NYSE:LDOS - Leidos Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Leidos declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 14th. View Leidos' Dividend History.

Leidos announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which allows the company to buyback 20,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:LDOS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 3rd. The aerospace company reported $1.03 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.03. The aerospace company had revenue of $2.44 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.58 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 3.95% and a return on equity of 17.90%. Leidos's revenue was down 5.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.88 EPS. View Leidos' Earnings History.

Leidos is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Leidos.

Leidos issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.15 to $4.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.41. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.25 billion to $10.65 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.47 billion.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Leidos' shares. Their predictions range from $64.00 to $82.00. On average, they expect Leidos' stock price to reach $73.8750 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Leidos.

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News articles about LDOS stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Leidos earned a daily sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the aerospace company an impact score of 47.24 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Leidos' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.53%), Boston Partners (3.16%), FIL Ltd (2.49%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.92%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.71%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.71%). Company insiders that own Leidos stock include Gary Stephen May, Jerald S Howe Jr, John P Jumper and Surya N Mohapatra. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Leidos.

LDOS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Boston Partners, FIL Ltd, Prudential Financial Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN and Federated Investors Inc. PA. Company insiders that have sold Leidos company stock in the last year include Gary Stephen May and John P Jumper. View Insider Buying and Selling for Leidos.

LDOS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American Century Companies Inc., BB&T Securities LLC, Hsbc Holdings PLC, BlackRock Inc., Eaton Vance Management, Natixis, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Principal Financial Group Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Leidos stock in the last two years include Jerald S Howe Jr and Surya N Mohapatra. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LDOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.50.

Leidos has a market capitalization of $8.79 billion and generates $10.17 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $366 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.72 on an earnings per share basis. Leidos employs 31,000 workers across the globe.

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]