Inceptionr LLC Makes New $831,000 Investment in Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

Inceptionr LLC acquired a new position in shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 4,399 shares of the aerospace company’s stock, valued at approximately $831,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Leidos during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $261,501,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its holdings in Leidos by 64.4% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,529,261 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $241,256,000 after buying an additional 598,974 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Leidos by 21.2% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,433,712 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $223,731,000 after buying an additional 250,555 shares in the last quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc. increased its position in Leidos by 1,427.1% during the 3rd quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc. now owns 259,600 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $49,054,000 after buying an additional 242,600 shares during the period. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. lifted its holdings in shares of Leidos by 753.0% during the second quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 215,939 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $34,067,000 after buying an additional 190,625 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.12% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on LDOS shares. UBS Group set a $204.00 target price on shares of Leidos in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on shares of Leidos from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Leidos from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, February 21st. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Leidos from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on Leidos from $220.00 to $205.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $214.18.

Leidos Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:LDOS opened at $179.58 on Tuesday. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a one year low of $128.32 and a one year high of $205.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 1.70 and a quick ratio of 1.58. The company has a market cap of $22.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.13, a PEG ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 0.63. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $184.65 and a 200 day simple moving average of $186.58.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The aerospace company reported $2.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.19. Leidos had a net margin of 8.43% and a return on equity of 32.95%. The company had revenue of $4.21 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.31 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.37 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.050-12.450 EPS. Research analysts predict 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. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a $0.43 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.45%.

Insider Activity

In other Leidos news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of the business’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 sale, the insider directly owned 38,575 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,414,500.75. The trade was a 7.22% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.69% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.