Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE: LDOS) is -8.19% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $119.31 and a high of $202.90 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The LDOS stock was last observed hovering at around $130.65 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.61%.
Currently trading at $132.26, the stock is -7.96% and -10.78% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.73 million and changing 1.23% at the moment leaves the stock -14.20% off its SMA200. LDOS registered 9.05% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -10.23%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $148.2404 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $154.14755.
The stock witnessed a -14.81% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -34.29%, and is -7.04% 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 4.85% over the week and 3.79% over the month.
Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) has around 48000 employees, a market worth around $17.35B and $16.66B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.32 and Fwd P/E is 11.30. Profit margin for the company is 7.53%. Distance from 52-week low is 10.85% and -34.82% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.80%).
with sales reaching $4.1B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 4.93% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.92% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 3.19% in year-over-year returns.
Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) Top Institutional Holders
1136.0 institutions hold shares in Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS), with institutional investors hold 79.53% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 131.16M, and float is at 129.40M with Short Float at 2.54%. Institutions hold 78.48% 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 Kovarik Robert C JR, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Kovarik Robert C JR sold 1,511 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 13 ’25 at a price of $134.56 per share for a total of $0.2 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6408.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 20 ’24, Geer Noel B (Director) acquired 2,000 shares at an average price of $161.13 for $0.32 million. The insider now directly holds 2,000 shares of Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS).
