Overview
- Lockheed reported on Thursday that second-quarter sales were about $20.1 billion and GAAP earnings per share were $7.94, beating Wall Street estimates.
- The company booked $65 billion of new orders in the quarter and ended with a record $230 billion backlog driven in large part by a roughly $35 billion multiyear THAAD interceptor contract.
- Missiles and Fire Control led growth, with segment sales up about 19 percent to roughly $4.1 billion as production of THAAD, PAC-3 and the Precision Strike Missile ramps.
- Free cash flow rebounded to about $2.9 billion in Q2 and management raised full-year 2026 guidance to roughly $79.75–$81.75 billion in revenue and $29.95–$30.65 in EPS.
- Lockheed is expanding capacity through partner co-production and targeted deals while facing execution risks from aggressive production ramps and broader federal budget uncertainty that could affect long-term demand.