Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation $BAH Shares Sold by Entropy Technologies LP

Entropy Technologies LP lowered its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) by 34.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 20,169 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 10,672 shares during the quarter. Entropy Technologies LP’s holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton were worth $2,100,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of BAH. Magnetar Financial LLC lifted its stake in Booz Allen Hamilton by 16.4% during the second quarter. Magnetar Financial LLC now owns 35,221 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $3,668,000 after purchasing an additional 4,952 shares during the last quarter. Swiss National Bank raised its holdings in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 6.7% during the second quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 384,500 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $40,038,000 after purchasing an additional 24,100 shares during the period. Prudential PLC bought a new position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in the 2nd quarter worth about $432,000. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 585.3% in the 2nd quarter. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd now owns 17,200 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,791,000 after buying an additional 14,690 shares during the period. Finally, Catalyst Funds Management Pty Ltd grew its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 22.3% during the 2nd quarter. Catalyst Funds Management Pty Ltd now owns 8,195 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $853,000 after buying an additional 1,495 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.82% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on BAH. TD Cowen restated a “hold” rating and issued a $105.00 target price (down from $125.00) on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research note on Friday, October 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on Booz Allen Hamilton from $122.00 to $90.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, October 27th. Cowen downgraded Booz Allen Hamilton from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Zacks Research cut Booz Allen Hamilton from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Bank of America lowered shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $90.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Friday, October 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Booz Allen Hamilton currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $110.82.

Booz Allen Hamilton Price Performance

NYSE BAH opened at $80.67 on Friday. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a 12 month low of $79.23 and a 12 month high of $150.53. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.79 billion, a PE ratio of 12.32, a P/E/G ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.39. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $93.63 and its 200 day simple moving average is $103.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.89, a current ratio of 1.76 and a quick ratio of 1.78.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last released its earnings results on Friday, October 24th. The business services provider reported $1.49 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49. Booz Allen Hamilton had a return on equity of 71.87% and a net margin of 7.06%.The firm had revenue of $2.89 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.99 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.81 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.450-5.650 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation will post 6.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, November 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.55 per share. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 14th. Booz Allen Hamilton’s payout ratio is presently 33.59%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Booz Allen Hamilton news, CEO Horacio Rozanski purchased 23,800 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 30th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $84.66 per share, for a total transaction of $2,014,908.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 687,745 shares in the company, valued at $58,224,491.70. The trade was a 3.58% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.91% of the company’s stock.

Booz Allen Hamilton Profile

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital solutions, mission operations, and cyber services to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. It focuses on artificial intelligence services comprising of machine learning, predictive modeling, automation and decision analytics, and quantum computing.