Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE: LDOS) is 55.53% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $90.30 and a high of $170.08 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The LDOS stock was last observed hovering at around $168.07 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.28%.
Currently trading at $168.35, the stock is 2.60% and 7.17% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.75 million and changing 0.17% at the moment leaves the stock 21.03% off its SMA200. LDOS registered 76.34% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 36.03%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $157.092 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $139.09805.
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The stock witnessed a 9.47% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 12.28%, and is 2.31% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.18% over the week and 1.52% over the month.
Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) has around 47000 employees, a market worth around $22.68B and $16.01B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 52.81 and Fwd P/E is 17.62. Profit margin for the company is 2.72%. Distance from 52-week low is 86.43% and -1.02% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.82%).
Leidos Holdings Inc quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at 2.02 with sales reaching $4.07B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 24.20% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 5.60% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 3.70% in year-over-year returns.
1030.0 institutions hold shares in Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS), with institutional investors hold 79.14% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 135.77M, and float is at 133.03M with Short Float at 1.07%. Institutions hold 78.29% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 15.25 million shares valued at $2.22 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.2143 of the LDOS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 12.86 million shares valued at $1.88 billion to account for 9.4565 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 5.74 million shares representing 4.2237 and valued at over $837.98 million, while BOSTON PARTNERS holds 2.934 of the shares totaling 3.99 million with a market value of $582.62 million.
Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by May Gary Stephen, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that May Gary Stephen sold 1,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 13 ’24 at a price of $144.02 per share for a total of $0.14 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 11264.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 01 ’24, Bell Thomas Arthur (CEO) acquired 1,712 shares at an average price of $145.04 for $0.25 million. The insider now directly holds 22,398 shares of Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS).
