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Company snapshot — Leidos Holdings Inc

LDOS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Leidos provides technology services mainly to United States government agencies, plus some commercial customers. Its National Security & Digital arm builds software and AI-assisted systems that help coordinate military operations across sea, ground, air and space, alongside cyber, intelligence and digital-modernisation work. A Health & Civil arm supplies air traffic control systems, health-mission software and managed health services. A Commercial & International arm sells power-grid engineering, airport and border security scanners, and related software platforms. A Defense Systems arm covers air and missile defence, maritime and aerospace systems, and space-based sensing. It is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
Where it sits in the stack
Leidos carries no seat in Closelook's Rubin index and no Halo classification, so it sits outside the diary's AI build-out sleeves. It belongs instead to our broader technology-services sector, where government IT and defence-systems spending is the relevant demand driver rather than chip or data-centre capacity.
Who it is priced against
The comparison the market draws is with other large United States government-services contractors such as Booz Allen Hamilton.
Why Closelook tracks it
Leidos is a constituent of the S&P 500, but it carries no Closelook score and sits outside our Rubin or Halo indices, so the diary has not built coverage on it beyond that index seat.
What the diary watches
Whether government contract awards and federal budget cycles, which drive most of its revenue, shift enough to change how the diary weighs its S&P 500 seat.

Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for LDOS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS)?

Leidos Holdings Inc trades as LDOS on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is LDOS in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Leidos Holdings Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does LDOS trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +3.2% vs the 50-day and -13% vs the 200-day average, 36.1% below the 52-week high and +32.5% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Leidos Holdings Inc do?

Leidos provides technology services mainly to United States government agencies, plus some commercial customers. Its National Security & Digital arm builds software and AI-assisted systems that help coordinate military operations across sea, ground, air and space, alongside cyber, intelligence and digital-modernisation work. A Health & Civil arm supplies air traffic control systems, health-mission software and managed health services. The comparison the market draws is with other large United States government-services contractors such as Booz Allen Hamilton.

Where does Leidos Holdings Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Leidos carries no seat in Closelook's Rubin index and no Halo classification, so it sits outside the diary's AI build-out sleeves. It belongs instead to our broader technology-services sector, where government IT and defence-systems spending is the relevant demand driver rather than chip or data-centre capacity. Leidos is a constituent of the S&P 500, but it carries no Closelook score and sits outside our Rubin or Halo indices, so the diary has not built coverage on it beyond that index seat.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for LDOS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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