Let’s look at the key reasons that are pushing Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) to new highs

Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE: LDOS) kicked off on Tuesday, remained unchanged from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $164.13. Over the past 52 weeks, LDOS has traded in a range of $105.52-$202.90.

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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Technology sector was 8.68%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 36.65%. With a float of $131.75 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $133.34 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 47000 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 16.59%, operating margin of 10.85%, and the pretax margin is 9.67%.

Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Information Technology Services Industry. The insider ownership of Leidos Holdings Inc is 1.26%, while institutional ownership is 77.19%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 20 ’24, was worth 322,261. In this transaction Director of this company bought 2,000 shares at a rate of $161.13, taking the stock ownership to the 2,000 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 12 ’24, when Company’s Sector President sold 1,137 for $201.60, making the entire transaction worth $229,219. This insider now owns 44,149 shares in total.

Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) Recent Fiscal highlights

In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported 1.99 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 1.75) by 0.24. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.51 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 36.65% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 15.41% 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

Take a look at Leidos Holdings Inc’s (LDOS) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.15. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.35. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 17.44.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 8.78, a number that is poised to hit 2.26 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 10.48 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.94 million, its volume of 1.15 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 68.89%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.08.

During the past 100 days, Leidos Holdings Inc’s (LDOS) raw stochastic average was set at 37.95%, which indicates a significant increase from 16.13% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 64.02% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 34.45% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $171.38, while its 200-day Moving Average is $149.19. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $165.71 in the near term. At $167.30, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $168.13. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $163.29, it is likely to go to the next support level at $162.46. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $160.87.

Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE: LDOS) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 21.90 billion has total of 133,433K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 15,438 M in contrast with the sum of 199,000 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 4,190 M and last quarter income was 364,000 K.