United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund Buys 77,731 Shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund increased its stake in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 653.2% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 89,631 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after purchasing an additional 77,731 shares during the quarter. United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund’s holdings in Leidos were worth $16,169,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of LDOS. Focus Partners Wealth raised its holdings in 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 during the period. Marshall Wace LLP raised its holdings in Leidos by 86.3% in the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 14,250 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $2,248,000 after purchasing an additional 6,600 shares during the period. Cresset Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Leidos by 2.7% in the 2nd quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 3,399 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $536,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC raised its holdings in Leidos by 20.2% in the 2nd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 41,405 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $6,532,000 after purchasing an additional 6,962 shares during the period. Finally, Natixis boosted its position in shares of Leidos by 222.3% in the second quarter. Natixis now owns 8,155 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,287,000 after purchasing an additional 5,625 shares during the period. 76.12% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Leidos

In other Leidos news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $158.78, for a total transaction of $317,560.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 49,476 shares in the company, valued at $7,855,799.28. This trade represents a 3.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Gary Stephen May sold 1,484 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.75, for a total transaction of $197,001.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 10,137 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,345,686.75. This trade represents a 12.77% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.77% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Leidos Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:LDOS opened at $131.49 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a current ratio of 1.40. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $145.73 and a 200 day moving average price of $171.30. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $121.20 and a fifty-two week high of $205.77. The firm has a market cap of $16.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.04, a P/E/G ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 0.56.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The aerospace company reported $3.13 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.88 by $0.25. Leidos had a net margin of 8.15% and a return on equity of 31.92%. The firm had revenue of $4.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.28 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.97 earnings per share. Leidos’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.100-12.500 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 12.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Leidos Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.75%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on LDOS. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Leidos from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, May 24th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Leidos from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on shares of Leidos from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. Argus raised shares of Leidos to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. Finally, Citigroup reduced their price objective on shares of Leidos from $232.00 to $178.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $191.25.

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.