American Century Companies Inc. Acquires 3,199 Shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

American Century Companies Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 147,905 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after buying an additional 3,199 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. owned approximately 0.12% of Leidos worth $27,948,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Allianz Asset Management GmbH grew its stake in shares of Leidos by 20.1% in the third quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 339,972 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $64,241,000 after acquiring an additional 56,905 shares during the period. LBP AM SA lifted its position in Leidos by 43.8% during the third quarter. LBP AM SA now owns 63,211 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $11,944,000 after purchasing an additional 19,268 shares during the period. Synergy Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Leidos by 100.0% during the third quarter. Synergy Asset Management LLC now owns 233,470 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $44,116,000 after purchasing an additional 116,735 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia boosted its holdings in Leidos by 1,353.1% in the second quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 165,003 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $26,031,000 after purchasing an additional 153,648 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. purchased a new stake in Leidos in the second quarter worth approximately $1,026,000. 76.12% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Leidos

In other news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of Leidos stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $192.21, for a total transaction of $576,630.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 38,575 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,414,500.75. The trade was a 7.22% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.69% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

LDOS has been the subject of a number of research reports. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Leidos from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 21st. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on Leidos from $220.00 to $205.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Leidos in a report on Monday, December 29th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $215.00 price objective on shares of Leidos in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on Leidos from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $214.18.

Leidos Trading Up 1.4%

Shares of Leidos stock opened at $178.10 on Monday. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a 1-year low of $128.32 and a 1-year high of $205.77. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $184.76 and its 200-day simple moving average is $186.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 1.70 and a quick ratio of 1.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.51 billion, a PE ratio of 16.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 0.63.

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

Leidos Dividend Announcement

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

Leidos 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.