On Friday, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) was -1.78% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $34.22. A 52-week range for KTOS has been $17.91 – $36.85.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Industrials sector was 9.69%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 2.67%. With a float of $149.58 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $153.35 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 4000 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 24.9%, operating margin of 2.55%, and the pretax margin is 2.33%.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Insider Activity
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 2.52%, while institutional ownership is 97.05%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 01 ’25, was worth 135,631. In this transaction President, KTT Division of this company sold 4,000 shares at a rate of $33.91, taking the stock ownership to the 53,812 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 01 ’25, when Company’s EVP & CFO sold 6,000 for $33.91, making the entire transaction worth $203,450. This insider now owns 325,427 shares in total.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 2.67% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 19.56% 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
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 2.26. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.44.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.13, a number that is poised to hit 0.10 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.69 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 2.79 million, its volume of 2.3 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 43.71%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.57.
During the past 100 days, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s (KTOS) raw stochastic average was set at 74.98%, which indicates a significant increase from 39.55% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 37.07% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 52.39% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $31.47, while its 200-day Moving Average is $27.13. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $34.15 in the near term. At $34.68, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $35.17. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $33.13, it is likely to go to the next support level at $32.64. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $32.11.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) Key Stats
There are 153,443K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 5.16 billion. As of now, sales total 1,136 M while income totals 16,300 K. Its latest quarter income was 283,100 K while its last quarter net income were 3,900 K.
