Leidos (LDOS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" LDOS shares.
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12 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Leidos' stock. Their LDOS share price targets range from $106.00 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $132.42 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% from the stock's current price.
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Leidos' stock was trading at $108.24 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, LDOS shares have increased by 15.4% and is now trading at $124.91.
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Leidos saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,330,000 shares, an increase of 37.7% from the March 15th total of 965,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 809,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 30th 2024.
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Leidos will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 30th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 13th. The aerospace company reported $1.99 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.74 by $0.25. The aerospace company earned $3.98 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.81 billion. Leidos had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.92% and a net margin of 1.29%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.83 EPS.
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Leidos declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.38 per share on Thursday, March 28th. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.22%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th.
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Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.21%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 107.04%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, LDOS will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.97% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) stock in their portfolio include VictoryShares Protect America ETF (SHLD), Amplify Cybersecurity ETF (HACK), First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF (MISL), BlackRock Large Cap Value ETF (BLCV), First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR), Gabelli Commercial Aerospace & Defense ETF (GCAD), SPDR S&P Kensho Final Frontiers ETF (ROKT) and Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA).

Leidos updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 13th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 7.500-7.900 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 7.600. The company issued revenue guidance of $15.7 billion-$16.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $16.0 billion.

636 employees have rated Leidos Chief Executive Officer Roger A. Krone on Glassdoor.com. Roger A. Krone has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Leidos investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), AbbVie (ABBV), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Walt Disney (DIS), AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), CVS Health (CVS) and Intel (INTC).

Leidos' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Atwood & Palmer Inc. (0.19%), Running Oak Capital LLC (0.06%), Rheos Capital Works Inc. (0.06%), Czech National Bank (0.02%), Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (0.01%) and CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher R Cage, David G Fubini, Gary Stephen May, Gregory R Dahlberg, Gregory R Dahlberg, Harry M Jansen Kraemer Jr, James Robert Moos, Jerald S Howe Jr, Miriam E John, Noel B Geer, Roger A Krone, Roy E Stevens, Surya N Mohapatra and Thomas Arthur Bell.
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