Natixis Advisors LLC Purchases 13,167 Shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

Natixis Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 7.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 199,673 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,167 shares during the quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC’s holdings in Leidos were worth $36,021,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. AXQ Capital LP purchased a new stake in shares of Leidos in the 4th quarter worth $293,000. Root Financial Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Leidos by 98.2% during the fourth quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 1,211 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $218,000 after buying an additional 600 shares during the period. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board raised its holdings in shares of Leidos by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board now owns 6,000 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $1,082,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Black Swift Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Leidos in the fourth quarter valued at about $2,057,000. Finally, Waterloo Capital L.P. lifted its stake in Leidos by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Waterloo Capital L.P. now owns 13,122 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $2,367,000 after acquiring an additional 291 shares during the period. 76.12% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Leidos

In related news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.78, for a total transaction of $317,560.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 49,476 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,855,799.28. This represents a 3.89% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Gary Stephen May sold 1,484 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.75, for a total value of $197,001.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 10,137 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,345,686.75. This trade represents a 12.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Corporate insiders own 0.77% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have issued reports on LDOS. 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 report on Wednesday, February 18th. Citigroup lowered their price target on shares of Leidos from $232.00 to $178.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Bank of America dropped their price objective on shares of Leidos from $235.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Leidos from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, May 24th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company started coverage on shares of Leidos in a research note on Wednesday, April 1st. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $165.00 price objective for the company. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $187.50.

Leidos Stock Performance

Shares of Leidos stock opened at $124.73 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $15.69 billion, a PE ratio of 11.42, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a current ratio of 1.40. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $141.98 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $168.91. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a one year low of $121.20 and a one year high of $205.77.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The aerospace company reported $3.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.88 by $0.25. Leidos had a net margin of 8.15% and a return on equity of 31.92%. The business had revenue of $4.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.28 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.97 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.100-12.500 EPS. Research analysts expect that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 12.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio is presently 15.75%.

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.