Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) is 160.19% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $17.91 and a high of $61.43 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 $58.78 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -3.36%.
Currently trading at $55.42, the stock is 14.21% and 31.03% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.83 million and changing -5.72% at the moment leaves the stock 72.25% off its SMA200. KTOS registered 110.08% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 64.84%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $42.2958 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $32.1743.
The stock witnessed a 28.55% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 73.62%, and is 8.41% 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 6.15% over the week and 6.24% over the month.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) has around 4000 employees, a market worth around $9.22B and $1.16B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 438.80 and Fwd P/E is 77.84. Profit margin for the company is 1.68%. Distance from 52-week low is 209.44% and -9.78% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.18%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 4.35% this year.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Top Institutional Holders
528.0 institutions hold shares in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS), with institutional investors hold 97.15% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 166.43M, and float is at 162.56M with Short Float at 8.29%. Institutions hold 95.31% 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 9.1498% 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 Mendoza Marie, the company’s SVP & General Counsel. SEC filings show that Mendoza Marie sold 2,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 15 ’25 at a price of $50.97 per share for a total of $0.1 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 65535.0 shares.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jul 15 ’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 Jul 15 ’25 and was made at $51.42 per share for $0.31 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.27 million shares of the KTOS stock.
