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

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' stock was trading at $15.62 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KTOS shares have decreased by 6.2% and is now trading at $14.65. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 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, May 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc (NASDAQ:KTOS) announced its earnings results on Monday, February, 24th. The aerospace company reported $0.09 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.01. The aerospace company had revenue of $185.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $197.92 million. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had a net margin of 1.74% and a return on equity of 4.39%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 12.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.09 EPS. View Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' earnings history.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions updated its first quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, February, 24th. 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 $190.54 million.

10 Wall Street 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 52.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.

Media stories about KTOS stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutKratos Defense & Security Solutions.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 8,500,000 shares, an increase of 10.2% from the February 13th total of 7,710,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,030,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.3 days. Currently, 8.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kratos Defense & Security Solutions investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Applied Materials (AMAT), Opko Health (OPK), Alibaba Group (BABA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Micron Technology (MU), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), AT&T (T), Canopy Growth (CGC) and Raytheon (RTN).

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 $14.65.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a market capitalization of $1.57 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. View additional information about Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.

The official website for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is http://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]