Klein Pavlis & Peasley Financial Inc. Makes New $583,000 Investment in Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

Klein Pavlis & Peasley Financial Inc. bought a new position in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 3,233 shares of the aerospace company’s stock, valued at approximately $583,000.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of LDOS. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Leidos during the second quarter valued at approximately $261,501,000. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. acquired a new stake in Leidos during the 3rd quarter valued at $242,464,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its holdings in Leidos by 64.4% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,529,261 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $241,256,000 after purchasing an additional 598,974 shares in the last quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC increased its stake in Leidos by 663.3% during the 4th quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC now owns 355,824 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $64,191,000 after buying an additional 309,206 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Leidos by 21.2% during the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,433,712 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $223,731,000 after buying an additional 250,555 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.12% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Leidos

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

Leidos Stock Performance

Shares of LDOS stock opened at $155.46 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $19.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.97, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 0.63. The business has a 50 day moving average of $177.46 and a two-hundred day moving average of $185.12. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a 52 week low of $128.32 and a 52 week high of $205.77. The company has a quick ratio of 1.58, a current ratio of 1.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93.

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

Leidos Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

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