Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation $BAH Stake Raised by National Pension Service

National Pension Service raised its holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) by 88.1% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 30,058 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 14,077 shares during the quarter. National Pension Service’s holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton were worth $3,004,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton by 0.5% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 13,137,237 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,367,980,000 after buying an additional 65,496 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 58.2% during the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,565,792 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $264,251,000 after acquiring an additional 943,660 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 1.6% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,417,306 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $251,000,000 after acquiring an additional 37,519 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 49.7% during the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 2,345,982 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $240,698,000 after purchasing an additional 779,156 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 14.7% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,297,416 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $239,230,000 after purchasing an additional 293,603 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.82% of the company’s stock.

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Down 5.2%

BAH stock opened at $82.97 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $89.37 and a two-hundred day moving average of $96.23. The company has a market cap of $10.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.33, a PEG ratio of 5.13 and a beta of 0.33. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a 12-month low of $79.23 and a 12-month high of $134.27. The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.76.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.26 by $0.51. The business had revenue of $1.85 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.74 billion. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 7.35% and a return on equity of 76.79%. Booz Allen Hamilton’s revenue for the quarter was down 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.55 earnings per share. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.950-6.150 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation will post 6.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, February 13th will be paid a $0.59 dividend. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 13th. This is a positive change from Booz Allen Hamilton’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. Booz Allen Hamilton’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 32.69%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

BAH has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. TD Cowen cut Booz Allen Hamilton from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $93.00 to $109.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $97.00 target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $106.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $105.77.

Booz Allen Hamilton Company Profile

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation is a publicly traded management and technology consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The company provides a wide range of professional services and solutions in strategy, analytics, digital transformation, engineering and cyber security. Its expertise spans from supporting federal civilian agencies to defense, intelligence and homeland security organizations, as well as select commercial industries.

Key offerings include data analytics and artificial intelligence applications, software development and modernization, systems integration, and cyber risk management.