What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for Leidos Q2 Earnings?

Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q2 2027 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Leidos in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 7th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the aerospace company will post earnings per share of $3.12 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $3.11. Zacks Research currently has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Leidos’ current full-year earnings is $10.62 per share.

LDOS has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Argus lifted their price target on shares of Leidos from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 price objective on shares of Leidos in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Leidos from $209.00 to $216.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $220.00 target price on shares of Leidos in a report on Wednesday, January 7th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Leidos in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $214.18.

Leidos Stock Performance

Shares of Leidos stock opened at $196.05 on Monday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $189.29 and a 200-day simple moving average of $182.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a current ratio of 1.62. Leidos has a one year low of $123.62 and a one year high of $205.77. The company has a market cap of $25.07 billion, a PE ratio of 18.29, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.58.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The aerospace company reported $3.05 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.61 by $0.44. The firm had revenue of $4.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.28 billion. Leidos had a return on equity of 33.02% and a net margin of 8.11%.Leidos has set its FY 2025 guidance at 11.450-11.75 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Leidos

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. First Pacific Financial purchased a new position in Leidos during the 2nd quarter worth $27,000. Mather Group LLC. purchased a new stake in shares of Leidos in the third quarter valued at about $28,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Leidos during the second quarter worth about $29,000. Cape Investment Advisory Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Leidos during the third quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC grew its holdings in shares of Leidos by 471.4% during the second quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 200 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. 76.12% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of Leidos stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $181.04, for a total transaction of $543,120.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 41,575 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,526,738. The trade was a 6.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Insiders own 0.69% of the company’s stock.

Leidos Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 15th were paid a $0.43 dividend. This is a boost from Leidos’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 15th. Leidos’s payout ratio is currently 16.04%.

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.