Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) Receives $134.00 Average PT from Analysts

Key Points

• Booz Allen Hamilton has received an average recommendation of "Hold" from twelve analysts, with ratings varying from two sell ratings to one strong buy rating.
• The company's stock price target among analysts averages $134.00, with recent reports indicating price targets have varied widely from $94.00 to $148.00.
• Booz Allen Hamilton's latest earnings report showed earnings per share of $1.48, beating expectations, but its quarterly revenue fell 0.6% year-over-year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH - Get Free Report) has been given an average rating of "Hold" by the twelve ratings firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have assigned a hold recommendation, three have given a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $134.00.

A number of brokerages have recently commented on BAH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $115.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a "neutral" rating to a "sell" rating and reduced their target price for the company from $108.00 to $94.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 28th. William Blair upgraded shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, May 24th. Finally, UBS Group set a $119.00 price target on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th.

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Performance

BAH traded up $1.01 on Friday, reaching $102.22. The company had a trading volume of 3,558,164 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,484,786. Booz Allen Hamilton has a 1 year low of $98.95 and a 1 year high of $190.59. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.60 billion, a PE ratio of 12.56, a P/E/G ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 0.45. The company has a quick ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 1.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $107.89 and a 200-day moving average price of $109.84.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 25th. The business services provider reported $1.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.45 by $0.03. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 8.70% and a return on equity of 73.05%. The firm had revenue of $2.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.96 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.38 earnings per share. Booz Allen Hamilton's quarterly revenue was down .6% compared to the same quarter last year. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.200-6.550 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Booz Allen Hamilton will post 6.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 14th were given a dividend of $0.55 per share. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 14th. Booz Allen Hamilton's dividend payout ratio is presently 27.03%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB grew its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 74.5% during the first quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 246 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 105 shares during the period. Rakuten Securities Inc. grew its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 414.6% in the second quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 247 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 199 shares during the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group grew its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 102.8% in the first quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 294 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 149 shares during the last quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 627.3% in the first quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 320 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 276 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CX Institutional acquired a new stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in the first quarter valued at approximately $33,000. 91.82% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Booz Allen Hamilton Company 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.