Recent Insider Activity Suggests Potential Gains for Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS)

Daniel Torres

Leidos Holdings Inc’s filing revealed that its Sector President Porter Elizabeth A unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.54 million on Dec 19 ’25. In the deal valued at $181.04 per share,3,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Porter Elizabeth A now holds 41,575 shares worth roughly $8.15 million.

Then, Porter Elizabeth A bought 3,000 shares, generating $544,080 in total proceeds.

Before that, Hull Stephen Edward sold 12,497 shares. Leidos Holdings Inc shares valued at $2,226,216 were divested by the Sector President at a price of $178.14 per share. As a result of the transaction, Hull Stephen Edward now holds 25,817 shares, worth roughly $5.06 million.

Stifel downgraded its Leidos Holdings Inc [LDOS] rating to a Hold from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Citigroup’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in mid December with a ‘”a Buy”‘ rating. RBC Capital Mkts also remained covering LDOS and has increased its forecast on September 04, 2025 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Sector perform” rating. Jefferies revised its rating on August 06, 2025. It rated LDOS as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Hold”.

Price Performance Review of LDOS

On Tuesday, Leidos Holdings Inc [NYSE:LDOS] saw its stock jump 0.18% to $195.96. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -0.78%. Leidos Holdings Inc shares have risen nearly 31.13% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 8.63% over the past one year.

How much short interest is there in Leidos Holdings Inc?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Leidos Holdings Inc stocks on 2025-12-31, growing by 89093.0 shares to a total of 2.28 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 2.19 million shares. There was a rise of 3.9%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.

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