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Science Applications International Corporation SAIC
$125.26 -0.82% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $5.30B
Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Dec 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 8.5% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Net debt is 3.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 5 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +27.5%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 40%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 34%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 24%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 34%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 23%
- Gross marginBottom 8%
- Operating marginTop 42%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 49%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Interest coverTop 48%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 8%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 9%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 15%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 15%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 40%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 34%
- 6-month returnBottom 50%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 40%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 23%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 21%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 37%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 22%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 12%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 21%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 2%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 13%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -2.9% | -0.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 24.5% | 3.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 11.5% | 12.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 7.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 5.9% | 8.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -0.8% | -2.9% | ↑ | Bottom 16% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.5% | 24.5% | ↓ | Bottom 40% |
| Gross margin | 12.6% | 11.5% | ↑ | Bottom 8% |
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 7.5% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 5.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.4% | 5.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.9% | — | Top 23% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.0% | — | Bottom 24% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.74×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.63×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.27%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 8.67%
- Shareholder yield
- 9.93%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -8.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -7.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 5
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +27.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $118.75
- Target vs current price
- -5.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 18
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 44%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | +30.3% | +1.8% | +0.6% | +3.9% | — |
| Jun 1, 2026 | +41.7% | +10.4% | +9.7% | +8.4% | +22.1% |
| Mar 16, 2026 | +13.4% | +1.2% | +5.3% | +3.4% | +24.1% |
| Dec 4, 2025 | +24.6% | +16.3% | +15.0% | +15.6% | +7.9% |
| Sep 4, 2025 | +51.9% | -6.9% | -9.6% | -11.4% | -24.9% |
| Jun 2, 2025 | -10.3% | -13.3% | -8.8% | -2.5% | +3.5% |
| Mar 17, 2025 | +28.5% | +7.2% | +1.4% | +11.6% | -0.8% |
| Dec 5, 2024 | +20.3% | -2.5% | -8.4% | -7.9% | -17.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | $3.01 | $2.31 | +30.3% | $1.88B |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $3.23 | $2.28 | +41.7% | $1.91B |
| Mar 16, 2026 | $2.62 | $2.31 | +13.4% | $1.75B |
| Dec 4, 2025 | $2.58 | $2.07 | +24.6% | $1.87B |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $3.63 | $2.39 | +51.9% | $1.77B |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $1.92 | $2.14 | -10.3% | $1.88B |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $2.57 | $2.00 | +28.5% | $1.84B |
| Dec 5, 2024 | $2.61 | $2.17 | +20.3% | $1.98B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 14.7× | 15.6× | 43th | Top 8% |
| P/E (forward) | 11.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.1× | — | — | Top 15% |
| EV / Sales | 1.06× | — | — | Top 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 11.69% | — | — | Top 9% |
| Earnings yield | 6.83% | — | — | Top 8% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.0× – 24.4× since Jul 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +23.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +3.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +16.6%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 92
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +16.4%
- RSI (14)
- 40.7
- Relative volume
- 0.98×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 24.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 33th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.36
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.15
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -6.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -46.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2024 | Feb 11, 2026 | -46.7% | 312 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 27, 2021 | Feb 23, 2022 | -23.3% | 271 days | 171 days (Oct 27, 2022) |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 | -21.0% | 80 days | 61 days (Oct 3, 2024) |
| Dec 6, 2022 | May 25, 2023 | -16.7% | 117 days | 30 days (Jul 11, 2023) |
| Aug 3, 2023 | Sep 26, 2023 | -14.5% | 37 days | 48 days (Dec 4, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.30B
- P/E (TTM)
- 14.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $8.55
- Revenue (TTM)
- $7.40B
- Dividend yield
- 1.48%
- 52-week range
- $81.08 – $142.66
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $7.39B | $7.70B | $7.44B | $7.48B | $7.26B |
| Gross profit | $859.0M | $888.0M | $872.0M | $892.0M | $879.0M |
| Operating income | $462.0M | $501.0M | $741.0M | $539.0M | $524.0M |
| Net income | $277.0M | $300.0M | $477.0M | $362.0M | $358.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.77 | $5.38 | $8.88 | $7.17 | $7.70 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | Q2 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.98B | $1.84B | $1.88B | $1.77B | $1.87B | $1.75B | $1.91B | $1.88B |
| Net income | $106.0M | $98.0M | $68.0M | $127.0M | $78.0M | $85.0M | $115.0M | $102.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.13 | $2.00 | $1.42 | $2.71 | $1.69 | $1.87 | $2.61 | $2.38 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $518.0M | $532.0M | $396.0M | $494.0M | $609.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$36.0M | -$25.0M | -$27.0M | -$36.0M | -$32.0M |
| Free cash flow | $482.0M | $507.0M | $369.0M | $458.0M | $577.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$86.0M | -$83.0M | -$79.0M | -$75.0M | -$70.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$210.0M | -$251.0M | -$365.0M | -$538.0M | -$423.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $126.0M
- Total assets
- $5.42B
- Total liabilities
- $3.99B
- Total debt
- $2.71B
- Net debt
- $2.58B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.44B
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.37 | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | $0.37 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | $0.37 | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Jan 14, 2026 | $0.37 | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Oct 10, 2025 | $0.37 | Oct 24, 2025 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | $0.37 | Jul 25, 2025 |
| Apr 11, 2025 | $0.37 | Apr 25, 2025 |
| Jan 10, 2025 | $0.37 | Jan 24, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,270,625
- Days to cover
- 5.21
- Change vs previous report
- -5.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.