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Stock Watch: Leidos (NYSE: LDOS)

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Leidos is part of the application software industry and technology sector. The company CEO is Roger A. Krone. Leidos Inc is engaged in providing scientific, engineering, system integration, technical services, and solutions to various government entities, including the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.

Previous Intraday Trading Performance:

The LDOS stock showed a previous change of 2.74% with an open at 76.58 and a close of 78.00. It reached an intraday high of 78.09 and a low of 76.29.

PR Newswire:  Leidos Announces Winners of 2019 Supplier Innovation & Technology Symposium Awards, New Partners

Liquidity:

The stock has a market cap of $11.2b with 144.2m shares outstanding, of which the float is 141.5m shares. Trading volume reached 1,543,872 shares compared to its average volume of 1,233,013 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is good.

Historical Trading Performance:

Over the last five trading days, Leidos shares returned 4.28% and in the past 30 trading days it returned 17.28%. Over three months, it changed 22.30%. In one year it has changed 29.24% and within that year its 52-week high was 78.09 and its 52-week low was 50.33. LDOS stock is 54.98% above its 52 Week Low.

Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 64.49 and a 50 day moving average of 69.95. Currently LDOS stock is trading 20.94% above its 200 day moving average.

PR Newswire:  Leidos Earns Two DiversityInc 2019 Recognitions

Earnings:

The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 3.81 that ended on 31st of December 2018, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 20.47. Based on 5 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 0.99. The TTM EPS is 4.39, which comes to a TTM PE of 17.77.

Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:

1stQtr of 2019 (Reported on 04/30/2019): 1.29
4thQtr of 2018 (Reported on 02/19/2019): 1.25
3rdQtr of 2018 (Reported on 10/25/2018): 0.96
2ndQtr of 2018 (Reported on 07/26/2018): 0.94
1stQtr of 2018 (Reported on 05/03/2018): 0.66

The dividend per share is currently 1.28, which is a dividend yield of 1.64%. Also, the payout ratio is 29.16%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.

Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 66.28, which means it may be overvalued by -17.69%.

Indicators to Watch:

Short-interest was 3,278,175, which was 2.27% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio was 4.09. This stock has some short interest, but it may be normal and no cause for concern if long the position.

The current calculated beta is 1.61.

PR Newswire:  Leidos Earns Two DiversityInc 2019 Recognitions

Fundamental Indicators:

Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 20.81%, return on assets is 7.64%, profit margin is 6.53%, price-to-sales is 1.06 and price-to-book is 3.32.

Company Scores:

All scores are out of six:
 2  :Valuation Score
 4  :Past Performance Score
 3  :Financial Strength Score
 1  :Future Growth Score
 3  :Dividend Score
 2  :Overall Score

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