Leidos (LDOS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" LDOS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LDOS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Leidos' stock. Their LDOS share price forecasts range from $90.00 to $124.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $103.63 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.8% 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 stock has decreased by 24.7% and is now trading at $79.24.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 1st 2023.
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Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 2nd. The aerospace company reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.59 by $0.12. The aerospace company had revenue of $3.70 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.65 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 4.60% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.00%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.58 earnings per share.
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Leidos declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Friday, June 30th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 14th.
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Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.79%. The dividend payout ratio is 29.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LDOS will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.83% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Leidos updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.40-$6.80 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.70. The company issued revenue guidance of $14.70 billion-$15.10 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $15.00 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.

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Leidos trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LDOS."

Leidos' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.94%), State Street Corp (4.01%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.77%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.72%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.22%) and Boston Partners (3.20%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher R Cage, David G Fubini, Gary Stephen May, 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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One share of LDOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $79.24.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) has a market capitalization of $10.87 billion and generates $14.40 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $693 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.86 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.