Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS Stock Position Lifted by Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd lifted its position in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 503.7% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 35,298 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after acquiring an additional 29,451 shares during the period. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd’s holdings in Leidos were worth $5,490,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Wedmont Private Capital raised its position in shares of Leidos by 4.6% during the 4th quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 1,171 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $230,000 after acquiring an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. 44 Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Leidos by 1.0% in the third quarter. 44 Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,500 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,039,000 after purchasing an additional 57 shares during the period. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB increased its stake in Leidos by 14.2% during the fourth quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 492 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $89,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in Leidos by 13.4% during the fourth quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 517 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $93,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bryn Mawr Trust Advisors LLC increased its stake in Leidos by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. Bryn Mawr Trust Advisors LLC now owns 1,337 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $241,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. 76.12% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Leidos

In other Leidos news, Director Gary Stephen May sold 1,484 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.75, for a total transaction of $197,001.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 10,137 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,345,686.75. The trade was a 12.77% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.78, for a total transaction of $317,560.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 49,476 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,855,799.28. This trade represents a 3.89% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 0.77% of the company’s stock.

Leidos Price Performance

Shares of NYSE LDOS opened at $108.58 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 1.40 and a quick ratio of 1.29. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.66 billion, a PE ratio of 9.94, a P/E/G ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 0.54. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a 1-year low of $98.86 and a 1-year high of $205.77. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $122.85 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $157.63.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The aerospace company reported $3.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.88 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $4.40 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.28 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 8.15% and a return on equity of 31.92%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.97 earnings per share. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.100-12.500 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 12.26 EPS for the current year.

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $0.43 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.6%. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 15.75%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on LDOS. Wells Fargo & Company set a $125.00 price target on shares of Leidos in a research report on Wednesday, June 17th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on shares of Leidos from $140.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Leidos from $220.00 to $195.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 20th. BNP Paribas Exane started coverage on shares of Leidos in a report on Wednesday, May 27th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $165.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Citigroup decreased their target price on Leidos from $178.00 to $138.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Leidos currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $172.08.

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.