Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS Shares Purchased by Alliancebernstein L.P.

Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its position in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 26.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,926,646 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after purchasing an additional 397,385 shares during the quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. owned about 1.51% of Leidos worth $364,059,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Focus Partners Wealth boosted its stake in shares of Leidos by 46.5% in the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 3,073 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $415,000 after purchasing an additional 976 shares during the period. Profund Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Leidos in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $259,000. Allworth Financial LP grew its stake in shares of Leidos by 113.7% in the second quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,564 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $247,000 after acquiring an additional 832 shares in the last quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. increased its position in shares of Leidos by 41.0% during the second quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 344 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $54,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the period. Finally, KBC Group NV increased its position in shares of Leidos by 7.8% during the second quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 11,702 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,846,000 after acquiring an additional 845 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.12% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

LDOS has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Wall Street Zen lowered Leidos from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, February 21st. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on Leidos from $220.00 to $205.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. UBS Group set a $204.00 price objective on Leidos in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their target price on shares of Leidos from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $215.00 target price on shares of Leidos in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Leidos has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $214.18.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of Leidos stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $192.21, for a total transaction of $576,630.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 38,575 shares in the company, valued at $7,414,500.75. This trade represents a 7.22% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.69% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Leidos Price Performance

LDOS stock opened at $174.05 on Monday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $183.96 and a 200 day moving average price of $186.33. The company has a quick ratio of 1.58, a current ratio of 1.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The stock has a market cap of $22.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.64, a PEG ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 0.63. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $128.32 and a fifty-two week high of $205.77.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The aerospace company reported $2.76 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.19. Leidos had a net margin of 8.43% and a return on equity of 32.95%. The company had revenue of $4.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.31 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.37 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.050-12.450 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 10.62 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 16th will be given a $0.43 dividend. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.45%.

Leidos Company Profile

Leidos is an American technology and engineering company that provides services and solutions to government and commercial customers, with a strong focus on national security, defense, intelligence, and civil government markets. The company delivers systems integration, engineering, cybersecurity, software development, data analytics, cloud migration and managed IT services, as well as mission support for complex programs. Leidos’ work spans areas such as C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), secure communications, sensors and systems engineering, and health IT solutions for public-sector healthcare programs.

Leidos traces its corporate roots to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and emerged as an independent, publicly traded company following a corporate separation in 2013.