The Mirror of Paradiem’s Eye
In the annals of October 17, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission recorded a curious act: Paradiem, LLC, a financial oracle of modest renown, turned its gaze toward Lockheed Martin (LMT), acquiring 32,302 shares at an estimated quarterly average price. This transaction, valued at $16.13 million, added to the fund’s 68 U.S. equity holdings, as though assembling a mosaic of mirrored assets. One might wonder if this was a calculated step-or a misstep-through the labyrinth of capital.
The Library of Holdings
Paradiem’s new position, constituting 3.76% of its reportable U.S. equity assets under management, now ranks among its top five. The fund’s holdings read like an inventory from a forgotten archive:
- NASDAQ:LRCX: $27.44 million (6.4% of AUM)
- NYSE:TEL: $19.53 million (4.55% of AUM)
- NYSE:VLO: $17.87 million (4.2% of AUM)
- NYSE:LMT: $16.13 million (3.8% of AUM)
- NYSE:CAT: $15.79 million (3.7% of AUM)
Yet the stock, priced at $495.15 on October 17, 2025, had fallen 19.07% year-to-date, trailing the S&P 500 by 30.57 percentage points. A 20% discount to its 52-week high lingered like a shadow, while its 2.79% dividend yield whispered promises to the patient.
The Encyclopedia of Lockheed Martin
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Market Capitalization | $115.60 billion |
| Revenue (TTM) | $71.84 billion |
| Net Income (TTM) | $4.20 billion |
| Price (as of market close 2025-10-17) | $495.15 |
The Fable of the Aerospace Behemoth
Lockheed Martin, that colossus of aerospace and defense, operates in a realm where time is measured in decades and contracts span lifetimes. Its portfolio-combat aircraft, missile systems, classified technologies-resembles a Borgesian compendium of human ingenuity and hubris. The company’s revenue, drawn from long-term government contracts, is less a transaction than a covenant, binding it to the U.S. Department of Defense and its foreign counterparts.
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Yet even empires falter. In Q2 2025, earnings plummeted from $6.85 to $1.46 per share, a collapse attributed to inflationary tides, tariff surges, and “new developments” on legacy programs-code, perhaps, for the inevitable entropy of bureaucratic machinery. A $1.6 billion pre-tax charge in Q2 suggests the labyrinth of defense contracting is not without its Minotaurs.
The Investor’s Paradox
Paradiem’s bet on Lockheed Martin is a riddle wrapped in a contract. The stock, having touched a 52-week low of $410.11 in July, may yet ascend from its nadir. The firm’s history-centuries in the making-hints at resilience, though no one can peer into the future. Its 2.8% dividend yield, a modest offering from the gods of finance, may entice the patient. But is this a prudent purchase, or merely another turn in the market’s endless maze?
As the fictional scholar Jorge Luis Borges once mused, “The labyrinth is not a place, but a condition.” Perhaps Paradiem has merely entered a new corridor. 🌀
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2025-10-19 02:52