Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) ended the recent trading session at $104.13, demonstrating a +1.23% change from the preceding day's closing price. The stock's performance was ahead of the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.52%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.63%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.48%.
The defense contractor's stock has dropped by 3.19% in the past month, falling short of the Business Services sector's loss of 1.89% and the S&P 500's gain of 4.27%.
The upcoming earnings release of Booz Allen Hamilton will be of great interest to investors. The company's earnings report is expected on July 25, 2025. It is anticipated that the company will report an EPS of $1.46, marking a 5.8% rise compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $2.96 billion, up 0.58% from the year-ago period.
Regarding the entire year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates forecast earnings of $6.42 per share and revenue of $12.24 billion, indicating changes of +1.1% and +2.17%, respectively, compared to the previous year.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Booz Allen Hamilton. Such recent modifications usually signify the changing landscape of near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Our research suggests that these changes in estimates have a direct relationship with upcoming stock price performance. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.62% higher. Booz Allen Hamilton is currently a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).
From a valuation perspective, Booz Allen Hamilton is currently exchanging hands at a Forward P/E ratio of 16.01. This expresses a discount compared to the average Forward P/E of 20.19 of its industry.
One should further note that BAH currently holds a PEG ratio of 1.6. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. The Consulting Services was holding an average PEG ratio of 1.6 at yesterday's closing price.
The Consulting Services industry is part of the Business Services sector. At present, this industry carries a Zacks Industry Rank of 185, placing it within the bottom 25% of over 250 industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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