Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS Shares Sold by Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH trimmed its stake in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 9.3% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 53,816 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after selling 5,524 shares during the quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH’s holdings in Leidos were worth $10,169,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Focus Partners Wealth raised its holdings in shares of Leidos by 46.5% in the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 3,073 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $415,000 after purchasing an additional 976 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its stake in Leidos by 10.3% in the 2nd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 3,524 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $556,000 after buying an additional 330 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of Leidos by 30.2% during the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,251 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $355,000 after purchasing an additional 522 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its stake in Leidos by 10.0% in the second quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 2,878 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $454,000 after acquiring an additional 262 shares during the last quarter. Finally, McAdam LLC bought a new stake in Leidos in the second quarter worth $286,000. 76.12% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Leidos Price Performance

LDOS opened at $191.07 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $188.95 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $183.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.43 billion, a PE ratio of 17.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.58. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a 52 week low of $123.62 and a 52 week high of $205.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a current ratio of 1.62.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The aerospace company reported $3.05 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.61 by $0.44. Leidos had a return on equity of 33.02% and a net margin of 8.11%.The company had revenue of $4.47 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.28 billion. Leidos has set its FY 2025 guidance at 11.450-11.75 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 10.62 earnings per share for the current year.

Leidos Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 15th were given a dividend of $0.43 per share. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 15th. This is an increase from Leidos’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio is presently 16.04%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on LDOS shares. Citigroup increased their price objective on Leidos from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 price target on shares of Leidos in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Leidos in a report on Monday, December 29th. Bank of America upped their target price on shares of Leidos from $200.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Finally, Truist Financial reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 price target (up previously from $200.00) on shares of Leidos in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $213.09.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $192.21, for a total value of $576,630.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 38,575 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,414,500.75. This represents a 7.22% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.96% of the company’s stock.

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.