Running Oak Capital LLC Sells 11,586 Shares of Leidos Holdings, Inc. $LDOS

Running Oak Capital LLC trimmed its holdings in Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) by 11.6% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 88,608 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after selling 11,586 shares during the quarter. Leidos makes up about 2.0% of Running Oak Capital LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 11th largest position. Running Oak Capital LLC’s holdings in Leidos were worth $15,985,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in LDOS. Focus Partners Wealth lifted its stake in shares of Leidos by 46.5% in the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 3,073 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $415,000 after buying an additional 976 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its stake in shares of Leidos by 86.3% in the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 14,250 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $2,248,000 after buying an additional 6,600 shares in the last quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Leidos by 2.7% in the second quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 3,399 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $536,000 after buying an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Leidos by 20.2% in the second quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 41,405 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $6,532,000 after buying an additional 6,962 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Natixis lifted its stake in shares of Leidos by 222.3% in the second quarter. Natixis now owns 8,155 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $1,287,000 after buying an additional 5,625 shares in the last quarter. 76.12% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Leidos

In related news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $158.78, for a total transaction of $317,560.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 49,476 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,855,799.28. This trade represents a 3.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 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 Up 0.1%

Leidos stock opened at $152.97 on Monday. Leidos Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $136.91 and a fifty-two week high of $205.77. The stock has a market cap of $19.29 billion, a PE ratio of 13.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 0.65. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $170.84 and its 200 day simple moving average is $183.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a current ratio of 1.70.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The aerospace company reported $2.76 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.19. Leidos had a net margin of 8.43% and a return on equity of 32.95%. The business had revenue of $4.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.31 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.37 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.050-12.450 EPS. Research analysts predict that Leidos Holdings, Inc. will post 10.62 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Leidos Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 16th were issued a dividend of $0.43 per share. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 16th. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.45%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

LDOS has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Jefferies Financial Group set a $185.00 price objective on shares of Leidos in a research note on Wednesday. Robert W. Baird lowered their target price on shares of Leidos from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Leidos in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on shares of Leidos from $220.00 to $205.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, UBS Group set a $204.00 price target on shares of Leidos in a report on Thursday, January 15th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Leidos currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $208.27.

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.