NASDAQ:PRSPPerspecta Stock Price, Forecast & News

Perspecta's stock was trading at $20.45 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PRSP shares have increased by 0.7% and is now trading at $20.59. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Perspecta in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Perspecta.

Perspecta is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Perspecta.

Perspecta Inc (NASDAQ:PRSP) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.04. The company earned $1.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.11 billion. The company's revenue was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.47 earnings per share. View Perspecta's earnings history.

Perspecta announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 3rd will be paid 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 1.17%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 2nd. View Perspecta's dividend history.

Perspecta issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.12-2.18 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Perspecta's stock. Their forecasts range from $18.50 to $28.00. On average, they expect Perspecta's share price to reach $21.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Perspecta.

News coverage about PRSP stock has trended very negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Perspecta earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutPerspecta.

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

Perspecta's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $20.59.

Perspecta has a market capitalization of $3.32 billion.  View additional information about Perspecta.