Leidos - LDOS Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" LDOS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LDOS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Leidos' shares. Their LDOS share price forecasts range from $95.00 to $132.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $111.13 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.0% from the stock's current price.
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Leidos' stock was trading at $105.19 at the start of the year. Since then, LDOS shares have decreased by 13.4% and is now trading at $91.10.
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Leidos saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,840,000 shares, an increase of 29.6% from the February 28th total of 1,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 864,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.6% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 2nd 2023.
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Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 14th. The aerospace company reported $1.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.61 by $0.22. The aerospace company earned $3.70 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.62 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 4.76% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.01%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.56 EPS.
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Leidos announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 10th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Friday, March 31st. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 14th.
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Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.58%. The dividend payout ratio is 29.15%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LDOS will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.67% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Leidos issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 14th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.40-6.80 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.84. The company issued revenue guidance of $14.7-15.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $15.04 billion.

636 employees have rated Leidos Chief Executive Officer Roger A. Krone on Glassdoor.com. Roger A. Krone has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Leidos investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), AbbVie (ABBV), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Walt Disney (DIS), AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), CVS Health (CVS) and Intel (INTC).

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 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.65%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.22%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.21%), Boston Partners (3.01%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.13%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.28%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher R Cage, David G Fubini, Gary Stephen May, Harry M Jansen Kraemer Jr, James Robert Moos, Miriam E John, Roger A Krone, Roy E Stevens and Surya N Mohapatra.
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One share of LDOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $91.10.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) has a market capitalization of $12.48 billion and generates $14.40 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $693 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.94 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 45,000 workers across the globe.

Leidos' mailing address is 1750 PRESIDENTS STREET, RESTON VA, 20190. The official website for the company is www.leidos.com. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at (571) 526-6000 or via email at ir@leidos.com.