On Tuesday, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) was 1.12% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $19.62. A 52-week range for KTOS has been $13.98 – $22.96.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 11.00%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 11.10%. With a float of $147.54 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $151.00 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 3900 employees.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc is 2.29%, while institutional ownership is 85.58%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 01 ’24, was worth 135,240. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 01 ’24, when Company’s EVP & CFO sold 6,000 for $22.54, making the entire transaction worth $135,240. This insider now owns 291,898 shares in total.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Recent Fiscal highlights
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.10% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 2.00% during the next five years compared to -15.14% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 2.56. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.66. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 1152.25.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.07, a number that is poised to hit 0.09 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.59 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS)
Looking closely at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS), its last 5-days average volume was 1.08 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.18 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 36.19%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.84.
During the past 100 days, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s (KTOS) raw stochastic average was set at 47.25%, which indicates a significant increase from 38.22% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 29.85% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 33.16% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $20.82, while its 200-day Moving Average is $19.28. However, in the short run, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $19.97. Second resistance stands at $20.11. The third major resistance level sits at $20.31. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $19.63, it is likely to go to the next support level at $19.43. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $19.29.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) Key Stats
There are 150,098K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 3.00 billion. As of now, sales total 1,037 M while income totals -8,900 K. Its latest quarter income was 300,100 K while its last quarter net income were 7,900 K.
