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The three large dividend-paying space stocks to purchase have been trending up so far this year and last year as government budgets for defense-related spending have surged. The three dividend-paying space stocks to purchase seem posed for potential prosperity.
But the stocks are not without risks, such as President Trump complaining publicly that some of the companies are too focused on paying high salaries to CEOs and dividends to shareholders rather than investing in plant and equipment (P&E) and delivering products on time to the government as contracted. President Trump particularly singled out Raytheon, operating under the umbrella of Arlington, Virginia-based RTX (NYSE: RTX).
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took a turn to verbally bash U.S. defense companies on Tuesday, Jan. 20, faulting them for falling short of their patriotic duty to meet deadlines for delivering weapons. The companies are "five, six, seven years behind" on fulfilling their contracts, despite their obligation to the U.S. government to deliver military supplies, Bessent said during a livestreamed session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"These defense contractors have let down the American people," Bessent said. "So, I do not think it is unreasonable to tell them that until further notice, you need to build more factories and buy back less stock."
In addition, Bessent said, "some defense company CEOs are making $30, $50 million a year for failing the American people."
The Forecasts & Strategies investment newsletter recommended a dividend-paying defense technology exchanged-traded fund (ETF). That fund holds positions in the "best-of-bred" defense companies that keep the world safe, said Jim Woods, a former Army paratrooper who achieved an average return of more than 100% with two defense and aerospace stocks he recommended a year ago in his Investing Edge newsletter. One is Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR), a defense and cybersecurity company. The stock jumped more than 145% in the past year since Woods recommended it.
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Three Large Dividend-paying Space Stocks to Purchase: LMT
Dividend-paying Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), of Bethesda, Maryland, is a defense and aerospace company formed through a 1995 combination of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Lockheed Martin generates 15-18% of its revenues from space, satellite and missile businesses, said Michelle Connell, who leads Dallas-based Portia Capital Management.
On Thursday, Jan. 29, Lockheed Martin reported total 2025 sales of $75.05 billion and the backlog for the company was especially strong at $194 billion -- two and a half times LMT's total revenues, Connell told me. LMT's free cash flow also beat expectations with $6.9 billion.
The company missed earnings expectations due to cost overruns, Connell said.
"However, I remain cautiously optimistic regarding the continued demand for the company's defense and space products," Connell continued. "The strong free cash flow should give investors a level of comfort regarding LMT's dividend payments."
Despite missing its earnings-per-share (EPS) estimate, Lockheed Martin's stock jumped more than 4% on Jan. 29 anyway due to strong revenue, record backlog and solid 2026 guidance, Connell counseled.
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Lockheed Martin Chairman President and CEO Jim Taiclet defended his company in a Jan. 29 earnings release that indicated LMT is continuing to deliver "overwhelming capability" at speed and scale by investing more than $3.5 billion during 2025 in production capacity and next-generation technologies throughout the year. He added that financial commitment underscores its disciplined capital allocation.
"Having long advocated for a new way of doing business between government and industry, we are well positioned to perform under the Department of War's Acquisition Transformation Strategy, as evidenced by our landmark, seven-year framework agreement for PAC-3 missiles early in the first quarter," Taiclet continued. "We look forward to continuing our partnership with the DoW and Congress to definitize this contract and officially unleash a new era of increased innovation, accountability and execution within the defense industrial base."
Space is the smallest of Lockheed Martin's four business segments that also include Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control (MFC), and Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS).
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Sales from the company's space business in the fourth quarter of 2025 rose $221 million, or 8%, compared to the same period in 2024. This jump primarily stemmed from increased sales volume of $135 million for U.S. government strategic and missile defense programs, $45 million for national security space programs on Transport Layer program and $30 million for commercial civil space programs primarily on the Orion program intended to carry and sustain the crew on Artemis missions to the Moon and return them safely to Earth.
The space business unit's operating profit in the fourth quarter of 2025 decreased $10 million, or 4%, compared to the same period in 2024. The cause of the dip was $20 million of lower equity earnings from the company's investment in United Launch Alliance (ULA), partially offset by a $15 million gain from increased sales volume.
The company reported that its space-related sales in 2025 climbed $550 million, or 4%, compared to 2024. This increase was primarily attributable to higher sales volume of $380 million for strategic and missile defense programs and $255 million for commercial civil space programs such as the Orion project, which is expected to take astronauts back to the moon for the first time since NASA's Apollo program ended in December 1972. These increases were partially offset by a decline of $135 million on national security space programs due to program lifecycle in the Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) mission. The Next Generation OPIR constellation is under development to replace the Space-based Infrared System (SBRIS) and is expected to be a key part of the Golden Dome weapons system championed by President Trump.
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Lockheed Martin's operating profit in 2025 from its Space unit jumped $119 million, or 10%, compared to 2024. Company officials credited the increase to a $145 million rise in profit booking rate adjustments, and $30 million gain from higher sales volume, partly offset by $40 million of lower equity earnings from the company's investment in ULA.
The U.S. space development agency previously placed a $3-billion-dollar-plus order with Lockheed Martin for 72 satellites. In June 2025, Lockheed Martin announced the launch of its "AI Fight Club," a unit within its Technology and Strategic Innovation organization that focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) for defense systems.
