Leidos - LDOS Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leidos in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" LDOS shares.
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8 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Leidos' stock. Their LDOS share price forecasts range from $100.00 to $132.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $115.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.8% from the stock's current price.
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Leidos' stock was trading at $105.19 at the start of the year. Since then, LDOS shares have decreased by 6.8% and is now trading at $98.06.
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Leidos saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,880,000 shares, an increase of 27.9% from the December 15th total of 1,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 777,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 14th 2023.
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Leidos will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 14th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 201-612-7415 with passcode "13735521".

Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 2nd. The aerospace company reported $1.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.60 by $0.20. The aerospace company earned $3.48 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.58 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 4.81% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.30%. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.47 earnings per share.
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Leidos declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Friday, December 30th. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 14th.
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Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.47%. The dividend payout ratio is 29.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LDOS will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.21% next year. This indicates that the company 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, November, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.20-$6.40 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.36. The company issued revenue guidance of $14.20 billion-$14.40 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $14.23 billion.

636 employees have rated Leidos Chief Executive Officer Roger A. Krone on Glassdoor.com. Roger A. Krone has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Leidos investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), AbbVie (ABBV), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Walt Disney (DIS), AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), CVS Health (CVS) and Intel (INTC).

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

Leidos' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Homestead Advisers Corp (0.45%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.36%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.36%), Hardman Johnston Global Advisors LLC (0.16%), Howard Capital Management Group LLC (0.15%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.15%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher R Cage, David G Fubini, Gary Stephen May, Harry M Jansen Kraemer Jr, James Robert Moos, Jonathan W Scholl, Miriam E John, Roger A Krone, Roy E Stevens and Surya N Mohapatra.
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One share of LDOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $98.06.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) has a market capitalization of $13.40 billion and generates $13.74 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $753 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.89 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 43,000 workers across the globe.

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