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

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Booz Allen Hamilton in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BAH shares.
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10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Booz Allen Hamilton's shares. Their BAH share price targets range from $130.00 to $185.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $159.78 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price.
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Booz Allen Hamilton's stock was trading at $127.91 at the start of the year. Since then, BAH stock has increased by 19.0% and is now trading at $152.21.
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Booz Allen Hamilton saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,420,000 shares, an increase of 17.4% from the April 30th total of 1,210,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 607,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 26th 2024.
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Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Co. (NYSE:BAH) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 24th. The business services provider reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.10. The business services provider earned $2.77 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.71 billion. Booz Allen Hamilton had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 68.12% and a net margin of 5.68%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.01 earnings per share.

Booz Allen Hamilton declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 13th will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share on Friday, June 28th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 13th.
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Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.34%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 44.35%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BAH will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.86% 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 FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of 5.800-6.050 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 5.920. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.5 billion-$11.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.5 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.11%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (8.02%), WCM Investment Management LLC (3.28%), 1832 Asset Management L.P. (0.94%), Bessemer Group Inc. (0.91%) and Captrust Financial Advisors (0.83%). Insiders that own company stock include Elizabeth M Thompson, Gretchen W Mcclain, Horacio Rozanski, Karen M Dahut, Kristine Anderson, Lloyd Howell Jr, Matthew Calderone, Melody C Barnes, Nancy Laben, Ralph W Shrader, Richard Crowe and Susan L Penfield.
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