NASDAQ:PRSP - Perspecta Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Perspecta announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 2nd. View Perspecta's Dividend History.

Perspecta Inc (NASDAQ:PRSP) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.04. The business earned $1.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.11 billion. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.47 EPS. View Perspecta's Earnings History.

Perspecta is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Perspecta.

Perspecta issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.12-2.18 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.13. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.45-4.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.48 billion.

5 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Perspecta's stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Perspecta's share price to reach $23.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.7%. 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 sell ratings and 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Perspecta.

Press coverage about PRSP stock has trended extremely positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Perspecta earned a media sentiment score of 5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock'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), Twilio (TWLO), Ciena (CIEN), Fossil Group (FOSL), Okta (OKTA), Apollo Global Management (APO), AT&T (T) and Applied Materials (AMAT).

Perspecta's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Maverick Capital Ltd. (3.32%), State Street Corp (2.80%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (2.67%), FMR LLC (2.26%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (2.23%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (1.66%). 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 Maverick Capital Ltd., Investec Asset Management LTD, Bodenholm Capital AB, AXA, Ancora Advisors LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Royce & Associates LP and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Perspecta.

PRSP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Man Group plc, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC and Principal Financial Group Inc.. 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 $25.34.

Perspecta has a market capitalization of $4.09 billion. View Additional Information About Perspecta.