It's easy to point to Lockheed Martin 's (NYSE: LMT) soaring order backlog, up to $292 billion in the third quarter from $194 billion at the start of the year, and lazily conclude that the stock is worth buying. Here's why both factors support buying the stock. The following table shows each Lockheed Martin segment and how backlog has increased in each one through 2026.
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