Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) is 20.66% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $17.05 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 $28.92 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.91%.
Currently trading at $31.83, the stock is 3.58% and 6.98% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.48 million and changing 10.06% at the moment leaves the stock 23.54% off its SMA200. KTOS registered 71.96% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 28.40%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $29.7526 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $25.76415.
The stock witnessed a 9.53% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 11.25%, and is 2.15% 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 9.53% over the week and 5.74% over the month.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) has around 4000 employees, a market worth around $4.88B and $1.14B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 298.59 and Fwd P/E is 45.79. Profit margin for the company is 1.43%. Distance from 52-week low is 86.74% and -10.74% 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.
452.0 institutions hold shares in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS), with institutional investors hold 91.10% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 151.09M, and float is at 149.41M with Short Float at 4.70%. Institutions hold 89.39% 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 8.4838 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 Rock Stacey G, the company’s President, KTT Division. SEC filings show that Rock Stacey G sold 4,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 01 ’25 at a price of $29.27 per share for a total of $0.12 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 57524.0 shares.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 01 ’25 that Lund Deanna H (EVP & CFO) sold a total of 6,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 01 ’25 and was made at $29.28 per share for $0.18 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.33 million shares of the KTOS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 01 ’25, Carter David M (President, DRSS Division) disposed off 4,000 shares at an average price of $29.28 for $0.12 million. The insider now directly holds 109,425 shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS).
