If You Invested $1000 in Leidos a Decade Ago, This is How Much It'd Be Worth Now

How much a stock's price changes over time is important for most investors, since price performance can both impact your investment portfolio and help you compare investment results across sectors and industries.FOMO, or the fear of missing out, also plays a role in investing, particularly with tech giants and popular consumer-facing stocks.What if you'd invested in Leidos (LDOS) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to LDOS for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today?Leidos' Business In-DepthWith that in mind, let's take a look at Leidos' main business drivers.Founded in 1969, Delaware-based Leidos Holdings, Inc. is a global science and technology leader that serves the defense, intelligence, civil and health markets. Its core capabilities include providing solutions in the fields of cybersecurity; data analytics; enterprise IT modernization; operations and logistics; sensors, collection and phenomenology; software development; and systems engineering.During the first quarter of 2024, Leidos Holdings completed a realignment of its segment and reporting structure. Consequently, the company currently operates through the following four business segments:National Security and Digital: This business segment offers technology-enabled services and mission software capabilities in the areas of cyber, logistics, security operations and decision analytics, as well as IT operations and digital transformation programs. In 2024, this division generated revenues of $7,365 million, contributing 44.2% to Leidos’ total revenues.Health & Civil: This segment provides services and solutions in the areas of public health, care coordination, life and environmental sciences and transportation. Its core capabilities include health information management services, managed health services, systems and infrastructure modernization, and life sciences research and development.  The unit recorded revenues of $5,015 million in 2024, which accounted for 30.1% of Leidos’ total revenues.Commercial & International: This unit’s products include IT modernization, software solutions, mission support and logistics, Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) technologies and services, cloud services, power grid engineering, energy modernization and security products and services. Revenues from this division totaled $2,252 million, representing 13.5% of Leidos’ total revenues.Defense Systems: This unit develops and produces advanced space, aerial, surface, and sub-surface manned and unmanned defense systems. Revenues from this division totaled $2,030 million in 2024, representing 12.2% of Leidos’ total revenues. Bottom LinePutting together a successful investment portfolio takes a combination of research, patience, and a little bit of risk. For Leidos, if you bought shares a decade ago, you're likely feeling really good about your investment today.According to our calculations, a $1000 investment made in July 2015 would be worth $4,036.11, or a gain of 303.61%, as of July 14, 2025, and this return excludes dividends but includes price increases.In comparison, the S&P 500's gained 201.44% and the price of gold went up 179.16% over the same time frame.Going forward, analysts are expecting more upside for LDOS.Leidos Holdings' defense solutions continue to witness increased orders from the Pentagon and other U.S. allies. These contracts enhanced the company's bookings, which, in turn, led to a solid backlog of $46.30 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2025. Leidos boasts a strong financial position, which enables it to reward its shareholders with lucrative share repurchases. Our model predicts solid revenue growth for Leidos during the 2025-2027 period. Its shares have outperformed the industry in the year-to-date period. However, the shortage of labor in the aerospace and defense industry poses a threat to Leidos. Persistent supply-chain constraints might continue to affect Leidos. The U.S. government's enhanced export controls imposed on certain products and sanctions on certain industry sectors in Russia may hurt Leidos.Shares have gained 8.64% over the past four weeks and there have been 2 higher earnings estimate revisions for fiscal 2025 compared to none lower. The consensus estimate has moved up as well.5 Stocks Set to DoubleEach was handpicked by a Zacks expert as the favorite stock to gain +100% or more in the months ahead. 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