Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) on Friday, soared 7.55% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $72.41. Within the past 52 weeks, KTOS’s price has moved between $23.81 and $112.57.
During the last 5-year period, the sales drop of Industrials Sector giant was -1.16%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 10.79%. With a float of $165.38 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $168.84 million.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Insider Activity
Observing investor behavior towards Aerospace & Defense industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc is 2.06%, while institutional ownership is 99.10%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 06 ’25, was worth 294,558. In this transaction President, DRSS Division of this company sold 4,000 shares at a rate of $73.64, taking the stock ownership to the 89,809 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 03 ’25, when Company’s EVP & CFO sold 5,000 for $90.26, making the entire transaction worth $451,324. This insider now owns 303,114 shares in total.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Earnings and Forecasts
As on 12/31/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at 0.1) by 0.03. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.16 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 10.79% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 30.24% 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
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 3.68 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 10.23.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.12, a number that is poised to hit 0.17 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.78 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 5.44 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 3.63 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 17.90%.
During the past 100 days, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s (KTOS) raw stochastic average was set at 52.85%, which indicates a significant increase from 35.57% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 5.57 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 3.99 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $83.57, while its 200-day Moving Average is $51.34. However, in the short run, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $81.27. Second resistance stands at $84.66. The third major resistance level sits at $90.97. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $71.57, it is likely to go to the next support level at $65.26. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $61.87.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 13.15 billion based on 168,841K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 1,136 M and income totals 16,300 K. The company made 351,500 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 2,900 K in sales during its previous quarter.
