NYSE:LDOS - Leidos Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Leidos declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. View Leidos' Dividend History.

Leidos announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:LDOS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 19th. The aerospace company reported $1.10 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.03. The aerospace company earned $2.65 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.66 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 5.70% and a return on equity of 19.68%. The business's revenue was up 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.87 earnings per share. View Leidos' Earnings History.

Leidos is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Leidos.

Leidos issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 19th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.25-4.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.76. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.5-10.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.64 billion.

4 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Leidos' stock. Their predictions range from $70.00 to $82.00. On average, they expect Leidos' share price to reach $74.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Leidos.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Leidos.

News headlines about LDOS stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Leidos earned a news sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the aerospace company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Leidos investors own include Science Applications International (SAIC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Raytheon (RTN), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Nucor (NUE), Starbucks (SBUX), Boeing (BA), Walt Disney (DIS) and General Electric (GE).

Leidos' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Ronna Sue Cohen (0.49%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.13%), Gradient Investments LLC (0.09%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Heritage Investors Management Corp (0.03%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). Company insiders that own Leidos stock include Gary Stephen May, Jerald S Howe Jr and John P Jumper. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Leidos.

LDOS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gradient Investments LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Strs Ohio, Pure Financial Advisors Inc. and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Leidos.

LDOS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ronna Sue Cohen, W.E. Donoghue & Co. LLC, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Brookstone Capital Management, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, Heritage Investors Management Corp and Lavaca Capital LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LDOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $65.40.

Leidos has a market capitalization of $9.39 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.

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]