Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) have earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the sixteen brokerages that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, nine have given a hold recommendation, two have assigned a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $101.25.

BAH has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $106.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $122.00 to $90.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, October 27th. DA Davidson set a $81.00 price objective on Booz Allen Hamilton in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $97.00 target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price target on Booz Allen Hamilton from $100.00 to $95.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 18th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Rakuten Securities Inc. increased its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 414.6% in the second quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 247 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 199 shares in the last quarter. West Branch Capital LLC boosted its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 58.3% during the 3rd quarter. West Branch Capital LLC now owns 285 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 105 shares during the period. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC increased its holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton by 244.0% in the 3rd quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 289 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 205 shares in the last quarter. Activest Wealth Management increased its holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton by 141.3% in the 4th quarter. Activest Wealth Management now owns 304 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 178 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Torren Management LLC purchased a new position in Booz Allen Hamilton in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. 91.82% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Booz Allen Hamilton Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:BAH opened at $74.23 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $8.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.03, a P/E/G ratio of 4.53 and a beta of 0.33. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $87.68 and a 200-day simple moving average of $93.35. Booz Allen Hamilton has a 52 week low of $73.99 and a 52 week high of $130.91. The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.76.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.26 by $0.51. The firm had revenue of $2.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.74 billion. Booz Allen Hamilton had a return on equity of 76.79% and a net margin of 7.35%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.55 EPS. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.950-6.150 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Booz Allen Hamilton will post 6.44 EPS for the current year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.59 per share. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.2%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 13th. This is an increase from Booz Allen Hamilton’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. Booz Allen Hamilton’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 35.07%.

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation is a publicly traded management and technology consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The company provides a wide range of professional services and solutions in strategy, analytics, digital transformation, engineering and cyber security. Its expertise spans from supporting federal civilian agencies to defense, intelligence and homeland security organizations, as well as select commercial industries.

Key offerings include data analytics and artificial intelligence applications, software development and modernization, systems integration, and cyber risk management.