Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation is a publicly traded management and technology consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The company provides a wide range of professional services and solutions in strategy, analytics, digital transformation, engineering and cyber security. Its expertise spans from supporting federal civilian agencies to defense, intelligence and homeland security organizations, as well as select commercial industries.

Key offerings include data analytics and artificial intelligence applications, software development and modernization, systems integration, and cyber risk management. Booz Allen also delivers advisory services in organizational strategy, operations improvement and workforce transformation. The firm deploys these capabilities to help clients address complex challenges such as mission readiness, critical infrastructure protection and digital innovation.

Founded in 1914 by Edwin G. Booz, the company is one of the oldest management consultancies in the United States. Over its more than a century of operation, Booz Allen has evolved from classic management advisory work into a diversified technology and cyber consultancy. In 2008, it completed a strategic spin-off from its former global parent, Booz & Company, positioning the firm to focus more deeply on U.S. government markets.

Booz Allen serves clients across the United States and maintains a presence in Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific to support international programs. The firm is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Horacio Rozanski, who has overseen its growth in digital and technology services since 2018. A board of directors comprised of experienced executives and former government officials provides governance and strategic oversight.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $75.40 to $77.62
• 50-Day Range: $71.51 to $84.16
• 52-Week Range: $68.83 to $129.37
• Volume: 541,001 shs
• Average Volume: 2.10 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.16 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.30
• Dividend Yield: 3.11%
• Price Target: $93.33
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Booz Allen Hamilton scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 113th out of 298 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Booz Allen Hamilton has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.80, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 10 hold ratings, and 4 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Booz Allen Hamilton has a consensus price target of $93.33, representing about 22.6% upside from its current price of $76.14.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Booz Allen Hamilton has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 1.65%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Booz Allen Hamilton are expected to grow by 1.65% in the coming year, from $6.07 to $6.17 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Booz Allen Hamilton is 11.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.52.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Booz Allen Hamilton is 11.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 29.28.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Booz Allen Hamilton has a PEG Ratio of 4.44. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Booz Allen Hamilton has a P/B Ratio of 9.61. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.69% of the float of Booz Allen Hamilton has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Booz Allen Hamilton has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.43.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Booz Allen Hamilton has recently increased by 2.81%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Booz Allen Hamilton pays a meaningful dividend of 3.06%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Booz Allen Hamilton has been increasing its dividend for 14 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Booz Allen Hamilton is 35.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Booz Allen Hamilton will have a dividend payout ratio of 38.25% next year. This indicates that Booz Allen Hamilton will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.03

News Sentiment

Booz Allen Hamilton has a news sentiment score of -0.03. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Booz Allen Hamilton this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

12 people have searched for BAH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 9% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Booz Allen Hamilton to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Booz Allen Hamilton insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.91% of the stock of Booz Allen Hamilton is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

91.82% of the stock of Booz Allen Hamilton is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 1/23/2026
• Record date for 3/2 Dividend: 2/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/2 Dividend: 2/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/02/2026
• Today: 5/21/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Consulting
• Sub-Industry: IT Consulting & Other Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BAH
• CIK: 1443646
• Web: www.boozallen.com
• Phone: (703) 902-5000
• Fax: 703-902-3333
• Employees: 35,800
• Year Founded: 1914

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Booz Allen Hamilton: $93.33
• High Price Target: $120.00
• Low Price Target: $80.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +23.1%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.80
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.73
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.24
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.50
• P/E Growth: 4.44
• Net Income: $935 million
• Net Margins: 7.35%
• Pretax Margin: 7.71%
• Return on Equity: 76.79%
• Return on Assets: 10.95%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 3.76
• Current Ratio: 1.81
• Quick Ratio: 1.81

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $11.98 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.76
• Cash Flow: $7.62 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.95
• Book Value: $7.92 per share
• Price / Book: 9.58

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 120,590,000
• Free Float: 119,497,000
• Market Cap: $9.15 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.32