Leidos Holdings Dividend yield

Leidos Holdings is part of Software and Computer Services business, which is part of Technology industry. Leidos Holdings is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Leidos Holdings stock dividend

Leidos Holdings paid a total dividend of 197 million USD last year, for a market value of 13,359 millions (Market Cap 13,282 millions). Leidos Holdings dividend per share is 1.44 USD, and his stock market price 97.51 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Leidos Holdings has a dividend yield of 1.48%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Technology industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Leidos Holdings stocks dividend with other Software and Computer Services companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Leidos Holdings Dividend Payout

About the ability of Leidos Holdings to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.44 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.48%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Leidos Holdings payout on ernings is currently 21.56%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Technology industry, which are 39.34% and 35.32% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Leidos Holdingscan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Leidos Holdings is USD 7.17 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.44, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Leidos Holdings, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Technology industry and Software and Computer Services sector companies.

Leidos Holdings Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Leidos Holdings's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.48%	1.44	21.56%	137
2022	1.37%	1.44	20.11%	137
2021	1.62%	1.44	24.62%	141
2020	1.29%	1.36	23.01%	142
2019	1.39%	1.36	24.73%	142

*In millions

Leidos Holdings Stock performance

Finally, last moth Leidos Holdings showed a return of 4.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.32% of Technology firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 2.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Software and Computer Services firms.