Leidos Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:LDOS)

11 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" LDOS shares.
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11 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Leidos' stock. Their LDOS share price targets range from $95.00 to $127.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $114.36 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% from the stock's current price.
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Leidos' stock was trading at $105.19 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, LDOS stock has increased by 4.6% and is now trading at $109.98.
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Leidos saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,170,000 shares, a drop of 21.5% from the October 31st total of 1,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 682,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 0.9% 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 Tuesday, February 13th 2024.
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Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 31st. The aerospace company reported $2.03 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.67 by $0.36. The aerospace company earned $3.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.78 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 0.97% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.27%. Leidos's revenue was up 8.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.59 EPS.
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Leidos declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 15th will be given a dividend of $0.38 per share on Friday, December 29th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 14th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36.
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Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.32%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 138.46%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, LDOS will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.33% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) stock in their portfolio include VictoryShares Protect America ETF (SHLD), ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF (HACK), First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF (MISL), BlackRock Large Cap Value ETF (BLCV), First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR), Gabelli Commercial Aerospace & Defense ETF (GCAD), SPDR Kensho Final Frontiers ETF (ROKT) and Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA).

Leidos issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.80-7.10 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.68. The company issued revenue guidance of 15.1-15.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $15.12 billion.

636 employees have rated Leidos Chief Executive Officer Roger A. Krone on Glassdoor.com. Roger A. Krone has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Leidos investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), AbbVie (ABBV), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Walt Disney (DIS), AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), CVS Health (CVS) and Intel (INTC).

Leidos' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.55%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.39%), Boston Partners (2.60%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.21%), Invesco Ltd. (1.33%) and FMR LLC (1.32%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher R Cage, David G Fubini, Gary Stephen May, Gregory R Dahlberg, Gregory R Dahlberg, Harry M Jansen Kraemer Jr, James Robert Moos, Jerald S Howe Jr, Miriam E John, Noel B Geer, Roger A Krone, Roy E Stevens, Surya N Mohapatra and Thomas Arthur Bell.
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