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LDOS vs. BAH, CACI, LHX, RTX, SAIC, CTSH, IT, DOX, EPAM, and TDC

Should you be buying Leidos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leidos include Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), CACI International (CACI), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), RTX (RTX), Science Applications International (SAIC), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Gartner (IT), Amdocs (DOX), EPAM Systems (EPAM), and Teradata (TDC).

Leidos vs. Its Competitors

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) are both large-cap it consulting & other services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

Booz Allen Hamilton has a net margin of 8.70% compared to Leidos' net margin of 8.22%. Booz Allen Hamilton's return on equity of 73.05% beat Leidos' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Leidos8.22% 33.57% 11.45%
Booz Allen Hamilton 8.70%73.05%11.61%

In the previous week, Leidos had 5 more articles in the media than Booz Allen Hamilton. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Leidos and 9 mentions for Booz Allen Hamilton. Leidos' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Booz Allen Hamilton's score of 0.99 indicating that Leidos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Leidos
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Booz Allen Hamilton
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Leidos currently has a consensus price target of $188.31, indicating a potential downside of 3.79%. Booz Allen Hamilton has a consensus price target of $134.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.98%. Given Booz Allen Hamilton's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Booz Allen Hamilton is more favorable than Leidos.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Leidos
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
Booz Allen Hamilton
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23

Leidos has higher revenue and earnings than Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Allen Hamilton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leidos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Leidos$17.05B1.47$1.25B$10.5818.50
Booz Allen Hamilton$11.98B1.07$935M$8.1412.76

Leidos has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

76.1% of Leidos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Leidos shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Leidos pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Booz Allen Hamilton pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Leidos pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Booz Allen Hamilton pays out 27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Leidos has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Booz Allen Hamilton has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Booz Allen Hamilton is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Leidos beats Booz Allen Hamilton on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LDOS vs. The Competition

MetricLeidosIT Services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.09B$284.07B$32.75B$21.78B
Dividend Yield0.83%1.79%3.17%3.55%
P/E Ratio18.5035.12492.7229.82
Price / Sales1.4739.032,306.4966.04
Price / Cash15.5524.4035.0118.31
Price / Book5.868.687.444.65
Net Income$1.25B$365.88M$816.72M$1.00B
7 Day Performance5.36%4.48%1.70%1.20%
1 Month Performance9.52%13.52%10.60%3.32%
1 Year Performance17.63%296.41%24,359.35%13.11%

Leidos Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LDOS
Leidos
4.182 of 5 stars
$195.73
+1.5%
$188.31
-3.8%
+17.6%$25.09B$17.05B18.5048,000Positive News
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.9253 of 5 stars
$98.95
-0.1%
$134.00
+35.4%
-35.4%$12.20B$11.98B12.1635,800
CACI
CACI International
2.8806 of 5 stars
$488.05
+0.5%
$549.25
+12.5%
+3.5%$10.73B$8.63B21.8425,000
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.3679 of 5 stars
$296.88
+1.1%
$279.47
-5.9%
+22.1%$55.55B$21.33B33.1747,000
RTX
RTX
4.6516 of 5 stars
$163.74
+0.2%
$158.87
-3.0%
+33.5%$219.17B$80.74B35.99186,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SAIC
Science Applications International
4.1072 of 5 stars
$97.76
+0.1%
$120.64
+23.4%
-30.2%$4.50B$7.46B16.4926,000Positive News
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.8599 of 5 stars
$67.05
+0.1%
$86.79
+29.4%
-12.3%$32.75B$19.74B13.63336,800Positive News
IT
Gartner
4.8664 of 5 stars
$261.19
-1.1%
$357.44
+36.9%
-49.8%$19.78B$6.30B16.0721,044
DOX
Amdocs
4.982 of 5 stars
$81.44
-0.2%
$105.33
+29.3%
-6.7%$9.19B$5.00B16.5229,058Analyst Downgrade
EPAM
EPAM Systems
4.9526 of 5 stars
$154.35
+1.7%
$224.06
+45.2%
-22.3%$8.60B$4.73B22.0261,200
TDC
Teradata
3.6819 of 5 stars
$22.13
-0.3%
$26.86
+21.4%
-26.8%$2.09B$1.75B19.585,700Positive News

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This page (NYSE:LDOS) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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