Leidos Holdings (LDOS) Dividend Capture: 0.25% per event (1.2% annualized)
LDOS
Leidos Holdings (LDOS) has touched its pre-ex close within 30 trading days in 95% of the last 20 ex-dividend events, with a median time-to-touch of 1 trading day (limit-order recovery basis). The dividend is below the typical daily price swing (signal-to-noise 0.18), meaning ordinary day-to-day noise can easily exceed the dividend itself.
Versus its sector, LDOS sits roughly in line with the Technology sector benchmark of 95%. The sector median time-to-touch is 1 trading day, matching the peer pace.
Historical base rates are not predictions; transaction costs, slippage, and ordinary-income tax on short holding periods can materially reduce realized profit. The next confirmed ex-dividend date is Jun 15, 2026, with an expected dividend of $0.43.
- Touch rate (30d)
- 95%in line with sector
- Median days-to-touch
- 1din line with sector
- Signal-to-noise
- 0.18in line with sector
Recovery engine
TL;DR over the most recent 20 events.
- 30-day touch rate
- 95%in line with sector
- Median days-to-touch
- 1din line with sector
- Signal-to-noise (div / ATR)
- 0.18in line with sector
- Avg gap on ex-date
- -0.34%in line with sector
- Win rate at MOC exit
- 45%
- Median drawdown during hold
- -3.71%+0.99pp vs sector
- Best / worst touch (days)
- 1 / 16
Next ex-dividend
Confirmed by company declaration.
- Dividend
- $0.43
- Per-event yield
- 0.25%
- Annualized yield
- 1.23%
- Previously paid
- Mar 16, 2026 ($0.43)
- Last record date
- Mar 16, 2026
- Last payment date
- Mar 31, 2026
How LDOS ranks in Technology
Compared with other stocks in this sector that pass our capture-quality filter (48 tickers). Lower rank number is better on every metric below.
- 30-day touch rate#22of 48
Beats ~54% of peers on this metric
- Median days to touch#1of 48
Beats ~98% of peers on this metric
- Signal-to-noise#22of 48
Beats ~54% of peers on this metric
LDOS Dividend Capture History — Last 20 Ex-Dividend Events
Per-event gap on ex-date, the pre-ex close used as the touch target, trading days to first intraday high at or above that level, plus 5/30-day touch flags, drawdown and 5-day P&L for Leidos Holdings (LDOS). For a stricter close-at-bell exit timeline, use the simulator below (MOC mode). td = trading days from ex-date.
| Recovered 5d | Recovered 30d | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | $0.43 | -0.77% | $173.86 | >30 | no | no | -10.87% | -6.26% | |
| Q4 | $0.43 | -0.72% | $189.73 | 1 | yes | yes | -5.13% | -1.72% | |
| Q3 | $0.40 | -0.87% | $183.86 | 1 | yes | yes | -2.53% | +2.40% | |
| Q2 | $0.40 | -0.37% | $149.16 | 2 | yes | yes | -2.50% | +2.33% | |
| Q1 | $0.40 | 0.28% | $132.86 | 1 | yes | yes | -0.59% | +1.03% | |
| Q4 | $0.40 | -0.29% | $153.16 | 1 | yes | yes | -7.33% | -4.94% | |
| Q3 | $0.38 | -0.06% | $154.09 | 1 | yes | yes | -0.58% | +2.17% | |
| Q2 | $0.38 | -0.95% | $144.15 | 3 | yes | yes | -1.66% | +3.32% | |
| Q1 | $0.38 | -0.46% | $128.07 | 5 | yes | yes | -1.96% | +1.14% | |
| Q4 | $0.38 | -0.18% | $110.18 | 16 | no | yes | -4.23% | -2.91% | |
| Q3 | $0.36 | -0.03% | $95.03 | 1 | yes | yes | -4.67% | -2.39% | |
| Q2 | $0.36 | -0.61% | $83.74 | 2 | yes | yes | -1.39% | +3.13% | |
| Q1 | $0.36 | 0.43% | $92.23 | 1 | yes | yes | -2.81% | +0.83% | |
| Q4 | $0.36 | -0.32% | $106.54 | 1 | yes | yes | -3.18% | -0.33% | |
| Q3 | $0.36 | -0.20% | $92.75 | 1 | yes | yes | -5.54% | -0.59% | |
| Q2 | $0.36 | -0.57% | $99.40 | 1 | yes | yes | -7.73% | -1.61% | |
| Q1 | $0.36 | 0.17% | $101.97 | 1 | yes | yes | -1.46% | +4.67% | |
| Q4 | $0.36 | -0.81% | $89.65 | 1 | yes | yes | -7.70% | -3.19% | |
| Q3 | $0.36 | 0.15% | $98.24 | 1 | yes | yes | -8.10% | -7.11% | |
