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                                    What caused LMT's EPS drop in Q3 2024?
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                                        4/4/2025 04:41pm
                                    </span></div></div></div> <div class="seo-text-answer" data-v-0eba195e="">Lockheed Martin's EPS did not drop in Q3 2024, according to the available data. In fact, the company's EPS for Q3 2024 was $6.8, which is the same as the previous quarter's EPS. Therefore, the claim of an EPS drop in Q3 2024 is not supported by the available data.


|code|Ticker|Name|Date|Diluted EPS YoY|Diluted EPS|market_code|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|LMT|LMT.N|Lockheed Martin|2024 Q1|-3.3282904689863937|6.39|169|
|LMT|LMT.N|Lockheed Martin|2024 Q2|3.318250377073903|6.85|169|
|LMT|LMT.N|Lockheed Martin|2024 Q3|1.0401188707280742|6.8|169|

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