Q3 EPS Estimate for Booz Allen Hamilton Lowered by Analyst

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) – Equities researchers at William Blair dropped their Q3 2026 earnings estimates for Booz Allen Hamilton in a note issued to investors on Monday, October 27th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $1.16 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.51. William Blair 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 $1.32 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.45 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $93.00 to $80.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Cowen cut shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Truist Financial set a $90.00 target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a report on Friday, October 24th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $115.00 to $93.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $117.42.

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Performance

Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton stock opened at $82.72 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $100.76 and its 200-day simple moving average is $107.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.63, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.42. Booz Allen Hamilton has a 12 month low of $82.23 and a 12 month high of $190.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.89, a current ratio of 1.76 and a quick ratio of 1.78.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 24th. The business services provider reported $1.49 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 7.06% and a return on equity of 71.87%. The company had revenue of $2.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.99 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.81 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 8.1% on a year-over-year basis. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.450-5.650 EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Booz Allen Hamilton

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Rakuten Securities Inc. boosted its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 414.6% in the 2nd quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 247 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 199 shares in the last quarter. West Branch Capital LLC boosted its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 58.3% in the 3rd quarter. West Branch Capital LLC now owns 285 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 105 shares in the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group boosted its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 102.8% in the 1st quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 294 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 149 shares in the last quarter. WPG Advisers LLC purchased a new position in Booz Allen Hamilton in the 1st quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, Ransom Advisory Ltd purchased a new position in Booz Allen Hamilton in the 1st quarter valued at about $35,000. 91.82% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Booz Allen Hamilton

In related news, CEO Horacio Rozanski bought 23,800 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 30th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $84.66 per share, for a total transaction of $2,014,908.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 687,745 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $58,224,491.70. This trade represents a 3.58% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Insiders own 0.91% of the company’s stock.

Booz Allen Hamilton Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 14th will be given a dividend of $0.55 per share. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 14th. Booz Allen Hamilton’s payout ratio is presently 33.59%.

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.