NYSE:LDOS - Leidos Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Leidos declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be given a dividend of $0.34 per share on Thursday, April 2nd. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. View Leidos' Dividend History.

Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:LDOS) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 18th. The aerospace company reported $1.51 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.16. The aerospace company earned $2.95 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.86 billion. Leidos had a return on equity of 22.51% and a net margin of 6.01%. 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 EPS. 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 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.

12 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Leidos' shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $135.00. On average, they expect Leidos' stock price to reach $104.36 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Leidos.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Leidos.

News headlines about LDOS stock have trended negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Leidos earned a media sentiment score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage 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 few days. View News Stories for Leidos.

Leidos saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,560,000 shares, a decrease of 8.5% from the January 15th total of 3,890,000 shares. Based on an average 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 sold short. 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), AT&T (T) and Costco Wholesale (COST).

Leidos' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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 $105.11.

Leidos has a market capitalization of $14.86 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]