NASDAQ:PRSP - Perspecta Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Perspecta announced 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 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 3rd. View Perspecta's Dividend History.

Perspecta Inc (NASDAQ:PRSP) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 14th. The company reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.02. The company earned $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.08 billion. The firm's revenue was up 47.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.54 earnings per share. View Perspecta's Earnings History.

Perspecta updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 14th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.08-$2.18 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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.

6 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Perspecta's stock. Their predictions range from $21.00 to $35.00. On average, they expect Perspecta's share price to reach $25.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Perspecta.

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

News coverage about PRSP stock has been trending positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Perspecta earned a daily sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat 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), Micron Technology (MU), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Apollo Global Management (APO) and First Data (FDC).

Perspecta's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.93%), BlackRock Inc. (9.95%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.21%), Maverick Capital Ltd. (4.60%), Investec Asset Management LTD (2.47%) and Eagle Asset Management Inc. (2.18%). 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 Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Victory Capital Management Inc., New Mountain Vantage Advisers L.L.C., Maverick Capital Ltd., AXA, Primecap Management Co. CA, Man Group plc and Clearline Capital LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Perspecta.

PRSP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Atria Investments LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Crescent Park Management L.P., Investec Asset Management LTD, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Prudential Financial Inc. and Renaissance Technologies LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PRSP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.21.

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