What if you invested in Lockheed Martin in 2015?
LMT · Industrial · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Lockheed Martin in 2015
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $4,521(+352.1%)
The S&P 500 returned $4,521 on the same $1,000. S&P 500 outperformed by $862.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Lockheed Martin starting January 2015
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $138.33 | $1,000 | - |
| 2016 | $159.65 | $1,154 | +15.4% |
| 2017 | $195.57 | $1,414 | +22.5% |
| 2018 | $283.24 | $2,048 | +44.8% |
| 2019 | $237.18 | $1,715 | -16.3% |
| 2020 | $359.56 | $2,599 | +51.6% |
| 2021 | $277.22 | $2,004 | -22.9% |
| 2022 | $345.35 | $2,497 | +24.6% |
| 2023 | $421.94 | $3,050 | +22.2% |
| 2024 | $401.71 | $2,904 | -4.8% |
| 2025 | $444.43 | $3,213 | +10.6% |
| 2026 | $626.79 | $4,531 | +41% |
What this return means
A $1,000 stake in Lockheed Martin (LMT) from 2015 has grown to $3,659. That is a +265.9% gain, a little over 3.7x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
That is about 11.8% a year compounded, broadly in line with long-run stock market averages. A plain S&P 500 fund would have grown that $1,000 to about $4,521 instead, beating Lockheed Martin by around $862. The index compounded at about 13.9% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2020 at +51.6%, and the worst was 2021 at -22.9%. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
This is historical math, not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into Lockheed Martin at the close of every month from January 2015 through June 2026 means 138 buys and $13,800 contributed over about 11.5 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$24,640
+78.5% on $13,800 in
Same $13,800, all in at the start
$50,494
+265.9% on $13,800 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $25,854. That is the usual result when a stock trends up: each monthly buy pays a higher price than the last, so the average cost climbs. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $283.48 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from LMT split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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