Leidos Holdings, Inc. to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.43 (NYSE:LDOS)

Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be given a dividend of 0.43 per share by the aerospace company on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th.

Leidos has raised its dividend payment by an average of 0.0%per year over the last three years and has raised its dividend annually for the last 6 consecutive years. Leidos has a dividend payout ratio of 14.8% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Leidos to earn $11.23 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.72 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 15.3%.

Leidos Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of LDOS opened at $174.05 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.70, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The stock has a market cap of $22.00 billion, a PE ratio of 15.64, a PEG ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 0.63. Leidos has a 1 year low of $128.32 and a 1 year high of $205.77. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $183.96 and a 200-day simple moving average of $186.29.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The aerospace company reported $2.76 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.19. Leidos had a return on equity of 32.95% and a net margin of 8.43%.The business had revenue of $4.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.31 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.37 EPS. Leidos’s quarterly revenue was down 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.050-12.450 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Leidos will post 10.62 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. UBS Group set a $204.00 target price on shares of Leidos in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Robert W. Baird cut their price target on shares of Leidos from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $215.00 price target on shares of Leidos in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price objective on shares of Leidos from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Leidos from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, February 21st. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $214.18.

Leidos Company Profile

Leidos is an American technology and engineering company that provides services and solutions to government and commercial customers, with a strong focus on national security, defense, intelligence, and civil government markets. The company delivers systems integration, engineering, cybersecurity, software development, data analytics, cloud migration and managed IT services, as well as mission support for complex programs. Leidos’ work spans areas such as C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), secure communications, sensors and systems engineering, and health IT solutions for public-sector healthcare programs.

Leidos traces its corporate roots to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and emerged as an independent, publicly traded company following a corporate separation in 2013.