NASDAQ:PRSP - Perspecta Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Perspecta announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 5th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Tuesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 4th. View Perspecta's Dividend History.

Perspecta Inc (NASDAQ:PRSP) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 14th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.02. The company earned $1.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.05 billion. The company's quarterly revenue was up 51.3% on a year-over-year basis. View Perspecta's Earnings History.

Perspecta is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 13th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Perspecta.

Perspecta will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 13th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8883176016.

Perspecta issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 14th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.85-1.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.92. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.20-4.25 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.23 billion.Perspecta also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $1.85-1.95 EPS.

5 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Perspecta's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $35.00. On average, they anticipate Perspecta's stock price to reach $27.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 41.5% from the stock's current price. 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 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Perspecta.

Headlines about PRSP stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Perspecta earned a coverage optimism score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Perspecta's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.11%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.01%) and Legacy Financial Advisors Inc. (0.00%).

PRSP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Retirement Systems of Alabama.

PRSP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Hawaiian Bank and Legacy Financial Advisors Inc..

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 $19.08.