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Leidos Holdings LDO - UnderValued??

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Jun 12, 2026 · 16:36

What am I missing here? Seems undervalued and also on an insane growth trajectory on all cylinders????

Revenue: $4.40B (Up 4% year-over-year, beating analyst consensus).

​Adjusted EPS: $3.13 (A massive beat against the $2.90 Wall Street estimate).

​Adjusted EBITDA Margin: 14% ($614M).

​The Backlog: $48.4 Billion. Read that number again. Their current backlog is more than 3x their entire market cap. That is years of highly secure, contracted government revenue visibility.

​Management's Response: They were so confident that they raised full-year FY2026 guidance.

They are now projecting:

​Full-year Revenue:
$18.0B – $18.4B (Up $500M from previous guidance).

​Full-year Non-GAAP EPS: $12.10 – $12.50.
​Operating Cash Flow: ~$1.8B.

~10x forward earnings, the market is pricing Leidos like a dying brick-and-mortar retail business, not the largest primary IT provider to the US Department of Defense.

​High-Value Wins: In May alone, they secured a massive $2.7B hypersonic weapons production contract. Their newly acquired Kudu Dynamics integration also drove their total cyber pipeline up 21% to $24B.

​Capital Return: They aggressively bought back $200M of their own stock in Q1.