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Lockheed Martin Posts Higher Sales, Earnings; Combining IT Business With Leidos

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Jan. 26 reported higher fourth quarter sales and earnings, which beat consensus estimates, and announced it is separating its realigned information technology and services segment and combining it with Leidos [LDOS] in a transaction valued at $5 billion.Sales increased 3 percent to $12.9 billion from $12.5 billion a year ago due to the $9 billion acquisition in November 2015 of Sikorsky Aircraft from United Technologies Corp. [UTX]. Net income also rose 3 percent to $933 million,…

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