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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AIR AAR	$74.95 +2.1%	$66.50	$46.51 ▼ $76.34	$2.65B	1.44	280,545 shs	687,490 shs
AVAV AeroVironment	$268.92 +1.9%	$203.19	$102.25 ▼ $295.90	$13.02B	0.96	598,372 shs	1.46 million shs
HXL Hexcel	$58.98 +0.5%	$55.30	$45.28 ▼ $71.05	$4.72B	1.28	999,408 shs	723,951 shs
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	$54.28 +6.2%	$40.79	$17.91 ▼ $54.97	$7.84B	1.06	2.15 million shs	6.88 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AIR AAR	+2.08%	+1.96%	+10.19%	+41.89%	-0.78%
AVAV AeroVironment	+1.91%	+13.58%	+44.06%	+82.18%	+58.61%
HXL Hexcel	+0.37%	-0.47%	+8.34%	+13.35%	-14.58%
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	+6.18%	+17.95%	+31.72%	+64.04%	+145.94%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AIR AAR	1.8216 of 5 stars	1.5	3.0	0.0	3.1	1.7	1.9
AVAV AeroVironment	3.3268 of 5 stars	2.6	4.0	0.0	3.3	2.5	1.9
HXL Hexcel	3.5115 of 5 stars	2.1	2.0	2.5	1.8	1.7	2.5
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	2.8601 of 5 stars	2.4	1.0	0.0	4.1	3.3	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AIR AAR	3.00	Buy	$80.80	7.81% Upside
AVAV AeroVironment	3.13	Buy	$265.22	-1.38% Downside
HXL Hexcel	2.10	Hold	$58.67	-0.53% Downside
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	2.83	Moderate Buy	$46.25	-14.79% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AIR, KTOS, HXL, and AVAV Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
7/14/2025	KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	Noble Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform
7/11/2025	AIR AAR	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$78.00 ➝ $81.00
7/8/2025	AVAV AeroVironment	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$335.00
7/8/2025	KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$60.00
7/8/2025	KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$48.00 ➝ $50.00
7/3/2025	KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$52.00 ➝ $54.00
7/3/2025	AVAV AeroVironment	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$200.00 ➝ $275.00
7/3/2025	KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$38.00 ➝ $50.00
7/2/2025	AVAV AeroVironment	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$275.00 ➝ $285.00
6/30/2025	AVAV AeroVironment	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$301.00
6/30/2025	KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$44.00 ➝ $48.00

(Data available from 7/17/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AIR AAR	$2.32B	1.17	$4.60 per share	16.29	$33.58 per share	2.23
AVAV AeroVironment	$820.63M	16.17	$5.51 per share	48.78	$31.36 per share	8.58
HXL Hexcel	$1.90B	2.49	$3.63 per share	16.23	$18.86 per share	3.13
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	$1.14B	7.33	$0.68 per share	79.86	$8.96 per share	6.06

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AIR AAR	$46.30M	-$0.36	N/A	16.36	N/A	-0.46%	10.86%	4.59%	N/A
AVAV AeroVironment	$43.62M	$1.55	173.50	60.43	N/A	5.32%	10.68%	8.80%	9/3/2025 (Estimated)
HXL Hexcel	$132.10M	$1.51	39.06	21.29	1.98	6.60%	10.36%	5.76%	7/24/2025 (Confirmed)
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	$16.30M	$0.13	417.57	126.23	N/A	1.68%	3.85%	2.68%	8/6/2025 (Estimated)

