Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates for Leidos (LDOS)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) recently:

• 2/23/2026 – Leidos had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Jefferies Financial Group Inc.. They now have a $215.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/21/2026 – Leidos was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “strong-buy” to “hold”.
• 2/18/2026 – Leidos had its price target lowered by Royal Bank Of Canada from $230.00 to $215.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/18/2026 – Leidos had its price target lowered by Stifel Nicolaus from $220.00 to $205.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 2/18/2026 – Leidos had its price target lowered by Robert W. Baird from $215.00 to $195.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2026 – Leidos was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “strong-buy”.
• 1/15/2026 – Leidos was given a new $204.00 price target by UBS Group AG.
• 1/14/2026 – Leidos had its price target lowered by UBS Group AG from $216.00 to $204.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/13/2026 – Leidos had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $218.00 to $232.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/7/2026 – Leidos had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by Stifel Nicolaus. They now have a $220.00 price target on the stock.
• 12/29/2025 – Leidos had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.

Leidos Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Leidos’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.45%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Leidos

In other news, insider Elizabeth A. Porter sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $192.21, for a total transaction of $576,630.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 38,575 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,414,500.75. The trade was a 7.22% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.96% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Leidos is an American technology and engineering company that provides services and solutions to government and commercial customers, with a strong focus on national security, defense, intelligence, and civil government markets. The company delivers systems integration, engineering, cybersecurity, software development, data analytics, cloud migration and managed IT services, as well as mission support for complex programs. Leidos’ work spans areas such as C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), secure communications, sensors and systems engineering, and health IT solutions for public-sector healthcare programs.

Leidos traces its corporate roots to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and emerged as an independent, publicly traded company following a corporate separation in 2013.