Dakota Wealth Management Buys 3,604 Shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

Dakota Wealth Management boosted its stake in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 55.6% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 10,085 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after buying an additional 3,604 shares during the quarter. Dakota Wealth Management’s holdings in Leidos were worth $1,819,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Leidos by 22.9% during the 4th quarter. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC now owns 1,566 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $283,000 after acquiring an additional 292 shares during the period. Czech National Bank lifted its stake in shares of Leidos by 3.5% in the 4th quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 33,714 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $6,082,000 after purchasing an additional 1,129 shares during the period. Carderock Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Leidos by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Carderock Capital Management Inc. now owns 35,498 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $6,404,000 after purchasing an additional 1,225 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its position in shares of Leidos by 5,386.9% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 99,917 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $18,025,000 after purchasing an additional 98,096 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Diversified Trust Co. purchased a new stake in Leidos in the fourth quarter worth $1,070,000. 76.12% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have issued reports on LDOS. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on Leidos from $220.00 to $205.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Leidos from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Leidos in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Leidos from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 21st. Finally, UBS Group set a $204.00 target price on shares of Leidos in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $214.18.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Leidos news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of Leidos stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $192.21, for a total transaction of $576,630.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 38,575 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,414,500.75. The trade was a 7.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.96% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Leidos Price Performance

NYSE LDOS opened at $155.46 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $177.46 and its 200 day moving average is $185.12. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $128.32 and a fifty-two week high of $205.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a current ratio of 1.70. The company has a market capitalization of $19.61 billion, a PE ratio of 13.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 0.63.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The aerospace company reported $2.76 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.57 by $0.19. Leidos had a return on equity of 32.95% and a net margin of 8.43%.The business had revenue of $4.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.31 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.37 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.050-12.450 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 10.62 earnings per share for the current year.

Leidos Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 16th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.45%.

Leidos Company 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.