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Booz Allen Hamilton Q4 FY2026 earnings breakdown - conversational walkthrough with a price-aware verdict and Wall Street consensus comparison. THE CALL: BUY (4/5 conviction, STRONG) - CURRENT @ $78.68 - same - BUY below $76.00 with $65.00 stop - AVOID above $120.00 TRIGGER: Watch for a second straight beat in Q1 FY2027 plus civil-segment revenue stabilizing back to flat year-over-year. Backlog growth above $39B accelerates the rerating. WINDOW: 12-18 months. TRACKER: charged-alpha.com/calls/BAH WALL STREET CONSENSUS - Ratings: 0 Strong Buy / 5 Buy / 12 Hold / 3 Sell / 0 Strong Sell - HOLD - Median 12-month price target: $92.00 (range $70 - $130) - Charged Alpha vs consensus: Charged Alpha is more constructive than consensus; we believe the DOGE-driven derating overshot. THESIS BAH is the cheapest federal services name with the strongest backlog and a record net cash balance sheet, all priced as if the DOGE efficiency push has permanently impaired the business. Bull lever: If civil revenue stabilizes and backlog converts as past cycles suggest, the multiple expands to peer median and the stock prints north of $100. Key risk: A larger-than-expected DOGE contract cancellation wave hits civil revenue in fiscal 2027, forcing the Street to step EPS estimates lower and pressuring the buyback. QUALITY CHECK - Management quality grade: B+ (CEO Horacio Rozanski has been at BAH since 2014 and led the deleveraging plus aggressive buyback during a tough year. Capital allocation is shareholder-friendly; execution against the federal pipeline is consistent. The hesitation is the macro: management cannot control the DOGE program.) - Earnings quality grade: A- (Earnings are high-quality: cash conversion is near one hundred percent, the print is clean, and share-count is shrinking not growing. The only blemish is the revenue decline, which makes the EPS beat partly mechanical from buybacks.) CHAPTERS 0:00 Hook 0:10 S0b_Year 0:43 The Print 1:43 S1b_BeatDecomp 2:19 The Trend 3:20 The Segments 4:13 The FCF Bridge 5:17 S4b_MarginQual 5:47 Guidance & The Narrative Diff 6:33 S5b_Catalyst 7:05 Peer Dot-Plot 7:45 S6b_Valuation 8:21 Management & Earnings Quality 9:18 S8a_Call 9:39 S8b_Call KEY METRICS - Q4 FY2026 - Revenue: $2.78B (-6.4% YoY) - Adjusted EPS: $1.78 (vs $1.32 est, +34.8% beat) - Operating margin: 11.5% - Free cash flow: $0.28B - Record total backlog: $38B (key signal of DOGE-era resilience) NARRATIVE DIFF - what changed in management tone - Prior: "We continue to navigate a federal budgeting environment that remains uncertain, with discretionary outlays under pressure across the civil portfolio." - Current: "Our backlog reached a record thirty-eight billion dollars, and we are delivering EPS growth in a year where revenue is contracting because operating leverage and capital returns are doing the work." - Delta: The tone moved from defensive language about a difficult federal budget cycle to a confident framing centered on backlog, operating leverage, and a $38B record. Management is no longer asking for patience; they are claiming proof. DATA SOURCES - FMP (financialmodelingprep.com) - Booz Allen Hamilton Q4 FY2026 Press Release - Q4 FY2026 Earnings Call commentary DISCLAIMER This is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Not financial advice. Charged Alpha does not have a position in BAH. Do your own research before any investment decision. #BAH #BoozAllen #federalcontracting #earnings #investing #stocks #ChargedAlpha