Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE: LDOS) is 1.04% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $123.62 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 $142.00 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.56%.
Currently trading at $145.56, the stock is 4.96% and 7.45% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.15 million and changing 2.51% at the moment leaves the stock -4.07% off its SMA200. LDOS registered 15.50% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -14.21%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $135.4726 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $151.73766.
The stock witnessed a 6.83% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.25%, and is 4.05% 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 2.57% over the week and 3.57% over the month.
Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) has around 48000 employees, a market worth around $18.66B and $16.66B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.76 and Fwd P/E is 12.61. Profit margin for the company is 7.53%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.75% and -28.26% 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 4.59% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.81% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 3.10% in year-over-year returns.
1134.0 institutions hold shares in Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS), with institutional investors hold 81.16% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 131.16M, and float is at 126.42M with Short Float at 4.16%. Institutions hold 80.61% 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 11.2973 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 9.5266 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 5.74 million shares representing 4.255 and valued at over $837.98 million, while BOSTON PARTNERS holds 2.9558 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 2,128 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 18 ’25 at a price of $131.24 per share for a total of $0.28 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 11264.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 13 ’25, Kovarik Robert C JR (Director) disposed off 1,511 shares at an average price of $134.56 for $0.2 million. The insider now directly holds 6,408 shares of Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS).
