Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) Receives $188.31 Average Target Price from Brokerages

Shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) have been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the sixteen research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, nine have assigned a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $188.3077.

LDOS has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Leidos from $168.00 to $184.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Leidos from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 9th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Leidos from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the company from $185.00 to $205.00 in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Leidos in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Argus increased their price objective on shares of Leidos from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Stephen Edward Hull sold 12,497 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.14, for a total transaction of $2,226,215.58. Following the sale, the insider owned 25,817 shares in the company, valued at $4,599,040.38. This represents a 32.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Gregory R. Dahlberg sold 952 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.43, for a total transaction of $168,913.36. Following the sale, the director owned 21,068 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,738,095.24. This trade represents a 4.32% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 22,975 shares of company stock worth $4,078,740 over the last quarter. 0.96% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. MCF Advisors LLC bought a new position in Leidos in the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. First Pacific Financial bought a new position in Leidos in the 2nd quarter worth about $27,000. Mather Group LLC. bought a new position in Leidos in the 3rd quarter worth about $28,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in Leidos in the 2nd quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, Optimum Investment Advisors grew its position in Leidos by 260.0% in the 1st quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors now owns 234 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 169 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 76.12% of the company’s stock.

Leidos Stock Performance

Shares of Leidos stock opened at $191.63 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $24.59 billion, a PE ratio of 18.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 0.71. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $185.31 and its 200-day simple moving average is $165.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a current ratio of 1.62. Leidos has a 1 year low of $123.62 and a 1 year high of $202.90.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The aerospace company reported $3.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.63 by $0.58. The business had revenue of $4.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.24 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 8.22% and a return on equity of 33.57%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.63 EPS. Leidos has set its FY 2025 guidance at 11.150-11.450 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Leidos will post 10.62 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th were paid a dividend of $0.40 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio is 15.12%.

About Leidos

Leidos Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides services and solutions in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Defense Solutions, Civil, and Health segments. The Defense Solutions segment offers national security solutions and systems for air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace for the U.S.