Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO Cuts Stake in Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation $BAH

Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO trimmed its stake in Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) by 88.0% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 2,258 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 16,585 shares during the quarter. Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO’s holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton were worth $226,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 0.5% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 13,137,237 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,367,980,000 after buying an additional 65,496 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton by 58.2% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,565,792 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $264,251,000 after acquiring an additional 943,660 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 1.6% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,417,306 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $251,000,000 after acquiring an additional 37,519 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 49.7% during the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 2,345,982 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $240,698,000 after acquiring an additional 779,156 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in Booz Allen Hamilton by 14.7% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,297,416 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $239,230,000 after acquiring an additional 293,603 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.82% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

BAH has been the subject of a number of research reports. Bank of America cut Booz Allen Hamilton from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $90.00 target price for the company. in a report on Friday, October 24th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Tuesday. DA Davidson set a $81.00 price objective on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research report on Tuesday. Zacks Research raised shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Finally, TD Cowen cut shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Booz Allen Hamilton has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $108.93.

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Down 2.9%

Shares of NYSE:BAH opened at $88.48 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $10.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.34 and a beta of 0.34. The company has a 50 day moving average of $89.10 and a two-hundred day moving average of $96.82. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a 52-week low of $79.23 and a 52-week high of $134.27. The company has a quick ratio of 1.76, a current ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.76.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.26 by $0.51. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 7.35% and a return on equity of 76.79%. The business had revenue of $1.85 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.74 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.55 EPS. The business’s revenue was down 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.950-6.150 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation will post 6.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, February 13th will be paid a $0.59 dividend. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.7%. This is a positive change from Booz Allen Hamilton’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 13th. Booz Allen Hamilton’s payout ratio is presently 32.69%.

Booz Allen Hamilton Profile

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation is a publicly traded management and technology consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The company provides a wide range of professional services and solutions in strategy, analytics, digital transformation, engineering and cyber security. Its expertise spans from supporting federal civilian agencies to defense, intelligence and homeland security organizations, as well as select commercial industries.

Key offerings include data analytics and artificial intelligence applications, software development and modernization, systems integration, and cyber risk management.