Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership Acquires 485,425 Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation $BAH

Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) by 227.4% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 698,930 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 485,425 shares during the quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership’s holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton were worth $72,780,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Roundview Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Roundview Capital LLC now owns 37,258 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $3,880,000 after purchasing an additional 99 shares in the last quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV boosted its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 26.7% in the second quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 493 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Intrust Bank NA boosted its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 2.6% in the first quarter. Intrust Bank NA now owns 4,544 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $475,000 after buying an additional 113 shares in the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 1.9% during the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 6,483 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $675,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Aviso Financial Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 4.8% during the second quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. now owns 2,693 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $280,000 after buying an additional 124 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.82% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on BAH shares. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a report on Monday. Cowen lowered Booz Allen Hamilton from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Truist Financial set a $90.00 price target on Booz Allen Hamilton in a report on Friday, October 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $122.00 to $90.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 27th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $106.00 target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a report on Friday, October 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $110.82.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Horacio Rozanski acquired 23,800 shares of Booz Allen Hamilton stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 30th. The stock was bought at an average price of $84.66 per share, with a total value of $2,014,908.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 687,745 shares in the company, valued at $58,224,491.70. This represents a 3.58% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders own 0.91% of the company’s stock.

Booz Allen Hamilton Price Performance

BAH stock opened at $87.52 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.76, a current ratio of 1.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.89. The firm has a market cap of $10.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.36, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.34. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $90.54 and its 200 day simple moving average is $101.33. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a 12-month low of $79.23 and a 12-month high of $149.27.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 24th. The business services provider reported $1.49 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $1.49. The firm had revenue of $2.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.99 billion. Booz Allen Hamilton had a return on equity of 71.87% and a net margin of 7.06%.The business’s quarterly revenue was down 8.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.81 EPS. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.450-5.650 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation will post 6.44 earnings per share for the current year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 14th were paid a $0.55 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 14th. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.5%. Booz Allen Hamilton’s payout ratio is 33.59%.

Booz Allen Hamilton Company Profile

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital solutions, mission operations, and cyber services to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. It focuses on artificial intelligence services comprising of machine learning, predictive modeling, automation and decision analytics, and quantum computing.