Leidos Holdings Valuation

Is S6IA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of S6IA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: S6IA (€139.35) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€286.52)

Significantly Below Fair Value: S6IA is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for S6IA?

Key metric: As S6IA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for S6IA. This is calculated by dividing S6IA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is S6IA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio15.9x
EarningsUS$1.20b
Market CapUS$19.12b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does S6IA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for S6IA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average39.5x
30.9x12.0%CHF 16.9b
TRU TransUnion
79.8x33.2%US$18.1b
J Jacobs Solutions
27.4x11.8%US$16.6b
BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holding
19.9x2.1%US$16.4b
S6IA Leidos Holdings
15.9x5.4%€19.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: S6IA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.9x) compared to the peer average (39.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does S6IA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Professional Services Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
S6IA 15.9xIndustry Avg. 18.6xNo. of Companies12PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: S6IA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.9x) compared to the European Professional Services industry average (18.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is S6IA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

S6IA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio15.9x
Fair PE Ratio14.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: S6IA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst S6IA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€139.35
€185.42
+33.1%
11.0%€212.28€147.63n/a14
Dec ’25€155.70
€194.30
+24.8%
8.5%€217.63€167.04n/a13
Nov ’25€167.95
€185.72
+10.6%
10.4%€212.24€152.26n/a13
Oct ’25€145.40
€154.06
+6.0%
6.2%€171.65€130.99n/a13
Sep ’25€142.95
€154.08
+7.8%
5.7%€173.95€132.75n/a14
Aug ’25€132.85
€154.11
+16.0%
6.3%€175.47€133.91n/a14
Jul ’25€136.40
€149.20
+9.4%
7.8%€168.34€126.25n/a14
Jun ’25€132.85
€147.09
+10.7%
7.6%€167.08€125.31n/a14
May ’25€130.60
€142.16
+8.9%
9.1%€168.35€126.27n/a14
Apr ’25€121.00
€128.11
+5.9%
5.1%€136.71€110.84n/a14
Mar ’25€116.95
€127.00
+8.6%
5.5%€136.93€111.02n/a14
Feb ’25€101.45
€115.64
+14.0%
6.5%€124.98€96.50n/a14
Jan ’25€96.86
€109.44
+13.0%
8.9%€123.19€90.58€138.9513
Dec ’24€97.62
€111.62
+14.3%
9.2%€128.06€94.16€155.7013
Nov ’24€95.00
€111.81
+17.7%
9.1%€128.70€94.63€167.9513
Oct ’24€86.48
€107.23
+24.0%
7.2%€118.86€93.59€145.4014
Sep ’24€91.22
€106.13
+16.3%
7.7%€118.90€92.17€142.9514
Aug ’24€90.54
€98.47
+8.8%
10.6%€117.45€81.95€132.8513
Jul ’24€80.78
€98.62
+22.1%
10.4%€116.64€83.98€136.4013
Jun ’24€72.32
€98.62
+36.4%
10.4%€116.64€83.98€132.8513
May ’24€84.14
€105.67
+25.6%
9.3%€119.85€86.92€130.6014
Apr ’24€84.22
€108.00
+28.2%
9.3%€122.30€88.02€121.0014
Mar ’24€90.25
€110.68
+22.6%
7.6%€123.43€96.32€116.9514
Feb ’24€89.91
€111.18
+23.7%
5.7%€123.41€102.23€101.4514
Jan ’24€96.78
€113.56
+17.3%
6.5%€124.17€98.77€96.8614

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/03 17:32
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/09/27
Annual Earnings2023/12/29

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Leidos Holdings, Inc. is covered by 30 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John EadeArgus Research Company
Peter ArmentBaird
David StraussBarclays