Leidos Holdings, Inc. (LDOS) To Go Ex-Dividend on June 15th

Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of 0.43 per share by the aerospace company on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th.

Leidos has increased its dividend by an average of 0.0%annually over the last three years and has raised its dividend annually for the last 6 consecutive years. Leidos has a payout ratio of 14.8% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Research analysts expect Leidos to earn $12.97 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.72 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 13.3%.

Leidos Stock Down 0.0%

Shares of Leidos stock traded down $0.03 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $122.05. 1,198,359 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,161,002. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $137.96 and a 200-day simple moving average of $166.31. The company has a quick ratio of 1.29, a current ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. The company has a market cap of $15.35 billion, a PE ratio of 11.18, a PEG ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 0.50. Leidos has a twelve month low of $121.20 and a twelve month high of $205.77.

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The aerospace company reported $3.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.88 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $4.40 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.28 billion. Leidos had a return on equity of 31.92% and a net margin of 8.15%.The company’s revenue was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.97 earnings per share. Leidos has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.100-12.500 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Leidos will post 12.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.