Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) Declares $0.43 Quarterly Dividend

Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be given a dividend of 0.43 per share by the aerospace company on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 16th.

Leidos has increased its dividend by an average of 0.0%per year over the last three years and has raised its dividend annually for the last 6 consecutive years. Leidos has a dividend payout ratio of 14.8% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Leidos to earn $11.23 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.72 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 15.3%.

Leidos Price Performance

NYSE LDOS opened at $174.05 on Friday. Leidos has a twelve month low of $128.32 and a twelve month 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 has a market capitalization of $22.00 billion, a PE ratio of 15.64, a P/E/G ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 0.63. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $183.96 and a 200 day simple moving average of $186.29.

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

About Leidos

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.