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. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. View Leidos' Dividend History.

Leidos announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which permits the company to repurchase 20,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:LDOS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 18th. The aerospace company reported $1.51 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.16. The aerospace company had revenue of $2.95 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.86 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 6.01% and a return on equity of 22.51%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.25 earnings per share. View Leidos' Earnings History.

Leidos is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Leidos.

Leidos issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 18th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.30 to $5.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Leidos' stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate Leidos' share price to reach $100.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Leidos.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Leidos.

Media stories about LDOS stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Leidos earned a coverage optimism score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the aerospace company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Leidos.

Leidos saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,560,000 shares, a drop 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 currently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Science Applications International (SAIC), Alibaba Group (BABA), Boeing (BA), Walt Disney (DIS), Raytheon (RTN), AbbVie (ABBV), CVS Health (CVS) and AT&T (T).

Leidos' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 Geode Capital Management LLC (1.55%). 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 purchased 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, National Pension Service, Janus Henderson Group PLC, AJO LP and AXA. 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 $117.22.

Leidos has a market capitalization of $16.57 billion and generates $11.09 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $582 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.17 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]