Investors often choose U.S. defense stocks because they are attached to relatively safe companies. The U.S. government is a reliable customer, and there's no shortage of geopolitical tensions driving increased demand for defense spending around the globe. Moreover, stocks like Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) tend to pay growing dividends.

The chart below shows the stock's dividend-per-share, earnings-per-share, and free-cash-flow-per-share ratios so you can see just how well covered its dividend is.

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