TABR Capital Management LLC Purchases Shares of 10,440 Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

TABR Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 10,440 shares of the aerospace company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,883,000.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Fulton Bank N.A. boosted its position in shares of Leidos by 4.0% during the 4th quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 2,074 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $374,000 after acquiring an additional 80 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC increased its position in Leidos by 10.4% in the fourth quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 58,636 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $11,583,000 after purchasing an additional 5,541 shares during the last quarter. Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC raised its stake in Leidos by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC now owns 15,254 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $2,752,000 after purchasing an additional 127 shares in the last quarter. Wedmont Private Capital raised its stake in Leidos by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 1,171 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $230,000 after purchasing an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB lifted its position in Leidos by 14.2% during the fourth quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 492 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $89,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. 76.12% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $192.21, for a total transaction of $576,630.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 38,575 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,414,500.75. This represents a 7.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.96% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Leidos Trading Down 0.2%

LDOS stock opened at $165.69 on Monday. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a twelve month low of $128.32 and a twelve month high of $205.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 0.63. The company has a quick ratio of 1.58, a current ratio of 1.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $181.00 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $185.87.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The aerospace company reported $2.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.19. The firm had revenue of $4.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.31 billion. Leidos had a net margin of 8.43% and a return on equity of 32.95%. The business’s revenue was down 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.37 EPS. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.050-12.450 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 10.62 earnings per share for the current year.

Leidos Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a $0.43 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.45%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of Leidos from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Leidos in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on shares of Leidos from $220.00 to $205.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on Leidos from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, UBS Group set a $204.00 price objective on Leidos in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Leidos currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $214.18.

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.