Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS Holdings Lowered by Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.

Key Points

• Robeco Institutional Asset Management trimmed its stake in Leidos by 4.2%, selling 15,187 shares and leaving it with 346,169 shares worth about $62.45 million, while institutional investors own roughly 76.12% of the company.
• Q4 results beat expectations: Leidos reported $2.76 EPS vs. $2.57 expected and revenue of $4.88 billion vs. $4.31 billion, and issued FY2026 guidance of $12.05–$12.45 EPS.
• Analyst sentiment is mixed but overall positive: the consensus rating is a "Moderate Buy" with a $208.27 price target, although several firms have trimmed targets and at least one downgraded the stock to a hold.

Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. trimmed its stake in shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS - Free Report) by 4.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 346,169 shares of the aerospace company's stock after selling 15,187 shares during the period. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. owned about 0.27% of Leidos worth $62,449,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp increased its position in Leidos by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 5,805,218 shares of the aerospace company's stock worth $1,096,954,000 after purchasing an additional 78,534 shares during the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its stake in Leidos by 6.4% during the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 2,411,312 shares of the aerospace company's stock valued at $455,642,000 after purchasing an additional 145,826 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its stake in Leidos by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 2,221,518 shares of the aerospace company's stock valued at $419,778,000 after purchasing an additional 39,378 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its stake in Leidos by 26.0% during the 3rd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,926,646 shares of the aerospace company's stock valued at $364,059,000 after purchasing an additional 397,385 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Leidos by 8.2% during the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,551,547 shares of the aerospace company's stock valued at $290,403,000 after purchasing an additional 117,835 shares during the period. 76.12% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have commented on LDOS shares. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on Leidos from $220.00 to $205.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $185.00 price objective on Leidos in a research report on Wednesday. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price objective on Leidos from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. UBS Group set a $204.00 target price on Leidos in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut Leidos from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, February 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Leidos currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $208.27.

Leidos Stock Performance

LDOS stock opened at $152.97 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $19.29 billion, a PE ratio of 13.74, a P/E/G ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 0.65. The business's 50-day moving average price is $170.84 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $183.14. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a 1-year low of $136.91 and a 1-year high of $205.77. The company has a current ratio of 1.70, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The aerospace company reported $2.76 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.57 by $0.19. The company had revenue of $4.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.31 billion. Leidos had a return on equity of 32.95% and a net margin of 8.43%.The company's quarterly revenue was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.37 earnings per share. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.050-12.450 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 10.62 earnings per share for the current year.

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 16th were issued a dividend of $0.43 per share. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 16th. Leidos's dividend payout ratio is presently 15.45%.

Insider Transactions 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 sale, the insider owned 49,476 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,855,799.28. This represents a 3.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 0.77% of the company's stock.

Leidos Company Profile

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.

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