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. Shareholders 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 yield of 1.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. View Leidos' Dividend History.

Leidos declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase 20,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:LDOS) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 18th. The aerospace company reported $1.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.16. The aerospace company earned $2.95 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.86 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 6.01% and a return on equity of 22.71%. The company's revenue was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.25 earnings per share. 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 updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.30 to $5.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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.

13 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Leidos' shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate Leidos' stock price to reach $100.17 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Leidos.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Leidos.

Media coverage about LDOS stock has been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Leidos earned a news impact score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Leidos.

Leidos saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,560,000 shares, a drop of 8.5% from the January 15th total of 3,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 912,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.5% of the company's shares 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), Unisys (UIS), Forrester Research (FORR), The Hackett Group (HCKT) and Servicesource International (SREV).

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

Leidos' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional 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 FIL Ltd (1.35%). 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, Janus Henderson Group PLC, AJO LP, AXA and Cipher Capital LP. 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 $120.33.

Leidos has a market capitalization of $17.03 billion and generates $11.09 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $582 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.17 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]