Leidos (LDOS) – Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) in the last few weeks:

• 6/22/2026 – Leidos was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 6/17/2026 – Leidos was downgraded by Citigroup Inc. from “buy” to “neutral”.
• 6/17/2026 – Leidos was given a new $125.00 price target by Wells Fargo & Company.
• 6/17/2026 – Leidos had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by Bank of America Corporation. They now have a $125.00 price target on the stock, down from $200.00.
• 6/14/2026 – Leidos was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 6/8/2026 – Leidos was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c+)” to “hold (c)”.
• 6/6/2026 – Leidos was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 6/3/2026 – Leidos was downgraded by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from “buy” to “hold”. They now have a $140.00 price target on the stock, down from $185.00.
• 5/27/2026 – Leidos is now covered by BNP Paribas Exane. They set an “outperform” rating and a $165.00 price target on the stock.
• 5/24/2026 – Leidos was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 5/16/2026 – Leidos was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 5/7/2026 – Leidos had its price target lowered by Citigroup Inc. from $232.00 to $178.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – Leidos was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b-)” to “hold (c+)”.
• 5/6/2026 – Leidos had its price target lowered by Stifel Nicolaus from $205.00 to $193.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – Leidos had its price target lowered by Royal Bank Of Canada from $215.00 to $180.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.

Leidos Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid a $0.43 dividend. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. Leidos’s payout ratio is 15.75%.

Insider Activity at Leidos

In related news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.78, for a total transaction of $317,560.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 49,476 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,855,799.28. This represents a 3.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Gary Stephen May sold 1,484 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $132.75, for a total value of $197,001.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 10,137 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,345,686.75. This trade represents a 12.77% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders own 0.77% of the company’s stock.

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.