Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. Makes New $398,000 Investment in Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. purchased a new stake in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 3,870 shares of the aerospace company’s stock, valued at approximately $398,000.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Leidos in the first quarter valued at $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in Leidos by 94.7% during the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 148 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in Leidos during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Kelleher Financial Advisors purchased a new stake in Leidos during the 2nd quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, Rakuten Securities Inc. increased its holdings in Leidos by 110.5% during the 4th quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 160 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 84 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.12% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. UBS Group lifted their price objective on Leidos from $124.00 to $138.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Robert W. Baird set a $150.00 target price on shares of Leidos in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Truist Financial decreased their price target on shares of Leidos from $195.00 to $160.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, July 10th. TD Cowen boosted their price target on shares of Leidos from $115.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of Leidos from $205.00 to $193.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating and ten have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Leidos presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $162.93.

Leidos Trading Up 0.3%

LDOS opened at $141.84 on Friday. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a one year low of $98.86 and a one year high of $205.77. The company has a market cap of $17.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.23, a PEG ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 0.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.13, a quick ratio of 1.60 and a current ratio of 1.63. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $117.10 and its 200-day simple moving average is $141.19.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The aerospace company reported $3.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.91 by $0.35. The firm had revenue of $4.56 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.44 billion. Leidos had a return on equity of 30.81% and a net margin of 7.80%.The firm’s revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.21 earnings per share. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.200-12.500 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 12.38 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. Leidos’s payout ratio is currently 16.04%.

Leidos declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Friday, July 31st that permits the company to buyback 20,000,000 outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the aerospace company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling at Leidos

In other news, Director Noel B. Geer sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.66, for a total value of $1,406,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 34,274 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,820,980.84. This represents a 22.59% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.77% of the company’s stock.

About Leidos

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.