Leidos (LDOS) Expected to Post Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) is expected to release its Q2 2026 results before the market opens on Tuesday, August 4th. Analysts expect Leidos to post earnings of $2.91 per share and revenue of $4.4366 billion for the quarter. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.100-12.500 EPS. Interested persons can find conference call details on the company’s upcoming Q2 2026 earning summary page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The aerospace company reported $3.13 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.88 by $0.25. The business had revenue of $4.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.28 billion. Leidos had a return on equity of 31.92% and a net margin of 8.15%.The company’s revenue was up 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.97 EPS. On average, analysts expect Leidos to post $12 EPS for the current fiscal year and $13 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Leidos Stock Performance

Shares of LDOS stock opened at $115.67 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $113.37 and a 200 day moving average price of $146.78. The stock has a market cap of $14.55 billion, a PE ratio of 10.59, a P/E/G ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 0.54. Leidos has a 1 year low of $98.86 and a 1 year high of $205.77. 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 announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Friday, July 31st that permits the company to buyback 20,000,000 outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the aerospace company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

LDOS has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on Leidos from $215.00 to $180.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Leidos from $205.00 to $193.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Leidos from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of Leidos from $210.00 to $160.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, July 13th. Finally, TD Cowen cut their target price on shares of Leidos from $160.00 to $115.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Leidos presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $163.80.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Gary Stephen May sold 1,484 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $132.75, for a total value 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 ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.77% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Leidos

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its stake in Leidos by 64.4% during the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,529,261 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $241,256,000 after purchasing an additional 598,974 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Leidos by 426.7% in the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 323,828 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $58,419,000 after buying an additional 262,343 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Leidos by 21.2% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,433,712 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $223,731,000 after acquiring an additional 250,555 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake in Leidos by 3.7% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,022,359 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,086,434,000 after acquiring an additional 217,141 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. raised its holdings in shares of Leidos by 753.0% in the 2nd quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 215,939 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $34,067,000 after purchasing an additional 190,625 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.12% of the company’s stock.

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.