Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE: LDOS) is 32.30% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $105.52 and a high of $202.90 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 $146.05 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.85%.
Currently trading at $143.20, the stock is -9.98% and -15.49% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.57 million and changing -1.95% at the moment leaves the stock -5.11% off its SMA200. LDOS registered 32.95% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -2.30%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $169.4534 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $150.90385.
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The stock witnessed a -9.53% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.82%, and is -6.39% down 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 2.56% over the week and 2.55% over the month.
Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) has around 47000 employees, a market worth around $19.11B and $16.28B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.32 and Fwd P/E is 13.51. Profit margin for the company is 7.37%. Distance from 52-week low is 35.71% and -29.42% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.09%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 38.55% this year
1084.0 institutions hold shares in Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS), with institutional investors hold 79.57% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 133.34M, and float is at 131.75M with Short Float at 1.97%. Institutions hold 78.74% 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 purchase by Geer Noel B, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Geer Noel B bought 2,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 20 ’24 at a price of $161.13 per share for a total of $0.32 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 2000.0 shares.
Leidos Holdings Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 12 ’24 that Stevens Roy E (Sector President) sold a total of 1,137 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 12 ’24 and was made at $201.60 per share for $0.23 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 44149.0 shares of the LDOS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 12 ’24, Stevens Roy E (Officer) Proposed Sale 1,137 shares at an average price of $201.39 for $0.23 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS).
