Leidos Holdings, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Aerospace & Defense
  • ISIN: US5253271028
USD
162.54
-3.33 (-2.01%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Leidos Holdings, Inc. ?

1
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 8.03% and Operating profit at 15.79%
2
The company has declared Positive results for the last 8 consecutive quarters
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 30.76%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -8.28% (YoY)
  • CASH AND EQV(HY) Highest at USD 1,944 MM
3
With ROCE of 22.80%, it has a attractive valuation with a 2.75 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 24.08%, its profits have risen by 30.9% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.4
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Leidos Holdings, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Aerospace & Defense should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Aerospace & Defense)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Leidos Holdings, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Leidos Holdings, Inc.
21.45%
1.19
26.56%
S&P 500
16.12%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
6.91%
EBIT Growth (5y)
15.20%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
7.18
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
2.68
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.99
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.76
Tax Ratio
23.79%
Dividend Payout Ratio
14.63%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
81.53%
ROCE (avg)
16.03%
ROE (avg)
22.18%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
14
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
4.31
EV to EBIT
11.77
EV to EBITDA
10.34
EV to Capital Employed
2.92
EV to Sales
1.44
PEG Ratio
0.67
Dividend Yield
1.03%
ROCE (Latest)
24.80%
ROE (Latest)
30.10%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

8What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 1,750 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 31.05%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -11.36% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 84.17 %

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 6.42

-3What is not working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 16.96%

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at USD 4,207 MM

Here's what is working for Leidos Holdings, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 1,750 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 84.17 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 6.42
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -11.36% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Leidos Holdings, Inc.

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 16.96% and Fallen
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Net Sales
Lowest at USD 4,207 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (USD MM)