Impact Partnership Wealth LLC Raises Holdings in Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

Impact Partnership Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 603.5% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 7,809 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,699 shares during the quarter. Impact Partnership Wealth LLC’s holdings in Leidos were worth $1,214,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Diamant Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Leidos by 16,475.4% during the first quarter. Diamant Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,156,784 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $646,463,000 after purchasing an additional 4,131,706 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Leidos during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $318,839,000. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Leidos during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $242,464,000. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its holdings in Leidos by 998.6% in the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 1,097,724 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $170,718,000 after buying an additional 997,807 shares during the period. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its stake in Leidos by 64.4% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,529,261 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $241,256,000 after buying an additional 598,974 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.12% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on LDOS shares. Weiss Ratings downgraded Leidos from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Bank of America reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $125.00 price target (down from $200.00) on shares of Leidos in a research report on Wednesday, June 17th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $125.00 price objective on Leidos in a research note on Wednesday, June 17th. BNP Paribas Exane began coverage on Leidos in a report on Wednesday, May 27th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $165.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on Leidos from $205.00 to $193.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Buy rating and nine have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $177.92.

Insider Activity

In other Leidos news, Director Gary Stephen May sold 1,484 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $132.75, for a total value of $197,001.00. Following the sale, the director owned 10,137 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,345,686.75. This trade represents a 12.77% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 2,000 shares of Leidos stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $158.78, for a total value of $317,560.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 49,476 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,855,799.28. This trade represents a 3.89% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 0.77% of the company’s stock.

Leidos Stock Performance

NYSE LDOS opened at $102.97 on Wednesday. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $98.86 and a 1 year high of $205.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 1.40 and a quick ratio of 1.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.95 billion, a PE ratio of 9.43, a P/E/G ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 0.50. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $125.61 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $159.17.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The aerospace company reported $3.13 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.88 by $0.25. The firm had revenue of $4.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.28 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 8.15% and a return on equity of 31.92%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.97 EPS. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.100-12.500 EPS. Analysts predict that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 12.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Leidos Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a $0.43 dividend. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.75%.

Leidos Company 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.