Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BAH)

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Booz Allen Hamilton in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BAH shares.
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8 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Booz Allen Hamilton's stock. Their BAH share price targets range from $116.00 to $144.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $129.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.8% from the stock's current price.
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Booz Allen Hamilton's stock was trading at $104.52 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, BAH shares have increased by 22.6% and is now trading at $128.16.
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Booz Allen Hamilton saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,450,000 shares, an increase of 23.1% from the October 31st total of 1,990,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 827,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 26th 2024.
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Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Co. (NYSE:BAH) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 27th. The business services provider reported $1.29 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.02. The business services provider had revenue of $2.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.61 billion. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 2.94% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 59.58%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 16.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.34 EPS.

Booz Allen Hamilton declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 25th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Monday, December 4th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 14th.
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Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.51%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 84.68%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, BAH will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.06% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Booz Allen Hamilton issued an update on its FY24 earnings guidance on Friday, December, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.95-5.10 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $5.05. The company issued revenue guidance of +11-14% yr/yr to ~$10.28-10.56 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.49 billion.

1,303 employees have rated Booz Allen Hamilton Chief Executive Officer Horacio D. Rozanski on Glassdoor.com. Horacio D. Rozanski has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Horacio D. Rozanski in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Booz Allen Hamilton's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Morgan Stanley (3.78%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (3.49%), WCM Investment Management LLC (3.20%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.28%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (1.53%) and Black Creek Investment Management Inc. (1.12%). Insiders that own company stock include Elizabeth M Thompson, Elizabeth M Thompson, Gretchen W Mcclain, Horacio Rozanski, Karen M Dahut, Kristine Anderson, Lloyd Howell Jr, Lloyd Howell, Jr, Melody C Barnes, Nancy Laben, Ralph W Shrader, Richard Crowe, Susan L Penfield and Susan L Penfield.
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