Lockheed Martin's Q4 profit and sales beat Wall Street estimates

Lockheed Martin Corp.’s stock LMT, +0.22% dipped 0.1% in premarket trading on Tuesday after the defense contractor’s fourth-quarter earnings beat analyst estimates, but the company said its 2024 sales could fall short of consensus at the lower end of its range. Lockheed Martin said its net income for the three months ending Dec. 31 fell to $1.87 billion, or $7.58 a share, from $1.91 billion, or $7.40 a share, in the year-ago quarter. The company beat the FactSet consensus estimate of $7.29 a share. Fourth- ...