Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) Q3 Earnings Beat Esimates

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) revealed its earnings for the three months ended September 30 this morning before the market opened on Wall Street. The Defense company showed earnings per share of $2.57 on revenue of $11.3 billion for the period. On Monday’s market shares in Lockheed Martin trended down to finish the day at $125.30. In the run up to the release of this report analysts following Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) were looking for earnings per share of $2.27 per share on revenue totaling $11.1 billion. In the same three months of 2012 the company earned $2.26 per share. Revenue…