NYSE:LDOS - Leidos Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Leidos announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Thursday, April 2nd. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. View Leidos' Dividend History.

Leidos announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which allows the company to buyback 20,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:LDOS) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The aerospace company reported $1.36 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.19 by $0.17. The aerospace company had revenue of $2.84 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.73 billion. Leidos had a return on equity of 21.12% and a net margin of 6.25%. The business's revenue was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.14 earnings per share. View Leidos' Earnings History.

Leidos issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.30 to $5.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.50. The company issued revenue guidance of $12.60 billion to $13.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.38 billion.

11 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Leidos' shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $117.00. On average, they anticipate Leidos' stock price to reach $95.82 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 22.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Leidos.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Leidos.

News stories about LDOS stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Leidos earned a daily sentiment score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the aerospace company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Leidos.

Leidos saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,560,000 shares, a decrease of 8.5% from the January 15th total of 3,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 912,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View Leidos' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Leidos investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), Science Applications International (SAIC), Raytheon (RTN), Walt Disney (DIS), AT&T (T), Paypal (PYPL) and CVS Health (CVS).

Leidos' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.95%), FMR LLC (2.25%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.15%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.86%), Boston Partners (1.85%) and FIL Ltd (1.35%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Leidos.

LDOS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Man Group plc, Victory Capital Management Inc., Alyeska Investment Group L.P., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, FIL Ltd, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and California Public Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Leidos.

LDOS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Renaissance Technologies LLC, PGGM Investments, Janus Henderson Group PLC, AJO LP, AXA and Cipher Capital LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Leidos.

Shares of LDOS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LDOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $123.22.

Leidos has a market capitalization of $17.44 billion and generates $10.19 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $582 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.38 on an earnings per share basis. Leidos employs 32,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Leidos.

The official website for Leidos is http://www.leidos.com/.

Leidos' mailing address is 11951 FREEDOM DRIVE, RESTON VA, 20190. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at 571-526-6000 or via email at [email protected]