The globally renowned American aerospace, defense, security and advanced technologies company, Lockheed Martin, has announced teaming up with Airbus to compete for one of the most controversial Pentagon procurement battles in recent memory - hoping to dethrone Boeing as the dominant provider of U.S. military aerial-refueling tankers.
Lockheed and Airbus have also signed an agreement to jointly pitch Airbus' A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) to the Pentagon.
Jointly working with Northrop Grumman, in 2008, Airbus had won the $35 billion deal to build A330 tankers for the Air Force, but that deal never materialized as it was overturned owing to political pressure. Boeing had won a similar $49 billion deal in 2011, to supply 179 tankers based on the design for its 767-commercial jet.
However, in the years since, Boeing struggled to deliver those KC-46 refuelers on time and on budget, while at the same time Pentagon’s demand for refueling has increased.
Seeing this opportunity, Lockheed Martin and Airbus decided to join forces to try and reseize the defense contracts.
Boeing, in the recent times, has failed to meet the initial deadline to begin KC-46 deliveries by August 2017 and has taken nearly $3 billion in charges related to the program. In response, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson issued a rare public rebuke of the company's defense business earlier this year.
Although Lockheed Martin and Airbus didn’t mention Boeing or the KC-46 in their press release formally announcing the collaboration, they mentioned putting focus on addressing any identified capacity shortfall.
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The Tickeron SMR rating for this company is (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating very strong sales and a profitable business model. SMR (Sales, Margin, Return on Equity) rating is based on comparative analysis of weighted Sales, Income Margin and Return on Equity values compared against S&P 500 index constituents. The weighted SMR value is a proprietary formula developed by Tickeron and represents an overall profitability measure for a stock.
The Tickeron Profit vs. Risk Rating rating for this company is (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating low risk on high returns. The average Profit vs. Risk Rating rating for the industry is 71, placing this stock better than average.
The Tickeron Valuation Rating of (best 1 - 100 worst) indicates that the company is slightly undervalued in the industry. This rating compares market capitalization estimated by our proprietary formula with the current market capitalization. This rating is based on the following metrics, as compared to industry averages: LMT's P/B Ratio (16.077) is slightly higher than the industry average of (4.985). P/E Ratio (16.580) is within average values for comparable stocks, (286.030). Projected Growth (PEG Ratio) (4.526) is also within normal values, averaging (7.550). Dividend Yield (0.027) settles around the average of (0.025) among similar stocks. P/S Ratio (1.698) is also within normal values, averaging (166.189).
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The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
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