We recently published a list of Top 10 AI Stocks That Are Being Monitored By Wall Street. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) stands against other top AI stocks that are being monitored by Wall Street.
As the global tech sector was catching up to the disruption caused by DeepSeek’s r1 AI model, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced its brand new Qwen 2.5 AI model on the first day of the Lunar New Year. The Qwen 2.5 is pre-trained on large-scale multilingual and multimodal data and rivals DeepSeek’s AI model.
“Qwen 2.5-Max outperforms … almost across the board GPT-4o, DeepSeek-V3 and Llama-3.1-405B,” the group’s cloud unit on its official WeChat account.
The latest Chinese AI model release also sent US firms scrambling to innovate and stay ahead of the competition. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently teased several “exciting new features” coming to ChatGPT and a new ChatGPT Gov tool to bolster ties with the US government.
The rise of advanced, cost-effective Chinese AI models has introduced volatility in US stocks as analysts rampantly rerate companies and shift outlooks based on the rapidly evolving tech landscape.
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Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 58
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) is a leading aerospace and defense company that develops military aircraft, satellite platforms, ground control software, and launch vehicles for crewed spacecraft. The company has several AI and ML-based initiatives like the LMText Navigator, T-Tauri platform, and the Astris AI subsidiary to rapidly process large datasets from space, air, and ground sensors, monitor spacecraft telemetry, connect disperse teams via 5G communications, and integrate AI solutions in the US defense industrial base.
On January 29th, TD Cowen reduced Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE:LMT) stock price target to $520 from $540 but maintained a “Buy” rating. The brokerage said it views Q4 as a clean-up period that sets up an improved 2025 margin/FCF optics, but margin pressures will persist this year at Aero/MFC as zero margin programs ramp.
Overall, LMT ranks 6th on our list of top AI stocks that are being monitored by Wall Street. While we acknowledge the potential of LMT as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than LMT but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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