Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) Lowered to Hold Rating by Wall Street Zen

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) was downgraded by research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report issued on Saturday.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on LDOS. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of Leidos from $200.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their price objective on shares of Leidos from $185.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Citigroup upped their target price on Leidos from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on Leidos from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on Leidos from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $213.27.

Leidos Stock Performance

Shares of LDOS opened at $173.48 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.70, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The firm has a market cap of $21.93 billion, a PE ratio of 15.59, a P/E/G ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 0.59. Leidos has a 12 month low of $123.62 and a 12 month high of $205.77. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $186.57 and a 200-day moving average price of $186.59.

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

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $192.21, for a total value of $576,630.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 38,575 shares in the company, valued at $7,414,500.75. This represents a 7.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.96% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Leidos by 77.6% during the 4th quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 151 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in Leidos by 94.7% during the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 148 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. acquired a new stake in Leidos during the third quarter valued at $28,000. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Leidos in the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, Rakuten Securities Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Leidos by 110.5% during the 4th quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 160 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 84 shares in the last quarter. 76.12% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.