Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) Given Consensus Rating of “Reduce” by Analysts

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Reduce” by the fifteen research firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, ten have issued a hold recommendation and one has given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $95.25.

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on BAH. DA Davidson set a $81.00 target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $97.00 target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Truist Financial set a $98.00 target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $106.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $100.00 to $95.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 18th.

Booz Allen Hamilton Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of NYSE BAH opened at $84.16 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $80.75 and its 200-day moving average price is $87.36. The company has a market cap of $10.15 billion, a PE ratio of 12.51, a P/E/G ratio of 4.77 and a beta of 0.35. Booz Allen Hamilton has a 52-week low of $73.93 and a 52-week high of $130.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.76, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 1.81.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last issued its earnings results on Friday, January 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.26 by $0.51. The firm had revenue of $2.62 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.74 billion. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 7.35% and a return on equity of 76.79%. The business’s revenue was down 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.55 earnings per share. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.950-6.150 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Booz Allen Hamilton will post 6.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, February 13th were given a dividend of $0.59 per share. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%. This is a positive change from Booz Allen Hamilton’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 13th. Booz Allen Hamilton’s payout ratio is currently 35.07%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BAH. Primecap Management Co. CA lifted its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 135.2% during the fourth quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 4,666,298 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $393,649,000 after purchasing an additional 2,682,460 shares during the period. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 38.4% during the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 6,528,226 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $550,722,000 after purchasing an additional 1,811,906 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new position in Booz Allen Hamilton during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $143,749,000. State Street Corp lifted its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 53.2% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,402,897 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $371,428,000 after purchasing an additional 1,528,739 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP lifted its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 36.0% during the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 4,856,528 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $409,697,000 after purchasing an additional 1,285,475 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 91.82% of the company’s stock.

Booz Allen Hamilton Company Profile

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation is a publicly traded management and technology consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The company provides a wide range of professional services and solutions in strategy, analytics, digital transformation, engineering and cyber security. Its expertise spans from supporting federal civilian agencies to defense, intelligence and homeland security organizations, as well as select commercial industries.

Key offerings include data analytics and artificial intelligence applications, software development and modernization, systems integration, and cyber risk management.