Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) Receives Consensus Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the thirteen research firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $134.00.

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. UBS Group set a $119.00 price target on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. William Blair upgraded shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $115.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $112.00 to $119.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th.

Booz Allen Hamilton Trading Up 1.5%

NYSE:BAH opened at $97.78 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a quick ratio of 1.78 and a current ratio of 1.78. The firm has a market cap of $12.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 0.42. Booz Allen Hamilton has a 52 week low of $95.50 and a 52 week high of $190.59. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $104.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $108.73.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July 25th. The business services provider reported $1.48 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.45 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $2.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.96 billion. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 8.70% and a return on equity of 73.05%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.38 EPS. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.200-6.550 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Booz Allen Hamilton will post 6.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 29th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 14th were paid a dividend of $0.55 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 14th. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.3%. Booz Allen Hamilton’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 27.03%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Security National Bank of Sioux City Iowa IA grew its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 0.8% in the third quarter. Security National Bank of Sioux City Iowa IA now owns 20,487 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,048,000 after purchasing an additional 155 shares in the last quarter. Security National Bank of SO Dak grew its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 0.6% in the third quarter. Security National Bank of SO Dak now owns 18,184 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,817,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 186.8% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,526 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $153,000 after purchasing an additional 994 shares in the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC grew its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 31.4% in the third quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 2,301 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $230,000 after purchasing an additional 550 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kaufman Rossin Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in the third quarter valued at $332,000. 91.82% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.