LDOS Stock — Leidos Holdings Inc.

Leidos Holdings Inc. (LDOS)

Updated October 19, 2026.

LDOS is a stock. Its distribution rate is 1.36%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.36%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 65/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 387.7% over the past 13.1 years, 79.9 points behind SPY at 467.6%.

Leidos Holdings is a defense, intelligence, and technology services company serving government and commercial customers globally, with operations across national security, digital modernization, health services, commercial security systems, and defense systems. The company distributes dividends quarterly at a modest current rate. Leidos appeals to investors seeking exposure to the defense and government services sector with regular income.

LDOS performance versus SPY

As of Oct 19, 2026

Total return is 387.7% over the past 13.1 years, 79.9 points behind SPY at 467.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -30.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 49.5%.

LDOS key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

65 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.88%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/13/2006

Distribution rate

1.36%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.36%

5-year average yield

1.2

Last close

$126.05 (as of 2026-10-19)

Market cap

$15,818,292,944

Average volume

673,943

Dividend

$0.43

Ex-dividend date

09/15/2026

Payment date

09/30/2026

Beta

0.59

Payout ratio

14.1%

P/E ratio

11.68

Forward P/E

9.55

EPS

$10.79

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.36%) has no calculation basis on file. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.36%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

LDOS risks and drawbacks

LDOS's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 49.5%.

Who may consider LDOS — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (LDOS pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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