Leidos Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" Leidos stock.
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9 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Leidos' shares. Their LDOS stock forecasts range from $100.00 to $132.00. On average, they anticipate Leidos' share price to reach $113.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.0% from the stock's current price.
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Leidos' stock was trading at $88.90 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, LDOS shares have increased by 14.3% and is now trading at $101.57.
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Leidos saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,600,000 shares, a decline of 26.9% from the April 30th total of 2,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Leidos is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 2nd 2022.
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Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 3rd. The aerospace company reported $1.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.09. The aerospace company earned $3.50 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.38 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 5.20% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.03%. Leidos's revenue for the quarter was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.73 earnings per share.
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Leidos announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 29th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Thursday, June 30th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.42%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 14th.
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Leidos(NYSE:LDOS) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.48%. Leidos does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Leidos is 28.29%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Leidos will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.45% next year. This indicates that Leidos will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Leidos issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.10-$6.50 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $6.50. The company issued revenue guidance of $13.90 billion-$14.30 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $14.11 billion.

636 employees have rated Leidos CEO Roger A. Krone on Glassdoor.com. Roger A. Krone has an approval rating of 85% among Leidos' employees.

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

Leidos' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.36%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.04%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (7.16%), Wellington Management Group LLP (4.27%), State Street Corp (4.14%) and Boston Partners (3.21%). Company insiders that own Leidos stock include David G Fubini, Gary Stephen May, Harry M Jansen Kraemer Jr, James Robert Moos, Jonathan W Scholl, Miriam E John, Roger A Krone and Roy E Stevens.
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LDOS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cooke & Bieler LP, American Century Companies Inc., Hsbc Holdings PLC, Royal Bank of Canada, Wellington Management Group LLP, UBS Group AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and First National Bank of Omaha. Company insiders that have sold Leidos company stock in the last two years include David G Fubini, Gary Stephen May, Harry M Jansen Kraemer Jr, James Robert Moos, Miriam E John, and Roger A Krone.
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LDOS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, BlackRock Inc., Causeway Capital Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., Victory Capital Management Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Vanguard Group Inc., and National Pension Service.
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One share of LDOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $101.57.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) has a market capitalization of $13.88 billion and generates $13.74 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $753 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.089990 on an earnings per share basis.

Leidos employs 43,000 workers across the globe.

Leidos was founded in 1969.

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