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

Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) have earned an average recommendation of “Reduce” from the fifteen research firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, ten have assigned a hold recommendation and one has issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $95.25.

A number of brokerages have commented on BAH. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $97.00 target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Wells Fargo & Company began coverage on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a report on Wednesday, April 1st. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $85.00 target price for the company. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $106.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 26th. Truist Financial set a $98.00 target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reduced their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $100.00 to $95.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 18th.

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Up 0.5%

Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton stock opened at $84.16 on Wednesday. Booz Allen Hamilton has a twelve month low of $73.93 and a twelve month high of $130.91. The company has a market cap of $10.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.77 and a beta of 0.35. The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.76. The company’s 50 day moving average is $80.75 and its 200 day moving average is $87.36.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last announced its earnings results on Friday, January 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.77 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.26 by $0.51. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 7.35% and a return on equity of 76.79%. The business had revenue of $2.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.74 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.55 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.950-6.150 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Booz Allen Hamilton will post 6.44 EPS for the current year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 13th were issued a dividend of $0.59 per share. This is an increase from Booz Allen Hamilton’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 13th. Booz Allen Hamilton’s dividend payout ratio is currently 35.07%.

Institutional Trading of Booz Allen Hamilton

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of BAH. Primecap Management Co. CA increased its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 135.2% in the fourth quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 4,666,298 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $393,649,000 after purchasing an additional 2,682,460 shares in the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 38.4% in the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 6,528,226 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $550,722,000 after purchasing an additional 1,811,906 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in the fourth quarter worth $143,749,000. State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 53.2% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,402,897 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $371,428,000 after purchasing an additional 1,528,739 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP increased its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 36.0% in the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 4,856,528 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $409,697,000 after purchasing an additional 1,285,475 shares in the last quarter. 91.82% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Booz Allen Hamilton Company Profile

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.