Clark Capital Management Group Inc. Boosts Holdings in Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

Clark Capital Management Group Inc. increased its holdings in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 1.3% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 437,636 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,755 shares during the quarter. Clark Capital Management Group Inc.’s holdings in Leidos were worth $78,950,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in LDOS. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Leidos by 77.6% in the 4th quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 151 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its holdings in Leidos by 94.7% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 148 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in Leidos in the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in Leidos by 110.5% in the 4th quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 160 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 84 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cape Investment Advisory Inc. purchased a new position in Leidos in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $31,000. 76.12% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have issued reports on LDOS shares. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded Leidos from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $185.00 to $140.00 in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Truist Financial reduced their price objective on Leidos from $220.00 to $195.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Wall Street Zen raised Leidos from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday. Weiss Ratings downgraded Leidos from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on Leidos from $215.00 to $180.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $187.50.

Leidos Stock Performance

NYSE:LDOS opened at $113.82 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 1.40 and a quick ratio of 1.29. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $113.28 and a 1 year high of $205.77. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $136.18 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $165.08. The company has a market cap of $14.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.42, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.50.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The aerospace company reported $3.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.88 by $0.25. The firm had revenue of $4.40 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.28 billion. Leidos had a return on equity of 31.92% and a net margin of 8.15%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.97 EPS. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.100-12.500 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 12.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Leidos Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.5%. Leidos’s payout ratio is currently 15.75%.

Insider Activity at Leidos

In other news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.78, for a total transaction of $317,560.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 49,476 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,855,799.28. The trade was a 3.89% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Gary Stephen May sold 1,484 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.75, for a total value of $197,001.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 10,137 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,345,686.75. This represents a 12.77% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders own 0.77% of the company’s stock.

Leidos Profile

Leidos is an American technology and engineering company that provides services and solutions to government and commercial customers, with a strong focus on national security, defense, intelligence, and civil government markets. The company delivers systems integration, engineering, cybersecurity, software development, data analytics, cloud migration and managed IT services, as well as mission support for complex programs. Leidos’ work spans areas such as C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), secure communications, sensors and systems engineering, and health IT solutions for public-sector healthcare programs.

Leidos traces its corporate roots to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and emerged as an independent, publicly traded company following a corporate separation in 2013.