23% |
| 2 | Rtx | 256.39 Bn | 224.66 Bn | 5.81 Bn | 12.69% |
| 3 | Boeing | 137.52 Bn | 46.48 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 120.99% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 130.55 Bn | 114.79 Bn | 2.44 Bn | 69.17% |
| 5 | General Dynamics | 95.65 Bn | 80.88 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 17.21% |
| 6 | Motorola Solutions | 85.05 Bn | 81.51 Bn | 1.77 Bn | 72.39% |
| 7 | Howmet Aerospace | 81.91 Bn | 77.67 Bn | 1.00 Bn | 35.72% |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 74.74 Bn | 62.20 Bn | 2.35 Bn | 24.72% |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 69.91 Bn | 29.43 Bn | 2.02 Bn | 33.89% |
| 10 | TransDigm | 68.72 Bn | 56.73 Bn | 1.63 Bn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | 69.17% |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 77.35% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 67.46% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 77.77% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 72.95% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 69.97% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 84.56% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 78.86% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 99.81% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 105.04% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 100.50% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 85.91% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 75.25% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 74.76% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 60.15% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 53.99% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 50.17% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 43.90% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 59.26% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 61.34% |
Lockheed Martin Return on Equity [ROE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=LMT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "LMT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=LMT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();