Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. Takes $45.33 Million Position in Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation $BAH

Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. 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 537,300 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $45,327,000. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. owned about 0.44% of Booz Allen Hamilton as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in 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 valued at $1,371,245,000 after acquiring an additional 582,069 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 48.6% in the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,812,243 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $377,488,000 after acquiring an additional 1,246,451 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP raised its holdings 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 worth $356,927,000 after purchasing an additional 342,252 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its holdings in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 49.7% during 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 last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 14.7% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,297,416 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $239,230,000 after purchasing an additional 293,603 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.82% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

BAH has been the topic of several analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Booz Allen Hamilton from $106.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, January 26th. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $97.00 price objective on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on Booz Allen Hamilton from $100.00 to $95.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 18th. Truist Financial set a $98.00 price target on Booz Allen Hamilton in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded Booz Allen Hamilton from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Monday, March 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $101.25.

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Performance

NYSE BAH opened at $78.85 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.72, a PEG ratio of 4.61 and a beta of 0.37. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $82.31 and a 200 day moving average of $88.21. The company has a current ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.76. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a twelve month low of $73.93 and a twelve month high of $130.91.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.77 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 company had revenue of $2.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.74 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.55 earnings per share. Booz Allen Hamilton’s quarterly revenue was down 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Booz Allen Hamilton has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.950-6.150 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation will post 6.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Booz Allen Hamilton Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 13th were given a dividend of $0.59 per share. This is a boost from Booz Allen Hamilton’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 13th. Booz Allen Hamilton’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 35.07%.

Booz Allen Hamilton Company 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.