William Blair Has Optimistic Outlook of BAH Q3 Earnings

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) – Analysts at William Blair boosted their Q3 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, July 28th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now expects that the business services provider will earn $1.69 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.59. William Blair currently has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booz Allen Hamilton’s current full-year earnings is $6.44 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Booz Allen Hamilton’s Q4 2026 earnings at $1.86 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $6.44 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $7.09 EPS.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last released its earnings results on Friday, July 25th. The business services provider reported $1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.45 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $2.92 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.96 billion. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 8.70% and a return on equity of 73.05%. Booz Allen Hamilton’s quarterly revenue was down .6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.38 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. UBS Group set a $119.00 price target on Booz Allen Hamilton and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Booz Allen Hamilton from $115.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Monday. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group downgraded shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $108.00 to $94.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 28th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $119.00 price objective on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Booz Allen Hamilton has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $134.00.

Booz Allen Hamilton Price Performance

Shares of NYSE BAH opened at $108.16 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $106.68 and its 200-day moving average price is $114.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.29, a P/E/G ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 0.48. Booz Allen Hamilton has a 1-year low of $98.95 and a 1-year high of $190.59.

Booz Allen Hamilton Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 29th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 14th will be issued a $0.55 dividend. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.03%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 14th. Booz Allen Hamilton’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 27.03%.

Institutional Trading of Booz Allen Hamilton

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BAH. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC grew its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 180.1% during the 2nd quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 4,692 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $489,000 after acquiring an additional 3,017 shares during the period. S Bank Fund Management Ltd purchased a new position in Booz Allen Hamilton in the second quarter valued at approximately $87,000. WCM Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton by 0.7% during the second quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC now owns 24,365 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,506,000 after purchasing an additional 170 shares during the period. Alta Capital Management LLC increased its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 6.4% in the second quarter. Alta Capital Management LLC now owns 240,183 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $25,010,000 after buying an additional 14,547 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Generali Asset Management SPA SGR raised its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 13.2% in the second quarter. Generali Asset Management SPA SGR now owns 16,480 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,716,000 after buying an additional 1,922 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 91.82% of the company’s stock.

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital solutions, mission operations, and cyber services to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. It focuses on artificial intelligence services comprising of machine learning, predictive modeling, automation and decision analytics, and quantum computing.