Science Applications International Corporation Common Stock (SAIC) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Science Applications International Corporation Common Stock

SAIC 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
SAIC provides technical, engineering and IT services to United States government agencies and defence forces, working through a Defense and Intelligence segment and a Civilian segment. It builds and runs mission and enterprise IT systems, offers digital-engineering and AI-enabled solutions, and supports training, simulation and ground-vehicle programmes. Its customers include the armed services, intelligence agencies, and federal, state and local government bodies. The company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and took its current name in 2013 after reorganising from an earlier entity.
Where it sits in the stack
SAIC carries no Closelook index seat; it sits in the government IT-services sleeve of our universe rather than in a defined hardware or software layer of the build-out. Its AI work is delivered as a contracted service to agencies rather than as a product sold into the compute stack, so it is a customer of underlying technology suppliers more than a constraint on any single layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for this name is not yet set; the comparison the market draws is with other federal IT-services contractors such as Leidos.
Why Closelook tracks it
SAIC is a Russell 1000 constituent; it does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in an edition to date.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the recent earnings beat and the raised analyst target mark a shift in how the market prices its government contract pipeline, or a temporary move against its longer trend.

Science Applications International Corporation Common Stock (SAIC) 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 SAIC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by UBS, 2026-09-01 · last print 2026-08-31

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for SAIC from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target UBS — target 123 from 108 Target raised to $123 from $108 (-4.1% to spot) 2026-09-01
  • Latest print EPS 3.01 against 2.31 expected — a +30.3% beat 2026-08-31

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

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 SAIC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.11%, quarterly · last 0.37 USD on 2026-07-10

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 1.48 USD per share · a 1.11% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +0.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.47 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.37 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-10
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.37 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.48 USD · 2025: 1.47 USD · 2026: 1.11 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-12

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 Science Applications International Corporation Common Stock (SAIC)?

Science Applications International Corporation Common Stock trades as SAIC on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is SAIC in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Science Applications International Corporation Common Stock is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does SAIC trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +7.8% vs the 50-day and +25.9% vs the 200-day average, 6.6% below the 52-week high and +64.9% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 72 sessions ago. 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 Science Applications International Corporation Common Stock do?

SAIC provides technical, engineering and IT services to United States government agencies and defence forces, working through a Defense and Intelligence segment and a Civilian segment. It builds and runs mission and enterprise IT systems, offers digital-engineering and AI-enabled solutions, and supports training, simulation and ground-vehicle programmes. Its customers include the armed services, intelligence agencies, and federal, state and local government bodies. Closelook's peer group for this name is not yet set; the comparison the market draws is with other federal IT-services contractors such as Leidos.

Where does Science Applications International Corporation Common Stock sit in the AI build-out?

SAIC carries no Closelook index seat; it sits in the government IT-services sleeve of our universe rather than in a defined hardware or software layer of the build-out. Its AI work is delivered as a contracted service to agencies rather than as a product sold into the compute stack, so it is a customer of underlying technology suppliers more than a constraint on any single layer. SAIC is a Russell 1000 constituent; it does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in an edition to date.

Does Science Applications International Corporation Common Stock pay a dividend?

Science Applications International Corporation Common Stock has paid 1.48 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.11% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.37 USD on 2026-07-10. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Science Applications International Corporation Common Stock recently?

The most recent analyst action on Science Applications International Corporation Common Stock on the Closelook wire is a price target by UBS on 2026-09-01 (target 123 from 108). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-08-31: EPS 3.01 against 2.31 expected — a +30.3% beat. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SAIC, 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.