Analyzing Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS)’s Gross, Operating, Pretax, and Net Margins

A share price of Leidos Holdings Inc [LDOS] is currently trading at $163.76, down -0.79%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The LDOS shares have lost -0.13% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -13.84%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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From an analyst’s perspective:

Leidos Holdings Inc [NYSE: LDOS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 02, 2024, when UBS initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $182. Previously, Barclays upgraded its rating to Overweight on January 05, 2024. On November 17, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to a Overweight and increased its price target to $102 on May 25, 2023. Jefferies downgraded its rating to a Hold and reduced its price target to $95 on March 27, 2023. Citigroup started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on December 08, 2022, and assigned it a price target of $130. In a note dated August 30, 2022, RBC Capital Mkts initiated an Sector Perform rating and provided a target price of $106 on this stock.

Leidos Holdings Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $105.52 and $202.90. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $187.33 within the next 12 months. Leidos Holdings Inc [NYSE: LDOS] shares were valued at $163.76 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 14.39% based on the average LDOS price forecast.

Analyzing the LDOS fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Leidos Holdings Inc [NYSE:LDOS] were 16.28B which represents 6.86% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.17% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.1%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.07%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.09, Equity is 0.27 and Total Capital is 0.18. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.01.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 161.87 points at the first support level, and at 159.99 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 165.61, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 167.46.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Leidos Holdings Inc [NYSE:LDOS] is 1.23. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.15 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.31. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.34, the price to book ratio is 4.73 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.66.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Geer Noel B, Director, that happened on Nov 20 ’24 when 2000.0 shares were purchased. Sector President, Stevens Roy E completed a deal on Nov 12 ’24 to sell 1137.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Stevens Roy E bought 1137.0 shares on Nov 12 ’24.

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