NYSE:LDOSLeidos Stock Price, Forecast & News

Leidos' stock was trading at $97.97 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LDOS shares have decreased by 10.3% and is now trading at $87.91. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Leidos.

Leidos is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Leidos.

Leidos will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, August 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:LDOS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 5th. The aerospace company reported $1.19 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.04. The aerospace company had revenue of $2.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.90 billion. Leidos had a return on equity of 22.56% and a net margin of 5.20%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 12.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.13 EPS. View Leidos' earnings history.

Leidos declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 1st. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 12th. View Leidos' dividend history.

Leidos issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.00-$5.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.50. The company issued revenue guidance of $12.5-$12.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.38 billion.

14 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Leidos' shares. Their forecasts range from $97.00 to $140.00. On average, they anticipate Leidos' share price to reach $115.92 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 31.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Leidos.

News coverage about LDOS stock has trended neutral on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Leidos earned a media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Leidos.

Leidos saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,700,000 shares, an increase of 7.6% from the June 15th total of 2,510,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,120,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Leidos' Current Options Chain.

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

Leidos' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Renaissance Investment Group LLC (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%), TrimTabs Asset Management LLC (0.01%) and Bay Rivers Group (0.01%). Company insiders that own Leidos stock include Gary Stephen May, Jonathan W Scholl and Roy E Stevens. View institutional ownership trends for Leidos.

LDOS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, and TrimTabs Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Leidos company stock in the last year include Gary Stephen May, Jonathan W Scholl, and Roy E Stevens. View insider buying and selling activity for Leidos.

LDOS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Renaissance Investment Group LLC, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., Courier Capital LLC, Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, and Bay Rivers Group. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $87.91.

Leidos has a market capitalization of $12.49 billion and generates $11.09 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $667 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.17 on an earnings per share basis. Leidos employs 34,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Leidos is www.leidos.com.

Leidos' mailing address is 1750 PRESIDENTS STREET, RESTON VA, 20190. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at 571-526-6000 or via email at [email protected]