Leidos (LDOS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 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 5 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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9 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Leidos' shares. Their LDOS share price forecasts range from $95.00 to $127.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $112.70 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.6% from the stock's current price.
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Leidos' stock was trading at $105.19 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, LDOS shares have decreased by 13.3% and is now trading at $91.19.
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Leidos saw a decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,310,000 shares, a decrease of 28.0% from the August 15th total of 1,820,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 847,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 7th 2023.
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Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 1st. The aerospace company reported $1.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.23. The aerospace company earned $3.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.72 billion. Leidos had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.97% and a net margin of 4.77%. Leidos's quarterly revenue was up 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.59 earnings per share.
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Leidos declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Friday, September 29th. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) stock in their portfolio include 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 S&P Kensho Final Frontiers ETF (ROKT), Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA) and SPDR Kensho Future Security ETF (FITE).

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.54%. The dividend payout ratio is 28.13%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LDOS will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.86% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Leidos updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.40-$6.80 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.53. The company issued revenue guidance of $14.9-$15.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $15.02 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LDOS."

Leidos' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.79%), State Street Corp (3.94%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.62%), Boston Partners (2.89%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.20%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.62%). 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, Roger A Krone, Roy E Stevens, Surya N Mohapatra and Thomas Arthur Bell.
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Shares of LDOS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LDOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $91.19.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) has a market capitalization of $12.53 billion and generates $14.84 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $693 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.12 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 45,000 workers across the globe.

Leidos' mailing address is 1750 PRESIDENTS STREET, RESTON VA, 20190. The official website for the company is www.leidos.com. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at (571) 526-6000 or via email at ir@leidos.com.