William Blair Issues Optimistic Outlook for BAH Earnings

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) – Equities research analysts at William Blair upped their Q3 2026 earnings per share estimates for Booz Allen Hamilton in a report released on Monday, July 28th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now expects that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.69 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.59. William Blair has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booz Allen Hamilton’s current full-year earnings is $6.44 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Booz Allen Hamilton’s Q4 2026 earnings at $1.86 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $6.44 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $7.09 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Truist Financial cut their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $142.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 24th. UBS Group set a $119.00 target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $112.00 to $119.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $148.00 to $135.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $134.00.

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Performance

NYSE:BAH opened at $107.49 on Tuesday. Booz Allen Hamilton has a 1 year low of $98.95 and a 1 year high of $190.59. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $106.68 and a 200-day moving average of $114.40. The company has a current ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 0.48.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last posted its earnings results on Friday, July 25th. The business services provider reported $1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.45 by $0.03. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 8.70% and a return on equity of 73.05%. The company had revenue of $2.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.96 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.38 earnings per share. Booz Allen Hamilton’s quarterly revenue was down .6% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Trading of Booz Allen Hamilton

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Trajan Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 5.8% during the 4th quarter. Trajan Wealth LLC now owns 1,679 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $216,000 after acquiring an additional 92 shares during the last quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC raised its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 3.5% during the 1st quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC now owns 2,739 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $286,000 after acquiring an additional 92 shares during the last quarter. Roundview Capital LLC raised its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Roundview Capital LLC now owns 37,258 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $3,880,000 after acquiring an additional 99 shares during the last quarter. Raiffeisen Bank International AG raised its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 4.9% during the 1st quarter. Raiffeisen Bank International AG now owns 2,137 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $225,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB raised its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 74.5% during the 1st quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 246 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 105 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.82% of the company’s stock.

Booz Allen Hamilton Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 14th will be given a dividend of $0.55 per share. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 14th. Booz Allen Hamilton’s payout ratio is 27.03%.

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital solutions, mission operations, and cyber services to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. It focuses on artificial intelligence services comprising of machine learning, predictive modeling, automation and decision analytics, and quantum computing.