NASDAQ:PRSP - Perspecta Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Perspecta declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 13th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.06 per share on Tuesday, October 15th. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 3rd. View Perspecta's Dividend History.

Perspecta Inc (NASDAQ:PRSP) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 14th. The company reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.02. The company earned $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.08 billion. The business's revenue was up 47.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business 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 (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.

5 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Perspecta's shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $35.00. On average, they expect Perspecta's stock price to reach $25.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.5%. 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, 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Perspecta.

Press coverage about PRSP stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Perspecta earned a news impact score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect 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), 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Atria Investments LLC, Atria Investments LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Crescent Park Management L.P., Investec Asset Management LTD, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Prudential Financial 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 $26.18.

Perspecta has a market capitalization of $4.25 billion. View Additional Information About Perspecta.