Kratos Defense & Security Solutions - KTOS Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" KTOS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in KTOS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' shares. Their KTOS share price forecasts range from $11.50 to $23.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $16.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 65.4% from the stock's current price.
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' stock was trading at $19.40 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, KTOS stock has decreased by 49.0% and is now trading at $9.90.
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions saw a decline in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,360,000 shares, a decline of 7.8% from the October 31st total of 2,560,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 857,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 28th 2023.
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 5th. The aerospace company reported $0.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.02 by $0.02. The aerospace company earned $196.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $197.21 million. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.90% and a negative net margin of 3.63%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.01 earnings per share.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions updated its fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $231.00 million-$251.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $259.12 million.

69 employees have rated Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Chief Executive Officer Eric M. DeMarco on Glassdoor.com. Eric M. DeMarco has an approval rating of 73% among the company's employees.

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "KTOS."

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.18%), BlackRock Inc. (8.19%), ARK Investment Management LLC (6.50%), State Street Corp (4.33%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (3.96%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.39%). Insiders that own company stock include Benjamin M Goodwin, Benjamin M Goodwin, David M Carter, De Burgreen Maria Cervantes, Deanna H Lund, Deanna H Lund, Eric M Demarco, Eric M Demarco, Jane Elizabeth Judd, Jonah Adelman, Marie Mendoza, Phillip D Carrai, Phillip D Carrai, Samuel N Liberatore, Scot B Jarvis, Scott I Anderson, Stacey G Rock, Stacey G Rock, Steven S Fendley, Steven S Fendley, Thomas E Iv Mills and Thomas E Iv Mills.
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Shares of KTOS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of KTOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.90.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) has a market capitalization of $1.25 billion and generates $811.50 million in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $-2,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.24) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,300 workers across the globe.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' mailing address is 10680 TREENA STREET SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA, 92131. The official website for the company is www.kratosdefense.com. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at (512) 238-9840, via email at investor@kratosdefense.com, or via fax at 858-812-7301.