Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC Has $5.14 Million Stock Holdings in Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 34.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 27,174 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after selling 14,396 shares during the quarter. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC’s holdings in Leidos were worth $5,135,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of LDOS. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. increased its position in Leidos by 2.7% during the third quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 2,203 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $416,000 after buying an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC lifted its position in shares of Leidos by 2.0% in the second quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC now owns 2,974 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $469,000 after buying an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Leidos by 3.7% during the 2nd quarter. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC now owns 1,639 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $259,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp boosted its stake in shares of Leidos by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 8,243 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,558,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CX Institutional increased its holdings in shares of Leidos by 4.3% during the 3rd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 1,503 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $284,000 after acquiring an additional 62 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 76.12% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on LDOS shares. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on Leidos from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. UBS Group set a $204.00 price target on shares of Leidos in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Leidos from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 21st. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective 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. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Leidos in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $214.18.

Leidos Stock Performance

LDOS opened at $179.58 on Tuesday. 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 stock’s 50 day moving average price is $184.65 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $186.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 0.63. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a 12-month low of $128.32 and a 12-month high of $205.77.

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

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 16th. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio is presently 15.45%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Leidos news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $192.21, for a total value of $576,630.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 38,575 shares in the company, valued at $7,414,500.75. This trade represents a 7.22% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.69% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.