Cowen & Co. Sticks to Their Buy Rating for Science Applications (SAIC)


In a report released today, Cai Rumohr from Cowen & Co. maintained a Buy rating on Science Applications (SAIC), with a price target of $95.00. The company’s shares closed last Tuesday at $80.75.

According to TipRanks.com, Rumohr is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 7.0% and a 61.4% success rate. Rumohr covers the Technology sector, focusing on stocks such as Caci International, Spirit AeroSystems, and General Dynamics.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Strong Buy analyst consensus rating for Science Applications with a $94.00 average price target, representing a 16.2% upside. In a report issued on April 20, Goldman Sachs also upgraded the stock to Buy.

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Based on Science Applications’ latest earnings release for the quarter ending January 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $1.54 billion and net profit of $59 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $1.19 billion and had a GAAP net loss of $9 million.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 68 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of SAIC in relation to earlier this year.

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Science Applications International Corp. engages in the provision of full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. It offers technology and equipment platform integration; maintenance of ground and maritime systems; logistics; training and simulation; operation and program support services; and end-to-end services such as the design, development, integration, deployment, management and operations, and sustainment and security of its customer’s information technology infrastructure. The company was founded by J. Robert Beyster in 1969 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

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