Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Brokerages

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the seventeen research firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $108.2308.

Several analysts recently issued reports on BAH shares. UBS Group reduced their price objective on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $115.00 to $93.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, October 27th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $106.00 price objective on Booz Allen Hamilton in a research report on Friday, October 24th. Cowen downgraded Booz Allen Hamilton from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Truist Financial set a $90.00 target price on Booz Allen Hamilton in a report on Friday, October 24th. Finally, Bank of America downgraded shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $90.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Friday, October 24th.

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Up 0.2%

BAH opened at $85.35 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $10.35 billion, a PE ratio of 13.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 0.34. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $86.75 and a 200 day moving average price of $98.77. Booz Allen Hamilton has a twelve month low of $79.23 and a twelve month high of $146.95. The company has a quick ratio of 1.76, a current ratio of 1.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.89.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last issued 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 business earned $1.81 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly 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 expect that Booz Allen Hamilton will post 6.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 14th were paid a dividend of $0.55 per share. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 14th. Booz Allen Hamilton’s payout ratio is 33.59%.

Insider Activity

In other Booz Allen Hamilton news, CEO Horacio Rozanski purchased 23,800 shares of Booz Allen Hamilton stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 30th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $84.66 per share, with a total value of $2,014,908.00. Following the acquisition, the chief executive officer directly owned 687,745 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $58,224,491.70. This represents a 3.58% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.91% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Booz Allen Hamilton

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Booz Allen Hamilton in the 2nd quarter valued at about $168,069,000. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 48.6% during the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,812,243 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $377,488,000 after acquiring an additional 1,246,451 shares during the last quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA grew its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 2,011.8% in the second quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 1,267,058 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $131,939,000 after purchasing an additional 1,207,058 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 187.5% during the second quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 1,566,826 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $168,136,000 after buying an additional 1,021,809 shares during the period. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton by 1,269.7% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 665,152 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $66,482,000 after buying an additional 616,591 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.82% of the company’s stock.

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation is a publicly traded management and technology consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The company provides a wide range of professional services and solutions in strategy, analytics, digital transformation, engineering and cyber security. Its expertise spans from supporting federal civilian agencies to defense, intelligence and homeland security organizations, as well as select commercial industries.

Key offerings include data analytics and artificial intelligence applications, software development and modernization, systems integration, and cyber risk management.