Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE: LDOS) is -1.67% lower 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 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 $148.52 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -6.87%.
Currently trading at $141.65, the stock is -7.94% and -2.64% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.26 million and changing -4.63% at the moment leaves the stock -7.00% off its SMA200. LDOS registered -2.79% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -14.73%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $145.3564 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $152.3224.
The stock witnessed a -3.38% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 9.64%, and is -7.11% 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 2.25% over the week and 1.98% over the month.
Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) has around 48000 employees, a market worth around $18.23B and $16.93B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.26 and Fwd P/E is 12.21. Profit margin for the company is 7.87%. Distance from 52-week low is 14.59% and -30.19% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.50%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 6.48% this year.
Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) Top Institutional Holders
1125.0 institutions hold shares in Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS), with institutional investors hold 80.98% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 128.72M, and float is at 126.89M with Short Float at 2.40%. Institutions hold 80.44% 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 Dahlberg Gregory R, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Dahlberg Gregory R sold 1,250 shares of the company’s common stock on May 09 ’25 at a price of $154.55 per share for a total of $0.19 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 20195.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 08 ’25, Kovarik Robert C JR (Director) Proposed Sale 2,486 shares at an average price of $154.73 for $0.38 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS).
