NYSE:LDOS - Leidos Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Leidos announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 25th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, December 27th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.33%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. View Leidos' Dividend History.

Leidos announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which allows the company to repurchase 20,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:LDOS) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The aerospace company reported $1.36 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.19 by $0.17. The aerospace company earned $2.84 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.73 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 6.25% and a return on equity of 21.12%. Leidos's revenue was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.14 EPS. View Leidos' Earnings History.

Leidos is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 18th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Leidos.

Leidos updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.90-$5.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.71. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.9-$11.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.82 billion.

11 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Leidos' shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $111.00. On average, they expect Leidos' share price to reach $92.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Leidos.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Leidos.

News articles about LDOS stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Leidos earned a news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the aerospace company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Leidos.

Leidos saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,890,000 shares, a drop of 24.5% from the December 15th total of 5,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 980,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.0 days. Currently, 2.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Leidos' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Leidos include Accenture (ACN), IBM (IBM), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Gartner (IT), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Amdocs (DOX), Caci International (CACI), Mantech International (MANT), Teradata (TDC), Virtusa (VRTU), Forrester Research (FORR), Unisys (UIS), The Hackett Group (HCKT) and Servicesource International (SREV).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Leidos investors own include Lockheed Martin (LMT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Science Applications International (SAIC), Boeing (BA), Raytheon (RTN), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS), Northrop Grumman (NOC), AT&T (T) and Micron Technology (MU).

Leidos' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include PGGM Investments (0.18%), Howard Capital Management (0.10%), First National Bank of Omaha (0.08%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%) and Heritage Investors Management Corp (0.03%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Leidos.

LDOS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including IFP Advisors Inc, DNB Asset Management AS, Howard Capital Management, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Reilly Financial Advisors LLC, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Leidos.

LDOS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Central Bank & Trust Co., Wealthfront Advisers LLC, First Hawaiian Bank and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . 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 $102.47.

Leidos has a market capitalization of $14.51 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.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]