NASDAQ:KTOSKratos Defense & Security Solutions Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $19.62 +0.33 (+1.71 %) (As of 08/11/2020 02:17 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$19.08Now: $19.62▼$19.6950-Day Range$14.64MA: $16.72▼$19.4052-Week Range$5.00Now: $19.62▼$21.90Volume45,358 shsAverage Volume1.78 million shsMarket Capitalization$2.41 billionP/E Ratio490.62Dividend YieldN/ABeta1.24 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial Media Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. provides mission critical products, solutions, and services in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Kratos Government Solutions and Unmanned Systems. The Kratos Government Solutions segment offers microwave electronic products, satellite communications, training systems, modular systems, and defense and rocket support services. The Unmanned Systems segment provides unmanned aerial systems, and unmanned ground and seaborne systems. It serves national security related agencies, the department of defense, intelligence agencies, and classified agencies, as well as international government agencies and domestic and international commercial customers. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 2.5 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingKratos Defense & Security Solutions has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 9 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $23.25, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a potential upside of 21.3% from its current price of $19.17.Amount of Analyst CoverageKratos Defense & Security Solutions has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.6 Community Rank Outperform VotesKratos Defense & Security Solutions has received 623 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesKratos Defense & Security Solutions has received 561 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentKratos Defense & Security Solutions has received 52.62% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe KTOS will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe KTOS will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 0.0 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldKratos Defense & Security Solutions does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthKratos Defense & Security Solutions does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,140,285.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 2.01% of the stock of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions85.42% of the stock of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 1.9 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions are expected to grow by 64.00% in the coming year, from $0.25 to $0.41 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is 479.37, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.38.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is 479.37, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Aerospace sector average P/E ratio of about 26.99.Price to Book Value per Share RatioKratos Defense & Security Solutions has a P/B Ratio of 3.55. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 2.5Community Rank: 2.6Dividend Strength: 0.0Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 1.9 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.60 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NASDAQ Industry Guided missiles & space vehicles & parts Sub-IndustryAerospace & Defense SectorAerospace Current SymbolNASDAQ:KTOS Previous Symbol CUSIP50077B20 CIK1069258 Webwww.kratosdefense.com Phone858-812-7300Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.40 Current Ratio4.38 Quick Ratio3.99Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio490.62 Forward P/E Ratio78.48 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$717.50 million Price / Sales3.36 Cash Flow$0.61 per share Price / Cash Flow32.09 Book Value$5.40 per share Price / Book3.63Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.26 Net Income$12.50 million Net Margins0.65% Return on Equity3.33% Return on Assets1.71%Miscellaneous Employees3,000 Outstanding Shares122,720,000Market Cap$2.41 billion Next Earnings Date11/3/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable $19.62 +0.33 (+1.71 %) (As of 08/11/2020 02:17 PM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive KTOS News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for KTOS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) Frequently Asked Questions How has Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' stock price been impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19)? Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' stock was trading at $15.62 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KTOS stock has increased by 25.6% and is now trading at $19.62. View which stocks have been most impacted by COVID-19. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions? 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. When is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' next earnings date? Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. How were Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' earnings last quarter? Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc (NASDAQ:KTOS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 4th. The aerospace company reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.02. The aerospace company had revenue of $170.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $165.64 million. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had a return on equity of 3.33% and a net margin of 0.65%. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's revenue was down 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.08 EPS. View Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' earnings history. What guidance has Kratos Defense & Security Solutions issued on next quarter's earnings? Kratos Defense & Security Solutions updated its third quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $195-205 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $197.35 million. What price target have analysts set for KTOS? 9 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' share price to reach $23.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Has Kratos Defense & Security Solutions been receiving favorable news coverage? News coverage about KTOS stock has trended neutral on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions earned a daily sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Are investors shorting Kratos Defense & Security Solutions? Kratos Defense & Security Solutions saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,340,000 shares, a drop of 8.6% from the July 15th total of 6,940,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,340,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.7 days. Approximately 6.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Short Interest. Who are some of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' key competitors? Some companies that are related to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions include Lockheed Martin (LMT), Honeywell International (HON), Boeing (BA), Northrop Grumman (NOC), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Heico (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Axon Enterprise (AAXN), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Hexcel (HXL), Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD) and Spirit AeroSystems (SPR). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions own? 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), Micron Technology (MU), AT&T (T), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Raytheon Technologies (RTX), Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Cisco Systems (CSCO). Who are Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' key executives? Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' management team includes the following people: Mr. Eric M. DeMarco, CEO, Pres & Director (Age 55)Ms. Deanna Hom Lund, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 51)Mr. Philip Carrai, Pres of Technology & Training Solutions Division (Age 57)Mr. Yonah Adelman, Pres of Microwave Electronics Division (Age 68)Ms. Maria Cervantes de Burgreen, VP & Corp. Controller (Age 44) What is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' stock symbol? Kratos Defense & Security Solutions trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "KTOS." Who are Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' major shareholders? Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Emerald Advisers LLC (1.81%), Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust (1.66%), Granite Investment Partners LLC (1.22%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (1.05%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.90%) and Paradigm Capital Management Inc. NY (0.77%). Company insiders that own Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock include Amy Zegart, Bandel L Carano, Benjamin M Goodwin, David M Carter, De Burgreen Maria Cervantes, Deanna H Lund, Eric M Demarco, Jane Elizabeth Judd, Jonah Adelman, Marie Mendoza, Phillip D Carrai, Scot B Jarvis, Steven S Fendley and Thomas E Iv Mills. View institutional ownership trends for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Which major investors are selling Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock? KTOS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ICM Asset Management Inc. WA, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Roubaix Capital LLC, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management, and Spouting Rock Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Kratos Defense & Security Solutions company stock in the last year include Benjamin M Goodwin, David M Carter, Deanna H Lund, Eric M Demarco, Jane Elizabeth Judd, Jonah Adelman, Phillip D Carrai, and Thomas E Iv Mills. View insider buying and selling activity for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Which major investors are buying Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock? KTOS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hardman Johnston Global Advisors LLC, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Tygh Capital Management Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Swiss National Bank, Paradigm Capital Management Inc. NY, and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have bought Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock in the last two years include De Burgreen Maria Cervantes, and Scot B Jarvis. View insider buying and selling activity for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. How do I buy shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions? Shares of KTOS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. What is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' stock price today? One share of KTOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.62. How big of a company is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions? Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a market capitalization of $2.41 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. What is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' official website? The official website for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is www.kratosdefense.com. How can I contact Kratos Defense & Security Solutions? Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' mailing address is 10680 TREENA STREET SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA, 92131. 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