Income investors may be interested in Lockheed Martin's current dividend yield of 2.31%. However, the company's share price "may be a bit ahead of itself," Connell concluded. Risk-averse investors may want to use dollar-cost averaging or wait to buy on dips, she added.
LMT also is a Citi Research buy recommendation. The stock rose 2.76% on the year's first trading day of Jan. 2, then jumped 4.72% on Jan. 9 alone. It has started the year strongly along with many other aerospace and defense stocks by rising 28.71% in just the first month of 2026.
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RTX Corp (NYSE: RTX) is a traditional aerospace and defense company that has supported satellite and launch services, as well as surveillance operations. But President Trump criticized the company for engaging in share repurchases, dividend payments and high executive pay instead of fulfilling its U.S. defense contracts on time.
The president recently announced plans to boost the 2026 U.S. military budget of $901 billion to $1.5 trillion by 66.5% for fiscal year 2027. The hefty funding hike is needed to protect the United States during "troubled and dangerous times," President Trump said.
RTX is one of the stocks that gained a boost from the arrest of Venezuela's dictator, whom U.S. President Trump accused of supporting the shipment of cocaine to the United States and causing drug overdose deaths. The company also supports satellite and launch services, as well as surveillance operations.
RTX reported a "stellar" fourth quarter, beating earnings and revenue expectations, and its free cash flow was $7.9 billion compared to $3.4 billion last year, Connell commented. The company's current $268 billion backlog gave its management confidence to boost guidance for 2026, she added.
Income investors may want to know that RTX's current dividend yield is 1.45% and is growing almost 8% annually. Based on its optimistic conference call, Connell predicted RTX would continue to deliver 8% dividend growth over the long term.
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Three Large Dividend-paying Space Stocks to Purchase: LHX
The U.S. government seldom has invested in American businesses, but the Trump administration has been willing to pursue selected direct investments that have potential to produce a profitable return for the U.S. taxpayers. As a seasoned business leader, President Trump has unique background among U.S. presidents.
Citi Research issued a recent report stating its $389 base case price target for L3 Harris Technologies Inc. (NYSE: LHX), of Melbourne, Florida. LHX received a valuation from Citi Research that uses historical ranges in conjunction with trading relationships to include factors such as margins, returns, growth and earnings momentum.
The company won a contract in December 2025 from the Space Development Agency (SDA) to build 18 infrared satellites for the Tranche 3 (T3) Tracking Layer. The contract, valued up to $843 million, includes ground software, operations and sustainment functions.
But the company is not without significant risks from heavy dependence on U.S. government customers and spending priorities, Citi Research wrote. Those risks include unilateral contract actions, government shutdowns and shifts in defense budget allocations that could materially impact revenue and operations.
Additional risks include supply chain disruptions that pose another critical vulnerability. A further risk stems from any failures in subcontractor or supplier performance that could delay product delivery, increase costs and damage customer relationships across its defense and technology portfolio, Citi Research continued.
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Three Large Dividend-paying Space Stocks to Purchase: Geopolitical Risks
Conflicts around the world have boosted the demand for satellite and space services that offer military applications. Technology is increasingly important, with soldiers wary about going off to war and possibly becoming injured or killed.
Ukraine estimates that 200,000 of its soldiers are absent without official leave (AWOL), meaning they have left their positions without permission, the country's new Defense Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, said on Wednesday, Jan. 14. While speaking to the Ukrainian Parliament before his confirmation vote to become the nation's new defense chief, Fedorov added that roughly two million of his fellow countrymen are "wanted" for avoiding military service.
By law, all Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 must register with the military, but only those 25-60 can be mobilized. Amid Ukraine's martial law, all men 23-60 who are eligible for military service are prohibited from leaving the country, but tens of thousands have fled illegally.
Russia also has been incurring a wave of defections from its current and prospective combatants. The war in Ukraine is threatening to worsen further if Putin and his comrades in the country's leadership keep trying to deflect attention away from Russia's suffering economy and force its citizens to fight and die, despite limited territorial gains since the early phase of its invasion.
If a ceasefire is achieved in Ukraine, Britain and France have signed a historic agreement put peacekeeping troops on the ground in the war-torn country. The peacekeeping pact, signed at a summit in Paris by French President Emmanuel Macron, U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, could bring what has been called the "coalition of the willing" into a role to keep peace if a ceasefire occurs.
President Trump and his administration are supporting that initiative, as he keeps trying to broker a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. But Russia's role as the aggressor and demands to receive additional land beyond what it has seized on the battlefield is blocking progress. Recent polls indicate roughly 75% of Ukrainians who responded oppose offering any land to Russia. The opinion poll reflects the sacrifices endured by Ukrainians to defend their freedom and protect against Russia's sustained assaults.
Claims by Russia's leaders that they seek peace so far belie the reality of attacking non-soldiers, including Ukraine's mothers and children who continue to be killed and injured severely. To end Russia's invasion, President Trump is advocating prosperity that usually occurs for countries that have the greatest freedom.
Mark Skousen.
Mark Skousen, PhD, the Doti-Spogli Chair of Free Enterprise at Chapman University in Orange County, California, is a free-market economist who travels the world to praise freedom as a conduit to open opportunities for economic growth across the globe. So far, the economic benefits of peace have not surmounted the continuing war. | | | Sincerely,
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