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Lockheed Martin (Lockheed Martin) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 1.55 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Lockheed Martin's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $168 Mil. Lockheed Martin's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $17,291 Mil. Lockheed Martin's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11,280 Mil. Lockheed Martin's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.55.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lockheed Martin's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LMT' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.02   Med: 1.73   Max: 2.65
Current: 1.67

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Lockheed Martin was 2.65. The lowest was 1.02. And the median was 1.73.

LMT's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
63.09% of 233 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.41 vs LMT: 1.67

Lockheed Martin Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lockheed Martin's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lockheed Martin Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.39 1.20 1.23 1.79 1.67

Lockheed Martin Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.37 1.55 1.71 1.71 1.55

Competitive Comparison

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Lockheed Martin's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lockheed Martin Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Lockheed Martin's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lockheed Martin's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Lockheed Martin Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Lockheed Martin's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(168 + 17291) / 10444
=1.67

Lockheed Martin's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(168 + 17291) / 11280
=1.55

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Lockheed Martin  (NYSE:LMT) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Lockheed Martin (Lockheed Martin) Business Description

Address
6801 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20817
Lockheed Martin is the world's largest defense contractor and has dominated the Western market for high-end fighter aircraft since it won the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in 2001. Lockheed's largest segment is aeronautics, which derives upward of two-thirds of its revenue from the F-35. Lockheed's remaining segments are rotary and mission systems, which is mainly the Sikorsky helicopter business; missiles and fire control, which creates missiles and missile defense systems; and space systems, which produces satellites and receives equity income from the United Launch Alliance joint venture.
Executives
John Donovan director 208 S. AKARD ST. , ROOM 3025, DALLAS TX 75202
Stephanie C. Hill officer: Executive Vice President 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK NY 10041
Timothy S Cahill officer: Executive Vice President 6802 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD 20817
St John Frank A officer: Executive Vice President 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD 20817
Gregory M Ulmer officer: Acting Executive Vice Pres. 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD 20817
Vincent R. Stewart director C/O AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION, INC., 111 WEST CONGRESS STREET, CHARLES TOWN WV 25414
Paul Harry Edward Iii officer: Vice President & Controller 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD 20817
Evan T Scott officer: Vice President & Treasurer 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD 20817
John W Mollard officer: Vice President & Treasurer 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD 20817
Brian P Colan officer: VP & Controller 6801 ROCKLEDGE DR, BETHESDA MD 20817
Maryanne Lavan officer: SVP & General Counsel 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD 20817
Jesus Jr Malave officer: Chief Financial Officer L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC, 1025 WEST NASA BOULEVARD, MELBOURNE FL 32919
Lightfoot Robert M Jr officer: Executive Vice President 6801 ROCKLEDGE DR, BETHESDA MD 20817
Patricia E Yarrington director 6001 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD, SAN RAMON CA 94583
Kenneth R Possenriede officer: Vice President & Treasurer 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD 20817