Company Dossier · Industrials
Leidos
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Leidos is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to July 3, 2026: $17.6 billion, up 3.5% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to July 3, 2026: $2.16 billion, up 62% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to July 3, 2026: $0.14 billion, down 12% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to January 2, 2026: $0.40 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to January 2, 2026: $1.00 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 4, 2026): sentiment 0.70 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.85 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 1 outlook figure raised, 0 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 17, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $1.6 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 777 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−127 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 36 (38 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Leidos is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending28th pct
- Debt raised60th pct
- Buybacks vs capex17th pct
- Hiring filings74th pct
- Deals and private raises93rd pct
- Patent publications19th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment61st pct
- Call confidence70th pct
- Guidance changes63rd pct
- Risk factors added49th pct
- Insider open-market trades39th pct
- + Call confidence
- + Guidance changes
- + Call sentiment
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver49th pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →Leidos's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$6.0B
- Due within a year $0.0B
- Longer term $6.0B
- Default point $3.0B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jul 3, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Leidos: earnings call confidence
Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Leidos, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralLeidos Completes Merger with Analogic, Operating Under Analogic Name (LDOS)
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Oct 5, 2026
- NeutralLeidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) Stock Down 3.5% -- Now Undervalued? GF Score: 85/100
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Oct 2, 2026
- PositiveLeidos Holdings (LDOS) Expands Board to 11 Members with Election of Jeffery S. McElfresh
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Oct 1, 2026
- NeutralAfter combat success, AFSOC wants new Leidos cruise missile on ‘every type’ of platform
Breaking Defense · Sep 14, 2026
- NeutralLeidos subsidiary selected to design Australian nuclear submarine dry dock
Breaking Defense · Jul 29, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CGCN GROUP, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (535 GROUP, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CR FEDERAL)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (TEAM HALLAHAN LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (LEIDOS, INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $1.1 million
- Oct 15, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (TROUTMAN STRATEGIES)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 15, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 5, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Oct 5, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (PARK GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 1, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Sep 30, 2026Federal award
- Sep 30, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of the Treasury$39.3 million
- Sep 30, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of Homeland Security$15.2 million
- Sep 29, 2026Federal award
- Sep 25, 2026Federal award
- Sep 24, 2026Federal award
- Sep 22, 2026Patent
- Sep 21, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of the Treasury$14.8 million
- Sep 15, 2026Federal award
- Aug 25, 2026PatentPatent granted: ROBOTIC DIVESTITURE SYSTEMUS 12715109
- Jul 28, 2026Patent
- Jul 14, 2026Patent
- May 6, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 6, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 15, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Mar 30, 20268-KAcquisition or sale completedItem 2.01
- Mar 3, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Feb 17, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Feb 17, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 26, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jul 29, 2025Patent
- May 6, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Feb 20, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Feb 11, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 14, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 25, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 13, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)9 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
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| Republic Services RSG | $16.9B | $2.6B | Jun 30, 2026 |