Hudson Bay Capital Management LP Makes New $1.62 Million Investment in Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

Hudson Bay Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 8,579 shares of the aerospace company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,621,000.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Allworth Financial LP raised its position in Leidos by 34.1% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 2,097 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $396,000 after purchasing an additional 533 shares during the last quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd lifted its holdings in Leidos by 7.6% during the 3rd quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd now owns 17,072 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $3,226,000 after buying an additional 1,213 shares during the period. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC grew its position in shares of Leidos by 11.1% in the 3rd quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 7,260 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $1,372,000 after buying an additional 723 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Leidos in the third quarter valued at about $3,837,000. Finally, Oarsman Capital Inc. increased its stake in shares of Leidos by 3.9% in the third quarter. Oarsman Capital Inc. now owns 14,805 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $2,798,000 after buying an additional 559 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 76.12% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the company. UBS Group set a $204.00 price objective on Leidos in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of 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 dropped their price target on shares of Leidos from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Leidos from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 21st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Leidos from $220.00 to $205.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Leidos presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $214.18.

Insider Activity

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 value of $576,630.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 38,575 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,414,500.75. This trade represents a 7.22% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.96% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Leidos Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of LDOS stock opened at $165.69 on Monday. 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 debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a current ratio of 1.70. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $181.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $185.87. The company has a market cap of $20.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.89, a PEG ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 0.63.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The aerospace company reported $2.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.57 by $0.19. The firm 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%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.37 EPS. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.050-12.450 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 10.62 earnings per share for the current year.

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share. 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 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.