Analysts Set Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) PT at $213.27

Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the thirteen research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nine have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $214.1818.

Several research analysts have issued reports on LDOS shares. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $215.00 target price on shares of Leidos in a research report on Monday. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on Leidos from $220.00 to $205.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price objective on Leidos from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. UBS Group set a $204.00 target price on Leidos in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Bank of America upped their price target on shares of Leidos from $200.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th.

Insider Buying and Selling at Leidos

In related news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $192.21, for a total value of $576,630.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 38,575 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,414,500.75. The trade was a 7.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.96% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Leidos

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of LDOS. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Leidos by 3.7% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,022,359 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,086,434,000 after buying an additional 217,141 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Leidos by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,538,488 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $636,097,000 after acquiring an additional 64,909 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in Leidos by 3.3% during the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,528,630 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $556,677,000 after acquiring an additional 111,813 shares in the last quarter. Boston Partners increased its position in Leidos by 3.7% during the 2nd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 2,909,142 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $460,203,000 after purchasing an additional 103,321 shares during the period. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp raised its holdings in shares of Leidos by 6.4% in the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 2,411,312 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $455,642,000 after purchasing an additional 145,826 shares in the last quarter. 76.12% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Leidos Stock Down 0.5%

NYSE LDOS opened at $174.98 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.58, a current ratio of 1.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. Leidos has a 52 week low of $123.62 and a 52 week high of $205.77. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.72, a PEG ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a fifty day moving average of $185.59 and a two-hundred day moving average of $186.52.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The aerospace company reported $2.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.19. Leidos had a net margin of 8.43% and a return on equity of 32.95%. The firm had revenue of $4.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.31 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.37 EPS. The business’s 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, analysts predict that Leidos will post 10.62 earnings per share for the current year.

Leidos Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a $0.43 dividend. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 16th. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.45%.

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.