Let’s look at the key reasons that are pushing Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) to new highs

On Monday, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) opened higher 5.40% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $26.84. Price fluctuations for KTOS have ranged from $16.71 to $28.62 over the past 52 weeks.

Industrials Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 11.00% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 11.54% at the time writing. With a float of $147.74 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $151.02 million.

The firm has a total of 3900 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 24.69%, operating margin of 3.38%, and the pretax margin is 2.67%.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Aerospace & Defense industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc is 2.21%, while institutional ownership is 86.74%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 16 ’24, was worth 322,181. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 16 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 1,500 for $27.96, making the entire transaction worth $41,942.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Recent Fiscal highlights

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.54% 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

Check out the current performance indicators for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 2.61. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.84. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 569.57.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.10, a number that is poised to hit 0.10 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.58 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc, KTOS], we can find that recorded value of 1.11 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 1.13 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 45.81%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.03.

During the past 100 days, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s (KTOS) raw stochastic average was set at 96.11%, which indicates a significant increase from 84.33% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 43.42% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 40.84% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $25.53, while its 200-day Moving Average is $21.65. Now, the first resistance to watch is $28.88. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $29.47. The third major resistance level sits at $30.23. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $27.53, it is likely to go to the next support level at $26.77. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $26.18.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) Key Stats

There are currently 151,074K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 4.33 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 1,037 M according to its annual income of -8,900 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 275,900 K and its income totaled 3,200 K.