Pensionfund Sabic Purchases New Position in Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation $BAH

Pensionfund Sabic acquired a new position in Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 8,300 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $700,000.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 4.4% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 13,719,306 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,371,245,000 after acquiring an additional 582,069 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 48.6% during the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,812,243 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $377,488,000 after purchasing an additional 1,246,451 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 10.6% during the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 3,571,053 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $356,927,000 after purchasing an additional 342,252 shares in the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its stake in Booz Allen Hamilton by 49.7% in the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 2,345,982 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $240,698,000 after purchasing an additional 779,156 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in Booz Allen Hamilton by 14.7% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,297,416 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $239,230,000 after purchasing an additional 293,603 shares during the period. 91.82% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have commented on BAH. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $97.00 price objective on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $106.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $100.00 to $95.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 18th. DA Davidson set a $81.00 price target on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $93.00 to $109.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $101.25.

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Up 1.4%

Shares of NYSE:BAH opened at $80.02 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.76. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $83.40 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $88.81. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a 12-month low of $73.93 and a 12-month high of $130.91. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.89, a PEG ratio of 4.63 and a beta of 0.37.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last released its earnings results on Friday, January 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.77 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.26 by $0.51. Booz Allen Hamilton had a return on equity of 76.79% and a net margin of 7.35%.The firm had revenue of $2.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.74 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.55 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.950-6.150 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation will post 6.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, February 13th were given a dividend of $0.59 per share. This is a positive change from Booz Allen Hamilton’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 13th. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.9%. Booz Allen Hamilton’s payout ratio is currently 35.07%.

Booz Allen Hamilton Profile

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation is a publicly traded management and technology consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The company provides a wide range of professional services and solutions in strategy, analytics, digital transformation, engineering and cyber security. Its expertise spans from supporting federal civilian agencies to defense, intelligence and homeland security organizations, as well as select commercial industries.

Key offerings include data analytics and artificial intelligence applications, software development and modernization, systems integration, and cyber risk management.