B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Purchases 3,926 Shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG lifted its position in shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 52.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 11,387 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after buying an additional 3,926 shares during the quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG’s holdings in Leidos were worth $2,152,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in LDOS. Mather Group LLC. bought a new stake in shares of Leidos in the 3rd quarter valued at about $28,000. First Horizon Corp purchased a new stake in Leidos in the third quarter valued at about $39,000. Motco acquired a new position in shares of Leidos during the third quarter valued at about $43,000. Colonial Trust Advisors raised its position in shares of Leidos by 1,942.9% in the 2nd quarter. Colonial Trust Advisors now owns 286 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $45,000 after purchasing an additional 272 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC raised its position in shares of Leidos by 32.2% in the 3rd quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 271 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $51,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.12% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

LDOS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Robert W. Baird dropped their target price on shares of Leidos from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report 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 reissued a “buy” rating and set a $215.00 price objective on shares of Leidos in a report on Monday, February 23rd. UBS Group set a $204.00 price target on shares of Leidos in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Citigroup lifted their price target on Leidos from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $214.18.

Insider Activity

In other 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 completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 38,575 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,414,500.75. The trade was a 7.22% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.69% of the company’s stock.

Leidos Trading Down 3.9%

Shares of LDOS stock opened at $172.53 on Wednesday. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $128.32 and a fifty-two week high of $205.77. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $184.43 and a 200 day moving average price of $186.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a current ratio of 1.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 0.63.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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. The business had revenue of $4.21 billion during 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%.The business’s quarterly revenue was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.37 EPS. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.050-12.450 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 10.62 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be issued 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 is Monday, March 16th. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.45%.

About Leidos

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.