Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC Has $5.14 Million Stock Holdings in Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC decreased its position in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 34.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 27,174 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after selling 14,396 shares during the period. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC’s holdings in Leidos were worth $5,135,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. HUB Investment Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Leidos by 28.0% during the 3rd quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 3,758 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $710,000 after purchasing an additional 821 shares in the last quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Leidos by 18.8% in the third quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 6,733 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $1,272,000 after purchasing an additional 1,067 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC lifted its position in Leidos by 13.1% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 315,812 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $59,676,000 after purchasing an additional 36,597 shares during the period. United Capital Management of KS Inc. bought a new position in Leidos in the third quarter worth $567,000. Finally, Cresset Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Leidos by 103.1% during the third quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 6,902 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,304,000 after buying an additional 3,503 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 76.12% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on LDOS shares. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Leidos from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, February 21st. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of Leidos from $220.00 to $205.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $215.00 target price on shares of Leidos in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on shares of Leidos from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, UBS Group set a $204.00 price target on shares of Leidos in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $214.18.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s 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 completion of the sale, the insider owned 38,575 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,414,500.75. This trade represents a 7.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.69% of the company’s stock.

Leidos Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of NYSE LDOS opened at $179.58 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $22.70 billion, a PE ratio of 16.13, a PEG ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 0.63. The business has a fifty day moving average of $184.65 and a two-hundred day moving average of $186.58. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a 52-week low of $128.32 and a 52-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.

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

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed 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. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio is currently 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.