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Company snapshot — Leidos Holdings Inc

LDOS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Leidos provides technology services mainly to United States government agencies, plus some commercial customers. Its National Security & Digital arm builds software and AI-assisted systems that help coordinate military operations across sea, ground, air and space, alongside cyber, intelligence and digital-modernisation work. A Health & Civil arm supplies air traffic control systems, health-mission software and managed health services. A Commercial & International arm sells power-grid engineering, airport and border security scanners, and related software platforms. A Defense Systems arm covers air and missile defence, maritime and aerospace systems, and space-based sensing. It is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
Where it sits in the stack
Leidos carries no seat in Closelook's Rubin index and no Halo classification, so it sits outside the diary's AI build-out sleeves. It belongs instead to our broader technology-services sector, where government IT and defence-systems spending is the relevant demand driver rather than chip or data-centre capacity.
Who it is priced against
The comparison the market draws is with other large United States government-services contractors such as Booz Allen Hamilton.
Why Closelook tracks it
Leidos is a constituent of the S&P 500, but it carries no Closelook score and sits outside our Rubin or Halo indices, so the diary has not built coverage on it beyond that index seat.
What the diary watches
Whether government contract awards and federal budget cycles, which drive most of its revenue, shift enough to change how the diary weighs its S&P 500 seat.

Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for LDOS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Information Technology Services · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Information Technology Services · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against LDOS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.35%, quarterly · last 0.43 USD on 2026-09-15

Dividends and capital return

What LDOS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.72 USD per share · a 1.35% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +7.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.60 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.43 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.38 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.54 USD · 2025: 1.63 USD · 2026: 1.29 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-14

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS)?

Leidos Holdings Inc trades as LDOS on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is LDOS in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Leidos Holdings Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does LDOS trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +0.3% vs the 50-day and -15% vs the 200-day average, 37.7% below the 52-week high and +29.2% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Leidos Holdings Inc do?

Leidos provides technology services mainly to United States government agencies, plus some commercial customers. Its National Security & Digital arm builds software and AI-assisted systems that help coordinate military operations across sea, ground, air and space, alongside cyber, intelligence and digital-modernisation work. A Health & Civil arm supplies air traffic control systems, health-mission software and managed health services. The comparison the market draws is with other large United States government-services contractors such as Booz Allen Hamilton.

Where does Leidos Holdings Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Leidos carries no seat in Closelook's Rubin index and no Halo classification, so it sits outside the diary's AI build-out sleeves. It belongs instead to our broader technology-services sector, where government IT and defence-systems spending is the relevant demand driver rather than chip or data-centre capacity. Leidos is a constituent of the S&P 500, but it carries no Closelook score and sits outside our Rubin or Halo indices, so the diary has not built coverage on it beyond that index seat.

Does Leidos Holdings Inc pay a dividend?

Leidos Holdings Inc has paid 1.72 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.35% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.43 USD on 2026-09-15. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for LDOS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Information Technology Services. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.