A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE: LDOS) stock price down -1.66% from the previous day of trading ,before settling in for the closing price of $129.24. LDOS’s price has ranged from $76.58 to $131.50 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Technology sector saw sales topped by 8.68%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 7.40%. With a float of $134.13 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $135.77 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 47000 workers is very important to gauge.
Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Information Technology Services Industry. The insider ownership of Leidos Holdings Inc is 1.21%, while institutional ownership is 76.35%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 13 ’24, was worth 1,006,969. In this transaction Director of this company sold 7,874 shares at a rate of $127.89, taking the stock ownership to the 14,696 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 21 ’24, when Company’s Director sold 2,745 for $124.49, making the entire transaction worth $341,721. This insider now owns 11,352 shares in total.
Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/30/2023, the company reported earnings of $1.99 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.91 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.40% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 9.45% during the next five years compared to -17.61% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE: LDOS) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Leidos Holdings Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.20. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.12. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 18.01.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.42, a number that is poised to hit 1.70 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.65 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS)
The latest stats from [Leidos Holdings Inc, LDOS] show that its last 5-days average volume of 0.69 million was inferior to 0.81 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 23.58%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.80.
During the past 100 days, Leidos Holdings Inc’s (LDOS) raw stochastic average was set at 84.10%, which indicates a significant increase from 7.66% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 11.88% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 14.81% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $124.02, while its 200-day Moving Average is $105.21. Now, the first resistance to watch is $128.96. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $130.81. The third major resistance level sits at $131.92. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $125.99, it is likely to go to the next support level at $124.88. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $123.03.
Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE: LDOS) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 17.26 billion, the company has a total of 135,134K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 15,438 M while annual income is 199,000 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 3,980 M while its latest quarter income was 224,000 K.
