NASDAQ:PRSP - Perspecta Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Perspecta trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PRSP."

Perspecta announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 5th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Tuesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.07%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 4th. View Perspecta's Dividend History.

Perspecta Inc (NASDAQ:PRSP) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 14th. The company reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.02. The company earned $1.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.05 billion. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 51.3% on a year-over-year basis. View Perspecta's Earnings History.

Perspecta is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 13th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Perspecta.

Perspecta will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 13th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8883176016.

Perspecta issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 14th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.85-1.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.92. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.20-4.25 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.23 billion.Perspecta also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $1.85-1.95 EPS.

5 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Perspecta's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $35.00. On average, they expect Perspecta's share price to reach $27.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 44.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Perspecta.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Perspecta in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Perspecta.

Media headlines about PRSP stock have trended very positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Perspecta earned a news sentiment score of 3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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Perspecta's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.11%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and First Hawaiian Bank (0.01%).

PRSP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Retirement Systems of Alabama.

PRSP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Hawaiian Bank.

Shares of PRSP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PRSP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.67.