3.63% volatility in Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) last month: This is a red flag warning

A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE: LDOS) stock price down -3.62% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $142.77. LDOS’s price has ranged from $113.67 to $202.90 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 8.50%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 3.28%. With a float of $131.46 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $133.43 million.

The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 47000 workers is very important to gauge. 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) 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 1.48%, while institutional ownership is 76.17%. 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) Performance Highlights and Predictions

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 3.28% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.42% during the next five years compared to 14.92% growth 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 1.13. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.10. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 14.77.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 9.24, a number that is poised to hit 2.49 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 11.46 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 1.78 million was superior to 1.39 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 50.39%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.14.

During the past 100 days, Leidos Holdings Inc’s (LDOS) raw stochastic average was set at 6.87%, which indicates a significant decrease from 16.44% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 40.53% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 38.17% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $150.12, while its 200-day Moving Average is $154.11. Now, the first resistance to watch is $146.56. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $155.51. The third major resistance level sits at $162.40. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $130.71, it is likely to go to the next support level at $123.82. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $114.87.

Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE: LDOS) Key Stats

With a market capitalization of 18.36 billion, the company has a total of 133,433K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 15,438 M while annual income is 199,000 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 4,190 M while its latest quarter income was 364,000 K.