NYSE:LDOS - Leidos Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Leidos declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 15th. Investors of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.02%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. View Leidos' Dividend History.

Leidos declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which permits the company to buyback 20,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally 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, February, 19th. The aerospace company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.03. The aerospace company earned $2.65 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.66 billion. Leidos had a return on equity of 19.68% and a net margin of 5.70%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.87 EPS. View Leidos' Earnings History.

Leidos is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Leidos.

Leidos issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 19th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.25-4.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.76. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.5-10.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.64 billion.

4 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Leidos' shares. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $82.00. On average, they anticipate Leidos' stock price to reach $74.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Leidos.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Leidos.

Media coverage about LDOS stock has trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Leidos earned a news impact score of -3.4 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 company's share price in the near term.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Leidos investors own include Science Applications International (SAIC), Raytheon (RTN), Lockheed Martin (LMT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Starbucks (SBUX), Northrop Grumman (NOC), General Electric (GE), Boeing (BA), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

Leidos' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Lunia Capital LP (11.60%), BlackRock Inc. (9.25%), FMR LLC (6.49%), Boston Partners (2.61%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (2.10%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.94%). Company insiders that own Leidos stock include Gary Stephen May, Jerald S Howe Jr and John P Jumper. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Leidos.

LDOS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Eaton Vance Management, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc. and Stone Ridge Asset Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Leidos.

LDOS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lunia Capital LP, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Norges Bank, Victory Capital Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, BlackRock Inc., Gotham Asset Management LLC and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 $63.49.

Leidos has a market capitalization of $9.28 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.

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]