Blair William & Co. IL Has $11.07 Million Position in Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation $BAH

Blair William & Co. IL lowered its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH - Free Report) by 50.0% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 106,269 shares of the business services provider's stock after selling 106,067 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL owned approximately 0.09% of Booz Allen Hamilton worth $11,066,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Booz Allen Hamilton by 1.9% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 13,071,741 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,367,043,000 after acquiring an additional 237,720 shares during the period. Bessemer Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 15.3% in the 1st quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 1,710,181 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $178,853,000 after buying an additional 226,761 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 288.4% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,622,132 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $168,491,000 after buying an additional 1,204,446 shares in the last quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. raised its holdings in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 78.7% in the 1st quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,466,529 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $153,370,000 after buying an additional 646,053 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP raised its holdings in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 603.1% in the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,446,414 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $151,266,000 after buying an additional 1,240,689 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.82% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have issued reports on the company. William Blair raised Booz Allen Hamilton from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $112.00 to $119.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $115.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Finally, UBS Group set a $119.00 target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $134.00.

Booz Allen Hamilton Price Performance

Booz Allen Hamilton stock opened at $97.14 on Friday. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $105.25 and its 200 day simple moving average is $108.85. The stock has a market cap of $11.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 0.42. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a 12-month low of $96.96 and a 12-month high of $190.59. The company has a quick ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 1.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 25th. The business services provider reported $1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.45 by $0.03. Booz Allen Hamilton had a return on equity of 73.05% and a net margin of 8.70%.The business had revenue of $2.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.96 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.38 earnings per share. The firm'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 anticipate that Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation will post 6.44 earnings per share for the current year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Announces Dividend

The firm 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. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 14th. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.3%. Booz Allen Hamilton's payout ratio is presently 27.03%.

About Booz Allen Hamilton

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.

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