NASDAQ:PRSP - Perspecta Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Perspecta announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 2nd. View Perspecta's Dividend History.

Perspecta Inc (NASDAQ:PRSP) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.04. The business earned $1.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.11 billion. Perspecta'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 is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Perspecta.

Perspecta updated 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 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Perspecta's stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Perspecta's stock price to reach $23.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.0%. 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 and 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Perspecta.

News articles about PRSP stock have been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Perspecta earned a news sentiment score of 3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact 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 number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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 $25.43.

Perspecta has a market capitalization of $4.11 billion. View Additional Information About Perspecta.