Recent Investment Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Leidos (LDOS)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Leidos (NYSE: LDOS):

• 6/3/2026 – Leidos was downgraded by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from “buy” to “hold”. They now have a $140.00 price target on the stock, down from $185.00.
• 5/27/2026 – Leidos is now covered by BNP Paribas Exane. They set an “outperform” rating and a $165.00 price target on the stock.
• 5/24/2026 – Leidos was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 5/16/2026 – Leidos was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 5/7/2026 – Leidos had its price target lowered by Citigroup Inc. from $232.00 to $178.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – Leidos was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b-)” to “hold (c+)”.
• 5/6/2026 – Leidos had its price target lowered by Stifel Nicolaus from $205.00 to $193.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – Leidos had its price target lowered by Royal Bank Of Canada from $215.00 to $180.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/21/2026 – Leidos had its price target lowered by Bank of America Corporation from $235.00 to $200.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/20/2026 – Leidos had its price target lowered by Truist Financial Corporation from $220.00 to $195.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/18/2026 – Leidos was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 4/8/2026 – Leidos was given a new $185.00 price target by Jefferies Financial Group Inc..

Leidos Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio is 15.75%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Leidos

In other news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.78, for a total transaction of $317,560.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 49,476 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,855,799.28. This represents a 3.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Gary Stephen May sold 1,484 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.75, for a total value of $197,001.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 10,137 shares in the company, valued at $1,345,686.75. This trade represents a 12.77% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Corporate insiders own 0.77% of the company’s stock.

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.