NASDAQ:PRSP - Perspecta Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Perspecta declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Shareholders 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 yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 2nd. View Perspecta's Dividend History.

Perspecta Inc (NASDAQ:PRSP) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $1.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.11 billion. The firm's revenue was up 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.47 earnings per share. 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 earnings per share 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 price targets for Perspecta's shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Perspecta's stock price to reach $24.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.9%. 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 1 sell rating and 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Perspecta.

Headlines about PRSP stock have trended very negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Perspecta earned a news sentiment score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. 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 variety 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 $24.72.

Perspecta has a market capitalization of $3.99 billion. View Additional Information About Perspecta.