Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS Shares Sold by Aberdeen Group plc

Aberdeen Group plc reduced its position in shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 8.2% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 113,452 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after selling 10,162 shares during the period. Aberdeen Group plc’s holdings in Leidos were worth $20,467,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in LDOS. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Leidos by 77.6% during the 4th quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 151 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. acquired a new stake in Leidos in the third quarter worth $28,000. Cape Investment Advisory Inc. acquired a new stake in Leidos in the third quarter worth $31,000. Wexford Capital LP acquired a new stake in Leidos in the third quarter worth $32,000. Finally, First Horizon Corp acquired a new stake in Leidos in the third quarter worth $39,000. 76.12% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Leidos

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on LDOS shares. Robert W. Baird dropped their target price on Leidos from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on Leidos from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Citigroup increased their target price on Leidos from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. UBS Group set a $204.00 target price on Leidos in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on Leidos from $220.00 to $205.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Leidos presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $211.00.

Leidos Price Performance

Shares of LDOS opened at $159.36 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a current ratio of 1.70. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a one year low of $128.32 and a one year high of $205.77. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $173.28 and its 200-day moving average is $184.00.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The aerospace company reported $2.76 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.57 by $0.19. The company had revenue of $4.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.31 billion. Leidos had a return on equity of 32.95% and a net margin of 8.43%.The company’s quarterly revenue was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.37 earnings per share. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.050-12.450 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 10.62 EPS for the current year.

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 16th were issued a dividend of $0.43 per share. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 16th. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.45%.

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.