| Q2 | $0.34 | -0.51% | $106.89 | 2 | yes | yes | -4.65% | -0.69% |
Q1
- Dividend
- $0.43
- Gap %
- -0.77%
- Pre-ex close
- $173.86
- High touch (td)
- >30
- Recovered 5d
- no
- Recovered 30d
- no
- Drawdown
- -10.87%
- P&L 5d %
- -6.26%
Q4
- Dividend
- $0.43
- Gap %
- -0.72%
- Pre-ex close
- $189.73
- High touch (td)
- 1
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -5.13%
- P&L 5d %
- -1.72%
Q3
- Dividend
- $0.40
- Gap %
- -0.87%
- Pre-ex close
- $183.86
- High touch (td)
- 1
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -2.53%
- P&L 5d %
- +2.40%
Q2
- Dividend
- $0.40
- Gap %
- -0.37%
- Pre-ex close
- $149.16
- High touch (td)
- 2
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -2.50%
- P&L 5d %
- +2.33%
Q1
- Dividend
- $0.40
- Gap %
- 0.28%
- Pre-ex close
- $132.86
- High touch (td)
- 1
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -0.59%
- P&L 5d %
- +1.03%
Q4
- Dividend
- $0.40
- Gap %
- -0.29%
- Pre-ex close
- $153.16
- High touch (td)
- 1
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -7.33%
- P&L 5d %
- -4.94%
Q3
- Dividend
- $0.38
- Gap %
- -0.06%
- Pre-ex close
- $154.09
- High touch (td)
- 1
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -0.58%
- P&L 5d %
- +2.17%
Q2
- Dividend
- $0.38
- Gap %
- -0.95%
- Pre-ex close
- $144.15
- High touch (td)
- 3
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -1.66%
- P&L 5d %
- +3.32%
Q1
- Dividend
- $0.38
- Gap %
- -0.46%
- Pre-ex close
- $128.07
- High touch (td)
- 5
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -1.96%
- P&L 5d %
- +1.14%
Q4
- Dividend
- $0.38
- Gap %
- -0.18%
- Pre-ex close
- $110.18
- High touch (td)
- 16
- Recovered 5d
- no
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -4.23%
- P&L 5d %
- -2.91%
Q3
- Dividend
- $0.36
- Gap %
- -0.03%
- Pre-ex close
- $95.03
- High touch (td)
- 1
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -4.67%
- P&L 5d %
- -2.39%
Q2
- Dividend
- $0.36
- Gap %
- -0.61%
- Pre-ex close
- $83.74
- High touch (td)
- 2
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -1.39%
- P&L 5d %
- +3.13%
Q1
- Dividend
- $0.36
- Gap %
- 0.43%
- Pre-ex close
- $92.23
- High touch (td)
- 1
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -2.81%
- P&L 5d %
- +0.83%
Q4
- Dividend
- $0.36
- Gap %
- -0.32%
- Pre-ex close
- $106.54
- High touch (td)
- 1
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -3.18%
- P&L 5d %
- -0.33%
Q3
- Dividend
- $0.36
- Gap %
- -0.20%
- Pre-ex close
- $92.75
- High touch (td)
- 1
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -5.54%
- P&L 5d %
- -0.59%
Q2
- Dividend
- $0.36
- Gap %
- -0.57%
- Pre-ex close
- $99.40
- High touch (td)
- 1
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -7.73%
- P&L 5d %
- -1.61%
Q1
- Dividend
- $0.36
- Gap %
- 0.17%
- Pre-ex close
- $101.97
- High touch (td)
- 1
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -1.46%
- P&L 5d %
- +4.67%
Q4
- Dividend
- $0.36
- Gap %
- -0.81%
- Pre-ex close
- $89.65
- High touch (td)
- 1
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -7.70%
- P&L 5d %
- -3.19%
Q3
- Dividend
- $0.36
- Gap %
- 0.15%
- Pre-ex close
- $98.24
- High touch (td)
- 1
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -8.10%
- P&L 5d %
- -7.11%
Q2
- Dividend
- $0.34
- Gap %
- -0.51%
- Pre-ex close
- $106.89
- High touch (td)
- 2
- Recovered 5d
- yes
- Recovered 30d
- yes
- Drawdown
- -4.65%
- P&L 5d %
- -0.69%
LDOS Pre-Ex Touch Time Distribution
- ≤ 1 day1365%
- 2–3 days420%
- 4–5 days15%
- 6–10 days00%
- 11–30 days15%
- 30+15%
65% within 1d · 90% within 5d · 95% within 30d
LDOS Dividend Capture Calculator — After-Tax Yield
Pre-filled with LDOS's next expected dividend and recent close. Adjust tax rate, holding period and slippage to estimate after-tax capture yield.
