Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (BAH) Key Metrics
BAH valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $8.93B
- Enterprise value
- $12.72B
- P/E (TTM)
- 11.7 10-yr median 20.0
- Forward P/E
- 16.5
- PEG ratio
- 1.09
- Price / sales
- 0.8 10-yr median 1.3
- Price / book
- 7.6 10-yr median 11.3
- EV / EBITDA
- 10.0 10-yr median 14.9
- Dividend yield
- 3.18% $2.36 a year
- Beta
- 0.37
BAH key metrics, FY2017–FY2026
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 · U.S. dollarsBAH valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
BAH returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
BAH per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
BAH financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
BAH efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
BAH valuation history
BAH returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
BAH debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
BAH cash returned to shareholders
BAH price vs earnings per share
BAH key metrics
FY2017–FY2026| FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $9.62B | $13.42B | $19.42B | $12.30B | $11.85B | $11.17B | $9.69B | $8.32B | $5.72B | $5.35B |
| Enterprise value | $13.01B | $16.75B | $22.50B | $14.96B | $14.25B | $12.85B | $11.46B | $9.80B | $7.25B | $6.80B |
| P/E ratio | 11.3 | 14.3 | 32.1 | 45.3 | 25.4 | 18.3 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 19.0 | 20.5 |
| Price / sales | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Price / book | 8.7 | 13.4 | 18.5 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 9.3 |
| Price / free cash flow | 10.1 | 14.7 | 101.1 | 23.4 | 18.0 | 17.7 | 22.9 | 20.6 | 19.7 | 16.3 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 9.2 | 13.3 | 75.0 | 20.4 | 16.1 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 15.5 | 14.0 |
| EV / sales | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.5 | 10.6 | 18.7 | 23.0 | 17.4 | 16.0 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 12.7 | 12.5 |
| EV / free cash flow | 13.7 | 18.4 | 117.1 | 28.4 | 21.7 | 20.4 | 27.1 | 24.2 | 24.9 | 20.7 |
| Earnings yield | 8.8% | 7.0% | 3.1% | 2.2% | 3.9% | 5.5% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.3% | 4.9% |
| Free cash flow yield | 9.9% | 6.8% | 1.0% | 4.3% | 5.5% | 5.7% | 4.4% | 4.9% | 5.1% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | 2.9% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 9.1% | 8.0% | 3.4% | 3.7% | 5.3% | 4.4% | 3.4% | 4.4% | 6.5% | 2.6% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $78.03 | $104.58 | $148.44 | $92.69 | $87.84 | $80.53 | $68.64 | $58.14 | $38.72 | $35.39 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $91.02 | $93.38 | $81.50 | $69.76 | $62.02 | $56.66 | $52.85 | $46.83 | $41.74 | $38.42 |
| Earnings per share | $6.91 | $7.29 | $4.63 | $2.05 | $3.46 | $4.39 | $3.42 | $2.92 | $2.04 | $1.73 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $8.45 | $7.86 | $1.98 | $4.54 | $5.46 | $5.18 | $3.90 | $3.49 | $2.50 | $2.53 |
| Free cash flow per share | $7.72 | $7.10 | $1.47 | $3.97 | $4.87 | $4.55 | $3.00 | $2.83 | $1.97 | $2.17 |
| Cash per share | $5.91 | $6.90 | $4.23 | $3.05 | $5.16 | $7.14 | $5.25 | $1.98 | $1.94 | $1.44 |
| Book value per share | $8.97 | $7.82 | $8.00 | $7.47 | $7.76 | $7.72 | $6.06 | $4.72 | $3.81 | $3.79 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$14.63 | −$15.32 | −$14.51 | −$15.31 | −$12.03 | −$5.89 | −$7.26 | −$8.33 | −$8.78 | −$8.40 |
| Dividends per share | $2.24 | $2.09 | $1.94 | $1.78 | $1.55 | $1.31 | $1.04 | $0.80 | $0.70 | $0.61 |
| Capex per share | $0.73 | $0.76 | $0.51 | $0.57 | $0.59 | $0.63 | $0.91 | $0.66 | $0.53 | $0.36 |
| Debt per share | $33.45 | $32.89 | $27.80 | $23.07 | $22.98 | $19.28 | $17.74 | $12.29 | $12.31 | $11.00 |
