A Little Luck Can Go a Long Way with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) as it 5-day change was 1.08%

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) started the day on Thursday, with a price increase of 5.25% at $26.27, before settling in for the price of $24.96 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, KTOS posted a 52-week range of $16.78-$35.66.

The Industrials sector firm’s twelve-monthly sales growth has been 9.72% for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was -15.14%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 7.69%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $151.02 million, simultaneously with a float of $148.12 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $3.99 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $29.67, while the 200-day Moving Average is $24.46.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Ownership Facts and Figures

Now let’s turn our focus to how large-scale investors are working with this stock of the Aerospace & Defense Industry. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 2.39%, in contrast to 88.82% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Feb 24 ’25, this organization’s President, US Division sold 7,000 shares at the rate of 24.59, making the entire transaction reach 172,119 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 370,660.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Earnings and Revenue Records

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.12 per share during the current fiscal year.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 7.69% and is forecasted to reach 0.71 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 32.89% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the -15.14% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 2.61. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 1.37. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $264.55, and its Beta score is 1.12. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 3.54. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 524.52.

In the same vein, KTOS’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 0.10, a figure that is expected to reach 0.09 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 0.71 at the market close of one year from today.

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

If we take a close look at the recent performances of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS), its last 5-days Average volume was 2.72 million that shows progress from its year to date volume of 2.33 million. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 27.65% While, its Average True Range was 1.38.

Raw Stochastic average of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 27.60%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 25.23% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 51.40% that was higher than 47.60% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.