“The increase was primarily due to a net increase of $941 million in cash inflows from debt activity, consisting of proceeds from debt issuances and payments for borrowings and debt issuance costs.”10-Q · Aug 4, 2026 ↗
Leidos Holdings, Inc.
LDOS
Market read
Leidos Holdings, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 9 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 17 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.2% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 2.1 percentage points.
- Leidos said higher interest expense from terminating its bridge facility and issuing senior notes contributed to lower operating income and margin.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if LDOS's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 9 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 17 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.2% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 2.1 percentage points.
- Net margin fell 1.4 percentage points.
- Leidos said higher interest expense from terminating its bridge facility and issuing senior notes contributed to lower operating income and margin.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Operating margin changed +1.3 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.21x in the latest annual period.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Capital investment and capacity has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.
- P/E is 55% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 40% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
129.47Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The decrease was primarily due to lower capital expenditures of $58 million in the current year.”10-K · Feb 17, 2026 ↗
“The increase was partially offset by increased amortization, acquisition and restructuring expenses.”10-Q · Aug 4, 2026 ↗
“Our significant initiatives include the following: u achieving annual revenue growth guided by our NorthStar 2030 strategy focusing on the growth pillars aligned with our customers’ priorities; u continual improvements in the effectiveness and efficiency of o…”10-K · Feb 17, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 1.0× · EV/sales 0.9×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:10 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for LDOS. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
The latest filing presents a mixed picture
10-Q filed 2026-08-04 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-05.
Capital and cash conversion
Reported investment and cash context
- Capital spending YoY
- +23.5%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +0.7%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +11.5%
- FCF margin change
- +5.7 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 7.2% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Operating margin fell 2.1 percentage points.
- Net margin fell 1.4 percentage points.
Filing receipts
“The increase was primarily attributable to a $23 million settlement loss from the buy-out of our UK defined benefit pension plan and increased interest expense from the termination of our senior unsecured bridge loan facility and issuance of our $600 million and $800 million senior notes.”
“The increase was primarily attributable to increased interest expense from the termination of our senior unsecured bridge loan facility and issuance of our $600 million and $800 million senior notes.”
“The increase was primarily due to a net increase of $941 million in cash inflows from debt activity, consisting of proceeds from debt issuances and payments for borrowings and debt issuance costs.”
Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind LDOS
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
ACNAccenture plccompetitorFeb 17, 2026 ▾
“Our principal competitors currently include the following companies: Accenture Federal Services LLC, Amentum Services Inc., KBR, Inc., BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., CACI International Inc., Deloitte, General Dynamics Corporation, GovCIO, IBM, KBR Inc…”
BAHBooz Allen Hamilton Holding CorporationcompetitorFeb 17, 2026 ▾
“Our principal competitors currently include the following companies: Accenture Federal Services LLC, Amentum Services Inc., KBR, Inc., BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., CACI International Inc., Deloitte, General Dynamics Corporation, GovCIO, IBM, KBR Inc…”
Depended on by
MOBX50.0% of MOBXcustomerJan 13, 2026 ▾
“For the year ended September 30, 2025, sales to Leidos Holdings, Inc.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
LDOS is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Mixed Services. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.