Brokerages Set Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) Target Price at $101.25

Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the sixteen research firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $101.25.

A number of research firms recently weighed in on BAH. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on 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. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. DA Davidson set a $81.00 target price on Booz Allen Hamilton in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and set a $97.00 price objective on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Booz Allen Hamilton from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Booz Allen Hamilton

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 38.4% in the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 6,528,226 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $550,722,000 after purchasing an additional 1,811,906 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 13.0% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 822,044 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $69,348,000 after acquiring an additional 94,434 shares during the period. Strive Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton during the 4th quarter worth approximately $367,000. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury bought a new position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in the 4th quarter worth $3,083,000. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 27.8% in the 4th quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 9,015 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $766,000 after acquiring an additional 1,961 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 91.82% of the company’s stock.

Booz Allen Hamilton Price Performance

Booz Allen Hamilton stock opened at $79.97 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $88.34 and its 200 day moving average price is $94.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.76, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 1.81. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.88, a P/E/G ratio of 4.59 and a beta of 0.33. Booz Allen Hamilton has a 1 year low of $76.26 and a 1 year high of $130.91.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.26 by $0.51. The business had revenue of $2.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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 for the quarter was down 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.55 EPS. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.950-6.150 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Booz Allen Hamilton will post 6.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.59 per share. This is a positive change from Booz Allen Hamilton’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 13th. Booz Allen Hamilton’s dividend payout ratio is presently 35.07%.

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.