| Shares outstanding | 123.2M | 128.3M | 130.8M | 132.7M | 134.9M | 138.7M | 141.2M | 143.2M | 147.8M | 151.2M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −3.9% | −1.9% | −1.4% | −1.6% | −2.8% | −1.8% | −1.3% | −3.1% | −2.3% | −0.3% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 80.7% | 91.2% | 59.4% | 26.7% | 44.1% | 63.2% | 63.0% | 67.6% | 53.1% | 53.1% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 24.4% | 24.8% | 18.5% | 9.3% | 17.1% | 25.8% | 23.4% | 23.0% | 17.7% | 16.2% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 11.6% | 13.5% | 9.2% | 4.3% | 8.1% | 11.8% | 11.2% | 11.3% | 8.6% | 8.2% |
| Return on tangible assets | 18.9% | 21.5% | 16.7% | 7.7% | 13.9% | 16.9% | 16.6% | 21.3% | 17.3% | 17.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 8.5% | 7.6% | 1.8% | 5.7% | 7.9% | 8.0% | 5.7% | 6.0% | 4.7% | 5.7% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.22 | 1.08 | 0.43 | 2.22 | 1.58 | 1.18 | 1.14 | 1.19 | 1.22 | 1.47 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $4.12B | $4.22B | $3.64B | $3.06B | $3.10B | $2.67B | $2.51B | $1.76B | $1.82B | $1.66B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $728.0M | $885.0M | $554.0M | $404.9M | $695.9M | $991.0M | $741.9M | $284.0M | $287.0M | $217.4M |
| Net debt | $3.39B | $3.33B | $3.08B | $2.66B | $2.40B | $1.68B | $1.76B | $1.48B | $1.53B | $1.45B |
| Debt / equity | 3.73 | 4.21 | 3.47 | 3.09 | 2.96 | 2.50 | 2.93 | 2.61 | 3.23 | 2.90 |
| Debt / assets | 0.56 | 0.58 | 0.55 | 0.47 | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.49 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.74 | 2.12 | 2.57 | 4.09 | 2.93 | 2.10 | 2.35 | 2.20 | 2.68 | 2.67 |
| Current ratio | 1.78 | 1.79 | 1.62 | 1.21 | 1.59 | 2.04 | 1.75 | 1.44 | 1.45 | 1.18 |
| Quick ratio | 1.78 | 1.79 | 1.62 | 1.21 | 1.59 | 2.04 | 1.75 | 1.44 | 1.45 | 1.18 |
| Interest coverage | 5.1 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 12.4 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 8.1 |
| Working capital | $1.30B | $1.47B | $1.05B | $391.0M | $911.7M | $1.35B | $1.00B | $520.1M | $463.2M | $193.1M |
| Invested capital | $4.50B | $4.34B | $4.13B | $3.65B | $3.45B | $2.75B | $2.62B | $2.15B | $2.09B | $2.02B |
| Tangible asset value | −$1.80B | −$1.97B | −$1.90B | −$2.03B | −$1.62B | −$817.1M | −$1.03B | −$1.19B | −$1.30B | −$1.27B |
| Net current asset value | −$3.34B | −$3.00B | −$2.78B | −$3.27B | −$2.53B | −$1.79B | −$1.61B | −$1.46B | −$1.55B | −$1.51B |
| Graham number | $37.32 | $35.81 | $28.88 | $18.56 | $24.58 | $27.62 | $21.59 | $17.62 | $13.23 | $12.13 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$32.14 | −$29.00 | −$26.24 | −$28.85 | −$22.73 | −$17.15 | −$14.88 | −$13.10 | −$12.91 | −$12.16 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $276.0M | $268.0M | $254.0M | $235.7M | $209.1M | $181.1M | $146.6M | $114.2M | $103.4M | $92.9M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $598.0M | $812.0M | $404.0M | $223.9M | $418.9M | $313.4M | $182.2M | $252.8M | $270.3M | $46.5M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 32.4% | 28.7% | 41.9% | 86.7% | 44.8% | 29.7% | 30.4% | 27.3% | 34.3% | 35.6% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 91.9% | 118.6% | 342.5% | 87.3% | 95.6% | 78.3% | 77.7% | 90.6% | 128.6% | 42.5% |
| Capex / revenue | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 0.9% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 8.6% | 9.7% | 25.8% | 12.6% | 10.9% | 12.1% | 23.2% | 19.0% | 21.2% | 14.1% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.41 | 0.46 | 0.55 | 1.03 | 1.58 | 1.38 | 1.21 | 0.91 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| SG&A / revenue | 11.3% | 10.4% | 12.2% | 16.6% | 13.9% | 13.2% | 13.9% | 13.8% | 13.9% | 14.0% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 71.9 | 65.8 | 65.4 | 67.0 | 66.2 | 66.7 | 68.2 | 67.1 | 62.9 | 59.2 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | — | -0.7 | -1.0 | — | — | — | -0.1 | -0.0 | — |
