USA Financial Formulas Makes New $647,000 Investment in Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

USA Financial Formulas purchased a new stake in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm purchased 3,588 shares of the aerospace company’s stock, valued at approximately $647,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Mather Group LLC. acquired a new position in shares of Leidos during the third quarter worth about $28,000. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Leidos by 77.6% in the fourth quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 151 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Cape Investment Advisory Inc. purchased a new position in Leidos in the third quarter worth approximately $31,000. Wexford Capital LP acquired a new position in Leidos during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $32,000. Finally, First Horizon Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Leidos in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $39,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.12% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $192.21, for a total value of $576,630.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 38,575 shares in the company, valued at $7,414,500.75. This represents a 7.22% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.96% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Leidos Stock Down 1.3%

Leidos stock opened at $155.46 on Friday. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $128.32 and a fifty-two 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 company has a market capitalization of $19.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.97, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 0.63. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $177.46 and a 200-day simple moving average of $185.12.

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

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be issued a $0.43 dividend. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. Leidos’s payout ratio is presently 15.45%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Leidos from $220.00 to $205.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price objective on Leidos from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Wall Street Zen lowered Leidos from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 21st. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Leidos in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Robert W. Baird cut their price objective on shares of Leidos from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $214.18.

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.