Sei Investments Co. Grows Holdings in Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

Sei Investments Co. boosted its position in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 17.8% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 248,554 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after purchasing an additional 37,600 shares during the period. Sei Investments Co.’s holdings in Leidos were worth $38,655,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in LDOS. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Leidos in the 1st quarter worth approximately $26,000. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Leidos by 77.6% during 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 during the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its holdings in Leidos by 94.7% during the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 148 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 72 shares during the period. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in Leidos during the fourth quarter worth $28,000. Finally, Rakuten Securities Inc. boosted its position in Leidos by 110.5% in the fourth quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 160 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 84 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.12% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

LDOS has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Bank of America restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $125.00 price objective (down from $200.00) on shares of Leidos in a research note on Wednesday, June 17th. Argus upgraded shares of Leidos to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 31st. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Leidos from $205.00 to $193.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on shares of Leidos from $210.00 to $160.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 13th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on shares of Leidos from $140.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating and ten have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $163.80.

Leidos Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of Leidos stock opened at $112.31 on Monday. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a 52-week low of $98.86 and a 52-week high of $205.77. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $114.33 and its 200 day simple moving average is $149.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.29, a P/E/G ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 0.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a current ratio of 1.40.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The aerospace company reported $3.13 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.88 by $0.25. Leidos had a net margin of 8.15% and a return on equity of 31.92%. The firm had revenue of $4.40 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.28 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.97 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.100-12.500 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 12.3 EPS for the current year.

Leidos Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a $0.43 dividend. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. Leidos’s payout ratio is currently 15.75%.

Insider Transactions at Leidos

In other Leidos news, Director Gary Stephen May sold 1,484 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.75, for a total transaction of $197,001.00. Following the sale, the director 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 sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 0.77% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.