Latest AIR, KTOS, HXL, and AVAV Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2025	Q2 2025	KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	$0.09	N/A	N/A	N/A	$305.67 million	N/A
7/24/2025	Q2 2025	HXL Hexcel	$0.48	N/A	N/A	N/A	$482.20 million	N/A
7/16/2025	Q4 2025	AIR AAR	$1.00	$1.16	+$0.16	$0.95	$695.81 million	N/A
6/24/2025	Q4 2025	AVAV AeroVironment	$1.41	$1.61	+$0.20	$0.59	$242.69 million	$275.05 million
5/7/2025	Q1 2025	KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	$0.09	$0.12	+$0.03	$0.03	$292.25 million	$302.60 million
4/21/2025	Q1 2025	HXL Hexcel	$0.43	$0.37	-$0.06	$0.35	$482.18 million	$456.50 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AIR AAR	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AVAV AeroVironment	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HXL Hexcel	$0.68	1.15%	N/A	45.03%	3 Years
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest AIR, KTOS, HXL, and AVAV Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
4/21/2025	HXL Hexcel	quarterly	$0.17	1.34%	5/2/2025	5/2/2025	5/9/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AIR AAR	0.86	2.82	1.39
AVAV AeroVironment	0.03	3.52	2.69
HXL Hexcel	0.51	2.59	1.39
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	0.17	2.84	2.26

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AIR AAR	90.74%
AVAV AeroVironment	86.38%
HXL Hexcel	95.47%
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	75.92%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AIR AAR	4.10%
AVAV AeroVironment	1.27%
HXL Hexcel	1.39%
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	2.37%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AIR AAR	5,700	36.10 million	34.62 million	Optionable
AVAV AeroVironment	1,475	49.34 million	48.72 million	Optionable
HXL Hexcel	5,894	80.41 million	79.29 million	Optionable
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	4,000	153.44 million	149.81 million	Optionable

AIR, KTOS, HXL, and AVAV Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

KTOS - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc Key Metrics - Morningstar

July 16 at 4:15 PM | morningstar.comM

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July 16 at 3:11 PM | marketbeat.com

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July 16 at 1:29 PM | marketbeat.com

Airbus, Kratos to deliver Valkyrie-based combat drone for Luftwaffe by 2029

July 16 at 11:13 AM | aerotime.aeroA

Airbus teams with Kratos to offer Valkyrie UAS to Germany

July 16 at 11:13 AM | janes.comJ

Airbus to team with US Kratos Defense, deploying German mission system

July 16 at 11:13 AM | suasnews.comS

Kratos Defense makes European CCA push with Airbus partnership

July 16 at 11:13 AM | shephardmedia.comS

Airbus partners with Kratos Defense to supply combat drones to Germany

July 16 at 8:28 AM | reuters.com

Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for KTOS FY2025 Earnings

July 16 at 6:46 AM | marketbeat.com

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) Shares Sold by Bleakley Financial Group LLC

July 16 at 5:16 AM | marketbeat.com

Teacher Retirement System of Texas Makes New Investment in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS)

July 16 at 3:23 AM | marketbeat.com

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) Trading Down 1.8% - Here's What Happened

July 15 at 3:21 PM | marketbeat.com

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July 15 at 10:08 AM | baystreet.ca

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July 15 at 5:45 AM | marketbeat.com

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July 15 at 5:27 AM | marketbeat.com

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July 15 at 3:34 AM | marketbeat.com

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July 14 at 5:40 PM | seekingalpha.com

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July 14 at 12:29 PM | marketbeat.com

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July 14 at 8:51 AM | marketbeat.com

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July 13, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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AIR, KTOS, HXL, and AVAV Company Descriptions

AAR NYSE:AIR

$74.95 +1.56 (+2.12%)

Closing price 07/16/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$78.05 +3.10 (+4.14%)

