A new trading day began on Friday, with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) stock price up 8.12% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $59.08. KTOS’s price has ranged from $17.91 to $62.80 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Industrials sector saw sales slided by -1.16%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 5.38%. With a float of $165.21 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $168.56 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 4000 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 24.76%, operating margin of 2.46%, and the pretax margin is 2.4%.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Aerospace & Defense Industry. The insider ownership of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc is 2.13%, while institutional ownership is 96.46%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 01 ’25, was worth 222,025. In this transaction President, KTT Division of this company sold 4,000 shares at a rate of $55.51, taking the stock ownership to the 42,154 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 01 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 4,000 for $55.51, making the entire transaction worth $222,025.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Latest Financial update
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.11 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). 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 5.38% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 25.95% 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
Here are Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 3.88. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 8.89.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.09, a number that is poised to hit 0.12 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.74 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS)
The latest stats from [Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc, KTOS] show that its last 5-days average volume of 4.5 million was superior to 3.31 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 63.07%.
During the past 100 days, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s (KTOS) raw stochastic average was set at 94.42%, which indicates a significant increase from 80.88% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 3.25 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 2.06 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $48.53, while its 200-day Moving Average is $34.38.
