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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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

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%

Leidos pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Booz Allen Hamilton pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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.

Leidos currently has a consensus target price of $188.31, suggesting a potential upside of 2.14%. Booz Allen Hamilton has a consensus target price of $129.45, suggesting a potential upside of 31.98%. 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
3 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.07

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

In the previous week, Leidos had 14 more articles in the media than Booz Allen Hamilton. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Leidos and 21 mentions for Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Allen Hamilton's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Leidos' score of 0.77 indicating that Booz Allen Hamilton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Leidos
16 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Booz Allen Hamilton
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$16.66B1.42$1.25B$10.5817.42
Booz Allen Hamilton$11.98B1.01$935M$8.1412.05

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

Summary

Leidos beats Booz Allen Hamilton on 11 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$23.67B$16.05B$32.91B$21.83B
Dividend Yield0.87%1.84%3.23%3.62%
P/E Ratio17.4231.56481.5732.43
Price / Sales1.4236.911,478.6760.32
Price / Cash14.6722.0237.3424.21
Price / Book5.528.147.414.59
Net Income$1.25B$365.88M$820.48M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.88%1.98%0.64%1.31%
1 Month Performance-1.83%4.28%0.98%-0.93%
1 Year Performance8.75%242.91%24,165.20%9.51%

Leidos Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LDOS
Leidos
4.4769 of 5 stars
$184.35
0.0%
$188.31
+2.1%
+8.8%$23.67B$16.66B17.4248,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.853 of 5 stars
$96.32
-0.8%
$134.00
+39.1%
-40.1%$11.87B$11.96B11.8335,800News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
CACI
CACI International
3.1113 of 5 stars
$508.84
-0.3%
$548.73
+7.8%
-3.0%$11.19B$8.63B22.7725,000Upcoming Earnings
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.6336 of 5 stars
$293.44
+0.4%
$278.19
-5.2%
+14.1%$54.90B$21.37B32.7947,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
RTX
RTX
4.6569 of 5 stars
$158.83
+0.7%
$164.13
+3.3%
+25.5%$212.59B$83.60B34.91186,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
SAIC
Science Applications International
3.8385 of 5 stars
$96.28
-0.3%
$115.10
+19.5%
-34.0%$4.43B$7.46B16.2426,000Positive News
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.8324 of 5 stars
$66.34
+0.8%
$86.79
+30.8%
-15.3%$32.40B$20.49B13.48336,800News Coverage
Positive News
IT
Gartner
4.7672 of 5 stars
$245.46
+2.5%
$356.89
+45.4%
-55.6%$18.59B$6.30B15.1121,044News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DOX
Amdocs
4.8992 of 5 stars
$81.44
+0.8%
$108.00
+32.6%
-8.8%$9.19B$5.00B16.5229,058
EPAM
EPAM Systems
4.8112 of 5 stars
$146.74
+3.1%
$224.06
+52.7%
-28.2%$8.17B$4.73B20.9361,200News Coverage
Positive News
TDC
Teradata
3.6073 of 5 stars
$21.32
+4.4%
$26.86
+26.0%
-35.8%$2.01B$1.75B18.865,700

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