Inceptionr LLC Acquires New Stake in Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

Inceptionr LLC acquired a new stake in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm acquired 4,399 shares of the aerospace company’s stock, valued at approximately $831,000.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of LDOS. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of Leidos by 2.7% in the 3rd quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 2,203 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $416,000 after buying an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC raised its position in shares of Leidos by 2.0% during the second quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC now owns 2,974 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $469,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Leidos by 3.7% in the second quarter. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC now owns 1,639 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $259,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the period. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp lifted its stake in shares of Leidos by 0.7% in the third quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 8,243 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,558,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares during the period. Finally, CX Institutional boosted its holdings in Leidos by 4.3% in the third quarter. CX Institutional now owns 1,503 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $284,000 after acquiring an additional 62 shares during the last quarter. 76.12% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Leidos

In other news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $192.21, for a total transaction of $576,630.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 38,575 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,414,500.75. This represents a 7.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.69% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have weighed in on LDOS shares. UBS Group set a $204.00 target price on shares of Leidos in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on shares of Leidos from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Leidos from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $215.00 target price on shares of Leidos in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on shares of Leidos from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $214.18.

Leidos Price Performance

Leidos stock opened at $179.58 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.13, a PEG ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 0.63. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a 52-week low of $128.32 and a 52-week high of $205.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a current ratio of 1.70. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $184.65 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $186.58.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 17th. The aerospace company reported $2.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.19. The company had revenue of $4.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.31 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 8.43% and a return on equity of 32.95%. Leidos’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.37 EPS. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.050-12.450 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 10.62 earnings per share for the current year.

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a $0.43 dividend. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. Leidos’s payout ratio is 15.45%.

Leidos Profile

Leidos is an American technology and engineering company that provides services and solutions to government and commercial customers, with a strong focus on national security, defense, intelligence, and civil government markets. The company delivers systems integration, engineering, cybersecurity, software development, data analytics, cloud migration and managed IT services, as well as mission support for complex programs. Leidos’ work spans areas such as C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), secure communications, sensors and systems engineering, and health IT solutions for public-sector healthcare programs.

Leidos traces its corporate roots to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and emerged as an independent, publicly traded company following a corporate separation in 2013.