Leidos Holdings (LDOS) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $3.62
- Estimate
- $3.04
- Surprise
- +19.0%
- Revenue (period 2026-10-02)
- $4.62B
- Score today
- 6.1/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Leidos Holdings (LDOS) beat the $3.04 estimate with adjusted EPS of $3.62 — a large 19.0% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates LDOS Sell at 6.1/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +19.0% surprise compares with a +11.1% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Customer: U.S. government (87.0%)
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.5)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $134.72
- Price target
- $136.56
- Stop
- $125.30
- Upside to target
- +1.4%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.1:1
The stock trades at 13.5× trailing but 11.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 71 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum; trading volume is running 2.3× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
LDOS at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Information Technology Services
- Market cap
- $16.95B
- P/E (fwd)
- 11.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 13.5
- 52-week range
- $98.86–$205.77
- Off 52-week high
- 34.5%
- RSI (14)
- 71
- Volume vs avg
- 2.31×
- Score today
- 6.1/10