Insider Buying Alert: Buy Lockheed Martin (LMT) for a 3.15% Yield

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In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ”DividendRank” report, and then we cherry-pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months.

Lockheed Martin LMTThe officers and directors of a company tend to have a unique insider’s view of the business, and presumably, the only reason insiders would take their hard-earned cash and to buy stock in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both.

So, when highly ranked stocks turn up that see insider buying, investors are wise to take notice. One such company is Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT), which saw buying by Director Daniel F. Akerson.

Back on May 4, Akerson invested $380,317.80 into 2,000 shares of LMT for a cost per share of $190.16. In trading on Wednesday, Lockheed Martin stock was changing hands as low as $190.86 per share, which is 0.4% above Akerson’s purchase price. LMT stock is currently trading up 0.37% on the day.

The chart below shows the one-year performance of LMT stock versus its 200-day moving average:

Lockheed Martin Corp. Chart

Looking at the chart above, Lockheed Martin’s low point in its 52-week range is $156.23 per share, with $207.06 as the 52-week high point — that compares with a last trade of $191.39. By comparison, below is a table showing the prices at which insider buying was recorded over the last six months:

Purchased Insider Title Shares Price/Share Value
05/04/2015 Daniel F. Akerson Director 2,000 $190.16 $380,317.80

The DividendRank report noted that among the coverage universe, LMT stock displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics. The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at Lockheed Martin and favorable long-term, multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points.

The report stated:

”Dividend investors approaching investing from a value standpoint are generally most interested in researching the strongest most profitable companies, that also happen to be trading at an attractive valuation. That’s what we aim to find using our proprietary DividendRank formula, which ranks the coverage universe based upon our various criteria for both profitability and valuation, to generate a list of the top most ‘interesting’ stocks, meant for investors as a source of ideas that merit further research.”

The annualized dividend paid by Lockheed Martin is $6 per share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and LMT stock’s next dividend ex-date is on May 28, 2015.

Below is a long-term dividend history chart for LMT, which the report stressed as being of key importance. Indeed, studying a company’s past dividend history can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue.

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