NASDAQ:KTOSKratos Defense & Security Solutions Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' stock was trading at $15.62 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KTOS stock has decreased by 1.2% and is now trading at $15.44. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in the last year. There are currently 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc (NASDAQ:KTOS) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The aerospace company reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.07. The aerospace company had revenue of $168.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $164.28 million. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had a net margin of 1.27% and a return on equity of 4.24%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 5.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.11 EPS. View Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' earnings history.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions issued an update on its second quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 7th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $160-170 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $187.94 million.

9 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' share price to reach $22.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 44.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.

Media stories about KTOS stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions earned a coverage optimism score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,920,000 shares, a decline of 6.0% from the May 31st total of 7,360,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,120,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.2 days. Approximately 6.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions include Boeing (BA), Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOC), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Heico (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Axon Enterprise (AAXN), Hexcel (HXL), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD) and Spirit AeroSystems (SPR). View all competitors.

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

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One share of KTOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.44.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a market capitalization of $1.89 billion and generates $717.50 million in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $12.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.26 on an earnings per share basis. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions employs 3,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is www.kratosdefense.com.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' mailing address is 10680 TREENA STREET SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA, 92131. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at 858-812-7300 or via email at [email protected]