A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) stock price up 3.43% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $100.25. KTOS’s price has ranged from $22.69 to $103.00 over the past 52 weeks.
A company in the Industrials sector has dropped its sales by -1.16% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 8.16%. With a float of $165.30 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $168.56 million.
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 2.07%, while institutional ownership is 100.32%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 01 ’25, was worth 353,917. In this transaction President, KTT Division of this company sold 3,846 shares at a rate of $92.02, taking the stock ownership to the 34,202 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 01 ’25, when Company’s EVP & CFO sold 5,000 for $92.03, making the entire transaction worth $460,135. This insider now owns 308,069 shares in total.
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 0.17 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 8.16% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 27.49% 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 14.43.
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 0.76 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 4.21 million. That was better than the volume of 3.55 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 91.55%.
During the past 100 days, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s (KTOS) raw stochastic average was set at 98.57%, which indicates a significant increase from 96.58% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 4.10 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 2.91 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $71.93, while its 200-day Moving Average is $44.44. However, in the short run, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $105.60. Second resistance stands at $107.50. The third major resistance level sits at $110.30. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $100.89, it is likely to go to the next support level at $98.09. The third support level lies at $96.19 if the price breaches the second support level.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 17.50 billion, the company has a total of 168,794K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 1,136 M while annual income is 16,300 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 351,500 K while its latest quarter income was 2,900 K.
