Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) is 18.46% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $16.78 and a high of $35.66 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The KTOS stock was last observed hovering at around $31.89 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.64%.
Currently trading at $31.25, the stock is 13.52% and 3.42% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.88 million and changing -2.01% at the moment leaves the stock 25.20% off its SMA200. KTOS registered 79.80% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 38.95%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $30.2162 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $24.9592.
The stock witnessed a 15.06% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 17.92%, and is 7.54% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.00% over the week and 5.09% over the month.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) has around 4000 employees, a market worth around $4.78B and $1.14B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 293.15 and Fwd P/E is 44.46. Profit margin for the company is 1.43%. Distance from 52-week low is 86.23% and -12.37% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.00%).
with sales reaching $292.25M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 2.76% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 12.83% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 5.43% in year-over-year returns.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Top Institutional Holders
449.0 institutions hold shares in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS), with institutional investors hold 91.56% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 151.09M, and float is at 149.27M with Short Float at 3.41%. Institutions hold 89.87% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 13.89 million shares valued at $277.93 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.9495% of the KTOS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 12.88 million shares valued at $257.7 million to account for 9.2252 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 6.71 million shares representing 4.4198% and valued at over $134.25 million, while ARK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC holds 3.0704 of the shares totaling 4.66 million with a market value of $93.26 million.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Mendoza Marie, the company’s SVP & General Counsel. SEC filings show that Mendoza Marie sold 2,031 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 17 ’25 at a price of $31.36 per share for a total of $63699.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 69288.0 shares.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 17 ’25 that Carrai Phillip D (President, STC Division) sold a total of 6,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 17 ’25 and was made at $31.38 per share for $0.19 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.29 million shares of the KTOS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 17 ’25, PHILLIP CARRAI (Officer) Proposed Sale 6,000 shares at an average price of $31.38 for $0.19 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS).
