Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) kicked off on Thursday, down -0.54% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $33.27. Over the past 52 weeks, KTOS has traded in a range of $17.05-$35.66.
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A company in the Industrials sector has jumped its sales by 9.69% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 2.76%. With a float of $149.40 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $151.09 million.
In an organization with 4000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 21.34%, operating margin of 2.55%, and the pretax margin is 2.33%.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Insider Updates
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Aerospace & Defense Industry. The insider ownership of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc is 2.53%, while institutional ownership is 89.87%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Apr 15 ’25, was worth 197,956. In this transaction President, STC Division of this company sold 6,000 shares at a rate of $32.99, taking the stock ownership to the 288,048 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Apr 15 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 6,000 for $32.99, making the entire transaction worth $197,956.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 2.76% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 18.60% during the next five years compared to -1.16% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s (KTOS) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 2.39. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.46.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.11, a number that is poised to hit 0.09 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.70 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.76 million. That was inferior than the volume of 2.96 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 92.39%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.69.
During the past 100 days, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s (KTOS) raw stochastic average was set at 78.15%, which indicates a significant decrease from 89.58% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 67.78% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 52.50% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $29.67, while its 200-day Moving Average is $26.15. However, in the short run, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $33.72. Second resistance stands at $34.36. The third major resistance level sits at $34.77. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $32.67, it is likely to go to the next support level at $32.26. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $31.62.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 5.07 billion has total of 152,843K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 1,136 M in contrast with the sum of 16,300 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 283,100 K and last quarter income was 3,900 K.
