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 stock has decreased by 10.3% and is now trading at $87.89. 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) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The aerospace company reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.04. The aerospace company had revenue of $2.89 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.90 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 5.20% and a return on equity of 22.56%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 12.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.13 EPS. View Leidos' earnings history.

Leidos announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 1st. Stockholders 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 yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View Leidos' dividend history.

Leidos updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.00-$5.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 12-month target prices for Leidos' shares. Their forecasts range from $97.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect Leidos' stock price to reach $115.92 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Leidos.

Media headlines about LDOS stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Leidos earned a coverage optimism score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines 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 company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Leidos.

Leidos saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 trading volume of 1,120,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's shares 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 of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Renaissance Investment Group LLC (0.02%), Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%) and Courier Capital LLC (0.00%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Renaissance Investment Group LLC, Courier Capital LLC, and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. 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 $87.89.

Leidos has a market capitalization of $12.48 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]