Leidos Holdings Inc. Stock Rallies 6.6%, Outperforms Peers

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Shares of Leidos Holdings Inc. rose 6.6% to $135.26 on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.2% to 7,709.96 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.9% to 53,885.10.

Leidos Holdings Inc. closed 34.3% short of its 52-week high of $205.77, which the company achieved on November 4th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as RTX Corp. rose 0.4% to $223.25, Lockheed Martin Corp. rose 0.9% to $582.85, and Northrop Grumman Corp. rose 1.84% to $567.74.

Trading volume totaled 2.0 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.7 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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August 06, 2026 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)