NYSE:LDOS - Leidos Stock Price, Forecast & News

Leidos' stock was trading at $97.97 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LDOS shares have decreased by 4.6% and is now trading at $93.44. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 7 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, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Leidos.

Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:LDOS) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 18th. The aerospace company reported $1.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.16. The aerospace company earned $2.95 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.86 billion. Leidos had a return on equity of 22.51% and a net margin of 6.01%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.25 EPS. View Leidos' earnings history.

Leidos declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Shareholders 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 yield of 1.46%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. View Leidos' dividend 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.

13 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Leidos' stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $135.00. On average, they expect Leidos' share price to reach $105.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Leidos.

News coverage about LDOS stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Leidos earned a media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutLeidos.

Leidos saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 3,002,000 shares, a decline of 7.9% from the February 27th total of 3,260,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 978,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 a number 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%). Company insiders that own Leidos stock include Gary Stephen May and Jonathan W Scholl. 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. Company insiders that have sold Leidos company stock in the last year include Gary Stephen May, and Jonathan W Scholl. View insider buying and selling activity for Leidos.

LDOS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Prudential Financial Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Renaissance Technologies LLC, PGGM Investments, National Pension Service, Janus Henderson Group PLC, and AJO LP. View insider buying and selling activity for Leidos.

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One share of LDOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $93.44.

Leidos has a market capitalization of $13.25 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. 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]