As of 07/16/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

AAR Corp. provides products and services to commercial aviation, government, and defense markets worldwide. The Parts Supply segment leases and sells aircraft components and replacement parts. The Repair & Engineering segment provides airframe maintenance services, such as airframe inspection, painting, line maintenance, airframe modification, structural repair, avionics service and installation, exterior and interior refurbishment, and engineering and support services; component repair services comprising maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, engine and airframe accessories, and interior refurbishment; and landing gear overhaul services, including repair services on wheels and brakes. This segment also develops specific aircraft components and parts; and designs proprietary designated engineering representative repairs. The Integrated Solutions segment engages in the fleet management and operation of customer-owned aircraft; provision of supply chain logistics services, such as material planning, sourcing, logistics, information and program management, and parts and component repair and overhaul services; and flight hour component inventory and repair services. In addition, the segment provides integrated software solutions comprising Trax, a cloud-based electronic enterprise resource platform, as well as a suite of paperless mobility apps for automating MRO workflows. The Expeditionary Services segment designs, manufactures, and repairs transportation pallets; and containers and shelters for military and humanitarian tactical deployment activities, including armories, supply and parts storage, refrigeration systems, tactical operation centers, briefing rooms, laundry and kitchen facilities, water treatment, and sleeping quarters, as well as engages in provision of engineering, design, and system integration services for specialized command and control systems. AAR Corp. was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Wood Dale, Illinois.

AeroVironment NASDAQ:AVAV

$268.92 +5.03 (+1.91%)

Closing price 07/16/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$268.25 -0.67 (-0.25%)

As of 07/16/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

AeroVironment, Inc. designs, develops, produces, delivers, and supports a portfolio of robotic systems and related services for government agencies and businesses in the United States and internationally. It operates through Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS), Tactical Missile System (TMS), Medium Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MUAS), and High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite Systems (HAPS) segments. The company supplies UAS, TMS, unmanned ground vehicle, and related services primarily to organizations within the U.S. Department of Defense, other federal agencies, and to international allied governments. It also designs, engineers, tools, and manufactures unmanned aerial and aircraft systems, including airborne platforms, payloads and payload integration, ground control systems, and ground support equipment and other items and services related to unmanned aircraft systems. In addition, the company offers small UAS products, including training, spare parts, product repair, product replacement, and the customer contracted operation. Further, it develops high-altitude pseudo-satellite UAS systems. AeroVironment, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Hexcel NYSE:HXL

$58.98 +0.29 (+0.49%)

Closing price 07/16/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$59.54 +0.57 (+0.96%)

As of 07/16/2025 06:51 PM Eastern

Hexcel Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets carbon fibers, structural reinforcements, honeycomb structures, resins, and composite materials and parts for use in commercial aerospace, space and defense, and industrial applications. It operates through two segments, Composite Materials and Engineered Products. The Composite Materials segment manufactures and markets fabrics, multi-axials, specialty reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, structural adhesives, molding compounds, tooling materials, polyurethane systems, and laminates that are used in military and commercial aircraft, wind turbine blades, recreational products, and other industrial applications, as well as in automotive, marine, and rail transportation. The Engineered Products segment manufactures and markets aircraft structures and finished aircraft components, including wing to body fairings, wing panels, flight deck panels, door liners, rotorcraft blades, spars, and tip caps; and aircraft structural sub-components and semi-finished components used in rotorcraft blades, engine nacelles, and aircraft surfaces, such as flaps, wings, elevators, and fairings; and RF interference control products for military and aerospace applications. This segment also provides interference control materials, structural composites, and services; dielectric absorber foams; magnetic absorbers; and thermoplastics for commercial and defense applications. The company sells its products directly through its managers, product managers, and sales personnel, as well as through independent distributors in the Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, India, and Africa. Hexcel Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions NASDAQ:KTOS

$54.28 +3.16 (+6.18%)

Closing price 07/16/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$54.70 +0.42 (+0.77%)

As of 07/16/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of mission critical products, services and solutions for United States national security priorities. It operates through the Kratos Government Solutions (KGS) and Unmanned Systems (US) segments. The KGS segment consists of an aggregation of KGS operating segments, including microwave electronic products, space, satellite and cyber, training solutions. The US segment refers to the unmanned aerial, unmanned ground, unmanned seaborne and related command, control and communications system businesses. The company was founded on December 19, 1994, and is headquartered in Round Rock, TX.

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