| Days payables outstanding | 26.5 | 45.3 | 46.4 | 48.2 | 42.6 | 40.2 | 45.9 | 44.6 | 38.8 | 35.1 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 45.5 | 20.4 | 18.3 | 17.8 | 23.6 | 26.5 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 24.1 | 24.1 |
| Receivables turnover | 5.07 | 5.55 | 5.58 | 5.45 | 5.51 | 5.47 | 5.35 | 5.44 | 5.80 | 6.17 |
| Payables turnover | 13.79 | 8.05 | 7.87 | 7.57 | 8.56 | 9.09 | 7.95 | 8.18 | 9.42 | 10.40 |
| Asset turnover | 1.52 | 1.73 | 1.63 | 1.47 | 1.45 | 1.53 | 1.73 | 1.80 | 1.77 | 1.82 |
| Average receivables | $2.21B | $2.16B | $1.91B | $1.70B | $1.52B | $1.44B | $1.39B | $1.23B | $1.06B | $942.0M |
| Average payables | $643.5M | $673.0M | $625.4M | $568.7M | $455.6M | $402.3M | $425.3M | $378.8M | $304.3M | $257.6M |
| Average inventory | — | — | −$10.0M | −$11.2M | — | — | — | −$1.2M | −$350,000 | $0 |
| Intangibles / total assets | 39.3% | 40.6% | 44.9% | 46.2% | 44.3% | 34.3% | 39.3% | 48.8% | 51.6% | 54.6% |
Computed from BAH's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed May 22, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
BAH valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2026 (March 31, 2026), Booz Allen Hamilton traded at 11.3 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 20.0. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 11.7 and the forward P/E is 16.5. Booz Allen Hamilton earned a return on equity of 80.7% and a return on invested capital of 24.4% in fiscal 2026. It ended the year with $4.1 billion of debt and $728.0 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $3.4 billion. It returned $874.0 million to shareholders: $276.0 million in dividends and $598.0 million in share buybacks, 92% of free cash flow. The share count fell 18.5% from 151.2M to 123.2M over 9 years.
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BAH key metrics FAQ
What is Booz Allen Hamilton's P/E ratio?
Booz Allen Hamilton's trailing P/E ratio is 11.7 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 16.5. At the end of fiscal 2026 it was 11.3, compared with a 10-year median of 20.0.
What is Booz Allen Hamilton's EV/EBITDA?
Booz Allen Hamilton's enterprise value was 10.5 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2026 (enterprise value $13.0 billion, EBITDA $1.2 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 10.0.
What is Booz Allen Hamilton's return on equity?
Booz Allen Hamilton's return on equity (ROE) was 80.7% in fiscal 2026: net income of $851.0 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.1 billion. ROE is high partly because years of buybacks have reduced equity on the balance sheet.
What is Booz Allen Hamilton's ROIC?
Booz Allen Hamilton's return on invested capital was 24.4% in fiscal 2026, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Booz Allen Hamilton have?
Booz Allen Hamilton had total debt of $4.1 billion at the end of fiscal 2026, a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.73 and $3.4 billion of net debt (2.74 times EBITDA).
What is Booz Allen Hamilton's dividend yield?
Booz Allen Hamilton's forward dividend yield is 3.18%. Booz Allen Hamilton paid $276.0 million in dividends in fiscal 2026 ($2.24 per share), a payout ratio of 32.4%.
Does Booz Allen Hamilton buy back its shares?
Yes. Booz Allen Hamilton spent $598.0 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2026 Shares outstanding changed −3.9% over the year, to 123.2M..
What is Booz Allen Hamilton's free cash flow yield?
Booz Allen Hamilton generated $951.0 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2026, a free cash flow yield of 9.9% on its market value at year-end ($9.6 billion).
What is Booz Allen Hamilton's current ratio?
Booz Allen Hamilton's current ratio was 1.78 at the end of fiscal 2026: current assets were 1.78 times current liabilities.