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$59.77 +1.11 (+1.89%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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KTOS vs. TDY, CW, TXT, AVAV, HII, HXL, SPR, AIR, TGI, and ATRO

Should you be buying Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Textron (TXT), AeroVironment (AVAV), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Hexcel (HXL), Spirit Aerosystems (SPR), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), and Astronics (ATRO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions vs. Its Competitors

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) and Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

75.9% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Teledyne Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Teledyne Technologies and 25 mentions for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Teledyne Technologies' score of 0.90 indicating that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
19 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Teledyne Technologies
13 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Teledyne Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Teledyne Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions$1.14B8.07$16.30M$0.13459.77
Teledyne Technologies$5.67B4.60$819.20M$17.5031.77

Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 14.54% compared to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' net margin of 1.68%. Teledyne Technologies' return on equity of 9.96% beat Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions1.68% 3.85% 2.68%
Teledyne Technologies 14.54%9.96%6.67%

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $50.08, indicating a potential downside of 16.21%. Teledyne Technologies has a consensus price target of $576.57, indicating a potential upside of 3.70%. Given Teledyne Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Teledyne Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Teledyne Technologies beats Kratos Defense & Security Solutions on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KTOS vs. The Competition

MetricKratos Defense & Security SolutionsAEROSP/DEF EQ IndustryAerospace SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.00B$17.94B$27.50B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A0.74%0.96%4.01%
P/E Ratio459.80132.4284.4720.05
Price / Sales8.076.916.7490.19
Price / Cash91.6447.3636.2858.56
Price / Book6.677.688.685.87
Net Income$16.30M$265.73M$368.78M$258.55M
7 Day Performance1.10%-1.66%-1.39%3.73%
1 Month Performance44.62%5.27%6.57%11.75%
1 Year Performance163.77%76.66%51.22%18.03%

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
2.8744 of 5 stars
$59.77
+1.9%
$50.08
-16.2%
+168.6%$9.00B$1.14B459.804,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.0558 of 5 stars
$558.85
-0.9%
$557.63
-0.2%
+33.7%$26.21B$5.67B31.9714,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
CW
Curtiss-Wright
4.1367 of 5 stars
$481.28
-1.4%
$467.14
-2.9%
+74.1%$18.13B$3.12B42.828,800Positive News
TXT
Textron
4.5798 of 5 stars
$84.65
-0.4%
$89.33
+5.5%
-13.0%$15.27B$13.70B19.1834,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AVAV
AeroVironment
3.3512 of 5 stars
$272.27
-0.6%
$268.00
-1.6%
+60.6%$13.43B$820.63M175.661,475
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.4218 of 5 stars
$252.96
-0.6%
$251.38
-0.6%
-3.4%$9.91B$11.46B18.2044,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
HXL
Hexcel
2.8741 of 5 stars
$60.12
-0.6%
$59.22
-1.5%
-1.7%$4.84B$1.90B39.855,894Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
SPR
Spirit Aerosystems
1.9337 of 5 stars
$40.67
+0.3%
$38.63
-5.0%
+15.3%$4.78B$6.32B-2.2320,370
AIR
AAR
1.9146 of 5 stars
$80.59
-3.7%
$83.75
+3.9%
+15.2%$2.92B$2.78B244.815,700News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
TGI
Triumph Group
2.246 of 5 stars
$25.87
-0.1%
$20.63
-20.3%
+58.8%$2.01B$1.26B49.743,696News Coverage
Positive News
ATRO
Astronics
3.5846 of 5 stars
$34.61
+0.1%
$49.00
+41.6%
+55.2%$1.23B$795.43M-288.382,500News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:KTOS) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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