Kochav Defense Acquisition (KCHVU) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

We are a newly organized blank check company originally formed as Cayman Islands exempted company on January 7, 2025 for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this prospectus as our initial business combination. We have not selected any specific business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us. While we may pursue an acquisition opportunity in any business, industry, sector or geographical location, we intend to focus on industries that complement our management team’s background, and to capitalize on the ability of our management team to identify and acquire a business, focusing on the defense and aerospace industries. Our management team believes there is a backlog of companies that are interested in becoming public companies. We believe that because this backlog is substantial, there may be a number of attractive companies that will not be able to list via a traditional IPO in the near-term, and therefore may opt to pursue a listing via a SPAC instead. Moreover, we believe current market conditions are causing middle-market financial sponsors and venture capital firms to consider alternative methods for providing liquidity to their limited partners. We believe the defense and aerospace sectors present attractive opportunities for us. Specifically, many companies in these sectors are either mid-stage growth assets or mature assets generating positive cash flow. In addition to these fundamentals, the sectors contain a large number of privately-held businesses that we believe could benefit from our management’s experience with other companies of accelerating revenue growth, expanding margins and improving capital allocation decision-making. In addition to privately held middle market businesses, we believe many larger companies in the defense sector are in the process of evaluating their portfolios of businesses and reviewing candidates for potential divestitures, which we believe may also prove to be attractive business combination targets. Our Chief Executive Officer, Menachem Shalom, also has significant experience in corporate carve-outs. Our executive offices are located New York, NY.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $10.18 to $10.19
• 50-Day Range: $10.15 to $10.32
• 52-Week Range: $9.99 to $10.36
• Volume: 1,845 shs
• Average Volume: 249,590 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

KCHVU Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have KCHVU shares performed this year?

Kochav Defense Acquisition's stock was trading at $9.99 at the start of the year. Since then, KCHVU stock has increased by 2.0% and is now trading at $10.19.

When did Kochav Defense Acquisition IPO?

Kochav Defense Acquisition (KCHVU) raised $220 million in an initial public offering on Wednesday, May 28th 2025. The company issued 22,000,000 shares at a price of $10.00 per share.

When did the company's quiet period expire?

Kochav Defense Acquisition's quiet period expired on Monday, July 7th. Kochav Defense Acquisition had issued 22,000,000 shares in its IPO on May 28th. The total size of the offering was $220,000,000 based on an initial share price of $10.00. During the company's quiet period, insiders and underwriters that worked on the IPO were restricted from issuing any earnings forecasts or research reports for the company because of SEC regulations. Now that the company's quiet period has ended, brokerages that served as underwriters are now able to initiate research on the company.

Who are Kochav Defense Acquisition's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Kochav Defense Acquisition include Magnetar Financial LLC, AQR Arbitrage LLC, Linden Advisors LP and Meteora Capital LLC.

How do I buy shares of Kochav Defense Acquisition?

Shares of KCHVU stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Investment Offices
• Sub-Industry: Trading
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:KCHVU
• CIK: 2053799
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• Phone: (646) 257-4214
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• Employees: 2
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