Perspecta Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:PRSP)

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

Perspecta declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 13th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 4th will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share on Tuesday, October 15th. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 3rd. View Perspecta's Dividend History.

Perspecta Inc (NASDAQ:PRSP) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 14th. The company reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.08 billion. The company's quarterly revenue was up 47.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.54 earnings per share. View Perspecta's Earnings History.

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

Perspecta issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.08-$2.18 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.11. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.4-$4.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.40 billion.

4 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Perspecta's shares. Their predictions range from $21.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Perspecta's stock price to reach $22.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Perspecta.

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

News headlines about PRSP stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Perspecta earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Perspecta.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Perspecta investors own include DXC Technology (DXC), Intelsat (I), Bank of America (BAC), Fossil Group (FOSL), Associated British Foods (ABF), Chaarat Gold (CGH), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Apollo Global Management (APO), First Data (FDC) and Twilio (TWLO).

Perspecta's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.03%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own Perspecta stock include John Kavanaugh, John M Curtis and Philip O Nolan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Perspecta.

PRSP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pacer Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Perspecta.

PRSP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bowling Portfolio Management LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Perspecta stock in the last two years include John Kavanaugh, John M Curtis and Philip O Nolan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Perspecta.

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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PRSP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.68.

Perspecta has a market capitalization of $4.17 billion. View Additional Information About Perspecta.