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Lockheed Martin shares outstanding LMT

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2008.

Latest quarter, to Sep 27, 2026
231.5M
On a year earlier
−0.6%
fewer shares

Lockheed Martin had 231.5M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q3 FY26, the quarter to Sep 27, 2026.

That is 0.6% fewer than a year earlier, so each share owns a little more of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY2025231.9M−2%
FY2024237M−4%
FY2023246.1M−5%
FY2022258.3M−6%
FY2021274.3M−2%
FY2020280.9M−1%
FY2019283.2M−1%
FY2018285.6M−0%
FY2017285.9M−3%
FY2016295.3M−5%
FY2015310.2M−3%
FY2014320.7M−2%
FY2013326.2M−0%
FY2012327.8M+0%
FY2011327.7M−9%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q3 FY26231.5M−1%
Q2 FY26231.1M−1%
Q1 FY26231.1M−2%
Q4 FY25231.9M−2%
Q3 FY25232.8M−2%
Q2 FY25234.3M−2%
Q1 FY25235.3M−3%
Q4 FY24237M−4%
Q3 FY24238.6M−5%
Q2 FY24239.6M−6%
Q1 FY24241.6M−6%
Q4 FY23246.1M−5%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.