Which is more profitable, Lockheed Martin or United Parcel Service?

Lockheed Martin keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Lockheed Martin or United Parcel Service?

Lockheed Martin grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Lockheed Martin or United Parcel Service?

United Parcel Service costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Lockheed Martin or United Parcel Service?

United Parcel Service would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Lockheed Martin vs United Parcel Service stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Lockheed Martin is more profitable and grows faster. United Parcel Service is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Lockheed Martin	United Parcel Service
	$138 billion	$95.7 billion
	6.7%	6.3%
	+2.8%	+0.9%
	27.4×	17.2×
	2.0 years	1.9 years
	20.1%	14.8%
	2.5%	6.2%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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