Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) Receives $110.82 Consensus Price Target from Brokerages

Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Hold” by the fifteen brokerages that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $110.8182.

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Truist Financial set a $90.00 price target on Booz Allen Hamilton in a research report on Friday, October 24th. Cowen cut Booz Allen Hamilton from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research note on Monday, December 1st. Stifel Nicolaus set a $106.00 price target on Booz Allen Hamilton in a report on Friday, October 24th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price target on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $115.00 to $93.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 27th.

Insider Activity at Booz Allen Hamilton

In other news, CEO Horacio Rozanski purchased 23,800 shares of Booz Allen Hamilton stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 30th. The stock was bought at an average price of $84.66 per share, with a total value of $2,014,908.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 687,745 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $58,224,491.70. The trade was a 3.58% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.91% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Booz Allen Hamilton

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BAH. Rakuten Securities Inc. raised its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 414.6% in the second quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 247 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 199 shares during the last quarter. West Branch Capital LLC increased its holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton by 58.3% in the 3rd quarter. West Branch Capital LLC now owns 285 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 105 shares in the last quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC raised its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 244.0% in the 3rd quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 289 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 205 shares during the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group lifted its stake in Booz Allen Hamilton by 102.8% during the 1st quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 294 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 149 shares during the period. Finally, Fulcrum Asset Management LLP purchased a new stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton during the 3rd quarter valued at about $32,000. 91.82% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Performance

Shares of BAH stock opened at $87.96 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $90.32 and its 200-day moving average price is $100.85. The stock has a market cap of $10.67 billion, a PE ratio of 13.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 0.34. The company has a current ratio of 1.76, a quick ratio of 1.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.89. Booz Allen Hamilton has a 12 month low of $79.23 and a 12 month high of $149.27.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 24th. The business services provider reported $1.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 7.06% and a return on equity of 71.87%. The company had revenue of $2.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.99 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.81 EPS. Booz Allen Hamilton’s revenue was down 8.1% on a year-over-year basis. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.450-5.650 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Booz Allen Hamilton will post 6.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 14th were paid a $0.55 dividend. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 14th. Booz Allen Hamilton’s dividend payout ratio is currently 33.59%.

Booz Allen Hamilton Company Profile

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital solutions, mission operations, and cyber services to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. It focuses on artificial intelligence services comprising of machine learning, predictive modeling, automation and decision analytics, and quantum computing.