Holding shorter than the IRS 61-day rule disqualifies the dividend from “qualified” status — it is taxed as ordinary income at your marginal rate. Adjust Tax % accordingly.
- Gross dividend
- $86.00
- After-tax dividend
- $55.90
- Slippage round-trip
- -$34.77
- Net if price returns to pre-ex
- +$21.13
- Required recovery to break even
- 0.00%
- Per-event after-tax yield
- +0.06%
- Annual if all succeed
- ~3.1%
LDOS Dividend Capture Backtest Simulator
Replay every historical LDOS ex-dividend with two exit strategies: a GTC limit-order at the pre-ex close (limit-order P&L on first intraday touch), or hold for N days and exit at MOC. Pick the window and quarter filter that matches your plan and see realized P&L per event.
Sell back at the pre-ex close on the first intraday touch within the window. If it never touches, exit at MOC after the window expires (stop-loss).
Figures are gross — before tax, commissions, and slippage. Percents are per-event return on capital at entry (pre-ex close).
Cumulative P&L (equity curve)
Vertical axis: cumulative sum of per-event % (same units as the headline cumulative). Hover dots for exact values.
Per-event P&L distribution
20 trades in this sample · bar height ∝ count in each bucket (gross % per event).
Scenario P&L by event · LDOS (20)
Scenario P&L — updates with exit mode, window, and quarter. History adds gap, touch, drawdown, and a fixed P&L 5d % (MOC). Same per-row % as that column only for MOC + 5d on the same rows. Oldest → newest, gross pre-ex close basis.
| Ex-date | P&L |
|---|---|
| +0.32% | |
| +0.37% | |
| +0.40% | |
| +0.35% | |
| +0.36% | |
| +0.39% | |
| +0.34% | |
| +0.39% | |
| +0.43% | |
| +0.38% | |
| -2.91% | |
| +0.30% | |
| +0.26% | |
| +0.25% | |
| +0.26% | |
| +0.30% | |
| +0.27% | |
| +0.22% | |
| +0.23% | |
| -6.26% |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the dividend capture success rate for LDOS?
Across the last 20 ex-dividend events for Leidos Holdings (LDOS), the post-ex intraday high reached the pre-ex close within 30 trading days in 95% of cases, with a median time-to-touch of 1 trading day. We measure recovery via intraday high because that is when a GTC limit-order at the pre-ex close would actually fill, ending the trade at break-even with the dividend pocketed.
How long does it take LDOS to recover its dividend gap?
Historically, LDOS touches its pre-ex close in a median of 1 trading day, with the best case at 1 and the worst case at 16 trading days within our 30-day measurement window. A stricter close-based recovery (mark-to-MOC) is also computed in the database; explore it with the per-ticker simulator’s “Hold N days, exit MOC” mode rather than in the event table.
Is the dividend on LDOS large enough to capture?
LDOS has a signal-to-noise ratio of 0.18 (dividend / 14-day ATR). Values above 1.0 indicate the dividend is larger than the typical daily price swing, making capture trades more viable; below 0.5 means typical daily noise can easily wipe out the gain.
When is the next ex-dividend date for LDOS?
The next ex-dividend date for Leidos Holdings (LDOS) is Jun 15, 2026, confirmed (declared by the company).
How does LDOS compare to its sector for dividend capture?
Within Technology, the median 30-day pre-ex touch rate is 95%. LDOS sits at 95% — at or below the sector benchmark.
Why does LDOS dividend capture measure recovery via intraday high, not close?
A realistic capture trade exits via a GTC limit-order at the pre-ex close: the moment the post-ex intraday high touches that level, the order fills and the trader pockets the dividend at break-even. Measuring recovery via close is stricter (mark-to-MOC); we expose that path in the per-ticker simulator as the "Hold N days, exit MOC" mode. The high-based primary metric directly answers the trader-facing question "would my limit have filled?" — close-based answers "would I have been flat at the bell?".
How are dividend capture trades taxed in the US?
Holding period matters. Dividends are "qualified" (taxed at the long-term capital gains rate, 0/15/20%) only when the underlying shares are held for more than 60 days during the 121-day window centered on the ex-dividend date. Dividend capture trades typically hold less than 61 days, so the dividend is taxed at your ordinary income bracket. Always consult a qualified tax advisor.
What are the main risks of a dividend capture strategy?
Three structural risks: (1) the share price may not recover the gap within your holding window; (2) ordinary-income tax can consume the after-tax yield; (3) transaction costs and bid/ask slippage can wipe out small dividends. Historical statistics measure base rates; they do not guarantee any single trade will work.