Even With Moderate Budget Growth, Lockheed Is a Well-Positioned Defense Contractor

Lockheed derived more than 70% of its $66 billion in 2022 sales servicing contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense, the largest military budget on Earth, and stands to operate the largest defense procurement program ever awarded (F-35) through the 2060s. Thus, as a bet on the defense industry, Lockheed is hard to beat. Biggest isn't always best, but Lockheed (and investors) benefit from the sheer scale of its tens of billions of dollars of contracts that provide defined decadeslong revenue and profit streams.