Wall Street expects a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when Leidos (LDOS) reports results for the quarter ended December 2024. While this widely-known consensus outlook is important in gauging the company's earnings picture, a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates.The earnings report, which is expected to be released on February 11, 2025, might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expe ...

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HOUSTON, Jan. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KITT), a leading innovator in autonomous subsea robotics and software, has entered into a strategic alliance with Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) to advance subsea autonomy solutions.The alliance builds on a successful prior collaboration between the two organizations, which was praised by their mutual customer for its seamless execution and synergy. This new alliance aims to combine the companies' complementary expertise to develop next-generation ...

Leidos Holdings Contract and Market Opportunity - Leidos Holdings secured a $120 million contract to provide management architecture, engineering, and cybersecurity support services to the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and civilian agencies [1] - The contract involves designing, developing, testing, integrating, and maintaining key management systems [1] - The global Defense Cybersecurity market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 12.8% from 2025 to 2030, offering strong growth opportunities for Leidos [3] Leidos' Cybersecurity Strategy - Leidos' PACKIT (Proven, Analytic-Centric Kill Chain Implementation and Transformation) is a threat-based strategy that uses people, processes, and technology to enhance cybersecurity [4] Peer Companies in Defense Cybersecurity - Northrop Grumman (NOC) offers full-spectrum cyber solutions, including a Cyberdefense Platform for Weapon Systems using AI/ML techniques, with a long-term earnings growth rate of 19% and projected 2025 sales growth of 3.6% [5][6] - Lockheed Martin (LMT) provides comprehensive cyber systems, including the MR2 platform for real-time military training and readiness reports, with a long-term earnings growth rate of 4.4% and projected 2025 sales growth of 3.8% [6][7] - BAE Systems (BAESY) designs cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies, such as one-way transfer devices and Data Diode Solutions, with a long-term earnings growth rate of 11.1% and projected 2025 sales growth of 58.4% [7][8] Leidos Stock Performance - Leidos' stock price increased by 2.3% over the past month, compared to the industry's growth of 4% [11] - Leidos currently holds a Zacks Rank 2 (Buy) [12]

RESTON, Va., Jan. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) today announced a follow-on checkpoint sustainment contract to maintain 12,000 units of Transportation Security Equipment (TSE) deployed at more than 430 airport locations in the U.S. and its territories. The contract was awarded for the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Deployment and Security Division. The contract has an eight-year period of performance and a maximum value of $2.6 billion."As air travel volume continues to grow, e ...

RESTON, Va., Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) today announced a new prime contract to provide Key Management Architecture & Engineering and Cyber Security Engineering Support Services to the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and civilian agencies. The contract was awarded by the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific and has a one-year base period of performance and four one-year optional extensions. The contract has a total value of $120 million if all options are exercised." ...

Leidos Holdings Inc.’s (LDOS) shares have surged an impressive 6.9% over the past month, outperforming the Zacks Aerospace-Defense industry’s gain of 2% as well as the broader Zacks Aerospace sector’s return of 2.1%. The defense contractor has also outpaced the S&P 500’s return of 0.4% in the past month. Image Source: Zacks Investment ResearchA similar stellar performance has been offered by other defense players, such as RTX Corp. (RTX) , Textron Inc. (TXT) and Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC) , whose shares h ...

The recommendations of Wall Street analysts are often relied on by investors when deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock. Media reports about these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts changing their ratings often affect a stock's price. Do they really matter, though?Before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage, let's see what these Wall Street heavyweights think about Leidos (LDOS) .Leidos currently has an average brokerage recommen ...

RESTON, Va., Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) today announced it has scheduled a conference call for Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, at 8 a.m. (ET) to announce its fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results for the period ending Jan. 3, 2025. The company plans to issue its quarterly earnings press release before the conference call on Feb. 11, 2025. The details for the earnings conference call follow: Date: Feb. 11, 2025 Time: 8 a.m. (ET) The company offers a live and replay ...

Have you been searching for a stock that might be well-positioned to maintain its earnings-beat streak in its upcoming report? It is worth considering Leidos (LDOS) , which belongs to the Zacks Aerospace - Defense industry.This security and engineering company has seen a nice streak of beating earnings estimates, especially when looking at the previous two reports. The average surprise for the last two quarters was 32.93%.For the most recent quarter, Leidos was expected to post earnings of $1.96 per share, ...