The Zhitong Finance App learned that on Thursday, Lockheed Martin (LMT.US) rose more than 10% at the beginning of the session. As of press release, it had risen more than 6% to 587.18 US dollars. According to the news, Lockheed Martin announced results for the third quarter of 2026, with sales of US$20.711 billion, up 11% year on year; net profit of US$1,845 billion, up 14% year on year; and diluted earnings per share of 7.97 US dollars, compared to 6.95 US dollars for the same period last year. The company's third-quarter operating cash flow was US$3.438 billion and free cash flow was US$2,999 million.

As of September 27, the company's total backlog of orders reached a record high of US$291.984 billion, an increase of 27% over the second quarter, including $52.5 billion in orders relating to the multi-year production contract for the PAC-3 MSE interceptor. Lockheed Martin also raised its full-year sales, earnings per share and free cash flow guidelines. It expects full-year sales of 80 billion to 82 billion US dollars, diluted earnings per share of 30.35 to 30.75 US dollars, and free cash flow of 7.8 billion to 8 billion US dollars.

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