Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) Earns Hold (C) Rating from Weiss Ratings

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH)‘s stock had its “hold (c)” rating reissued by equities research analysts at Weiss Ratings in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday,Weiss Ratings reports.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on BAH. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $112.00 to $119.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. William Blair raised Booz Allen Hamilton from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Booz Allen Hamilton from $115.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Finally, UBS Group set a $119.00 price target on Booz Allen Hamilton and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Booz Allen Hamilton has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $134.00.

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE BAH opened at $99.52 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 1.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $105.50 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $108.89. Booz Allen Hamilton has a 52-week low of $96.96 and a 52-week high of $190.59. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.23, a P/E/G ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 0.42.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last issued its earnings results on Friday, July 25th. The business services provider reported $1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.45 by $0.03. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 8.70% and a return on equity of 73.05%. The firm had revenue of $2.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.96 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.38 earnings per share. Booz Allen Hamilton’s revenue was down .6% on a year-over-year basis. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.200-6.550 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Booz Allen Hamilton will post 6.44 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in BAH. Rakuten Securities Inc. increased its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 414.6% during the second quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 247 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 199 shares during the period. Brooklyn Investment Group grew its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 102.8% in the first quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 294 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 149 shares during the last quarter. CX Institutional acquired a new position in Booz Allen Hamilton in the first quarter worth approximately $33,000. NBC Securities Inc. acquired a new position in Booz Allen Hamilton in the first quarter worth approximately $35,000. Finally, WPG Advisers LLC acquired a new position in Booz Allen Hamilton in the first quarter worth approximately $35,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.82% of the company’s stock.

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital solutions, mission operations, and cyber services to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. It focuses on artificial intelligence services comprising of machine learning, predictive modeling, automation and decision analytics, and quantum computing.