Flow Traders U.S. LLC Takes Position in Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation $BAH

Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 6,645 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $692,000.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 0.5% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 13,137,237 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,367,980,000 after buying an additional 65,496 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton by 1.6% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,417,306 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $251,000,000 after acquiring an additional 37,519 shares in the last quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. lifted its stake in Booz Allen Hamilton by 23.4% in the second quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,809,844 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $188,459,000 after acquiring an additional 343,315 shares during the last quarter. Black Creek Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in Booz Allen Hamilton by 0.3% in the second quarter. Black Creek Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,809,451 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $188,418,000 after acquiring an additional 5,626 shares during the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton by 288.4% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,622,132 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $168,491,000 after acquiring an additional 1,204,446 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.82% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on BAH shares. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $93.00 to $80.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, October 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on Booz Allen Hamilton from $122.00 to $90.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 27th. Bank of America cut Booz Allen Hamilton from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $90.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Friday, October 24th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on Booz Allen Hamilton from $115.00 to $93.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, October 27th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $106.00 target price on Booz Allen Hamilton in a research report on Friday, October 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Booz Allen Hamilton has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $110.82.

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Up 2.7%

Shares of NYSE:BAH opened at $92.97 on Thursday. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a 1-year low of $79.23 and a 1-year high of $146.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.89, a current ratio of 1.76 and a quick ratio of 1.76. The stock has a market cap of $11.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.19, a P/E/G ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 0.34. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $89.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $100.21.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last announced its earnings results on Friday, October 24th. The business services provider reported $1.49 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 7.06% and a return on equity of 71.87%. The business had revenue of $2.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.99 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.81 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was down 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.450-5.650 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation will post 6.44 EPS for the current year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 14th were issued a $0.55 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 14th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.4%. Booz Allen Hamilton’s payout ratio is presently 33.59%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Booz Allen Hamilton

In other news, CEO Horacio Rozanski acquired 23,800 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 30th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $84.66 per share, for a total transaction of $2,014,908.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 687,745 shares in the company, valued at approximately $58,224,491.70. This represents a 3.58% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 0.91% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.