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NASDAQ:KTOS

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) Competitors

$13.28
+0.18 (+1.37%)
(As of 05/26/2023 04:00 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$13.02
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$13.33
50-Day Range
$12.58
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$14.16
52-Week Range
$8.90
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$16.23
Volume
742,700 shs
Average Volume
755,196 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.69 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$15.08
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KTOS vs. AJRD, RKLB, KAMN, AIR, SPCE, EVEX, ERJ, ASLE, TGI, and ACHR

Should you be buying Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions include Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), Kaman (KAMN), AAR (AIR), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), EVE (EVEX), Embraer (ERJ), AerSale (ASLE), Triumph Group (TGI), and Archer Aviation (ACHR). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions vs.

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

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions received 369 more outperform votes than Aerojet Rocketdyne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.33% of users gave Kratos Defense & Security Solutions an outperform vote while only 64.76% of users gave Aerojet Rocketdyne an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aerojet RocketdyneOutperform Votes
272
64.76%
Underperform Votes
148
35.24%
Kratos Defense & Security SolutionsOutperform Votes
641
67.33%
Underperform Votes
311
32.67%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aerojet Rocketdyne$2.24 billion1.96$74 million$0.9159.66
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions$898.30 million1.89-$36.90 million-$0.22-60.36

Aerojet Rocketdyne presently has a consensus price target of $58.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.83%. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a consensus price target of $15.08, suggesting a potential upside of 13.58%. Given Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is more favorable than Aerojet Rocketdyne.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aerojet Rocketdyne
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

In the previous week, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had 1 more articles in the media than Aerojet Rocketdyne. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and 5 mentions for Aerojet Rocketdyne. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Aerojet Rocketdyne's score of 0.97 indicating that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aerojet Rocketdyne
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Aerojet Rocketdyne has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Aerojet Rocketdyne has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' net margin of -3.00%. Aerojet Rocketdyne's return on equity of 20.42% beat Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aerojet Rocketdyne 3.23% 20.42% 4.77%
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions -3.00% 1.68% 1.00%

93.8% of Aerojet Rocketdyne shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Aerojet Rocketdyne shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Aerojet Rocketdyne beats Kratos Defense & Security Solutions on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KTOS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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

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MetricKratos Defense & Security SolutionsGuided missiles & space vehicles & parts IndustryAerospace SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.69B$15.34B$13.57B$6.15B
Dividend YieldN/A3.18%1.77%6.17%
P/E Ratio-60.3613.3612.9911.53
Price / Sales1.8915.1745.71108.32
Price / Cash28.4818.2716.0322.80
Price / Book1.794.496.645.33
Net Income-$36.90M$649.61M$326.74M$192.99M
7 Day Performance-5.61%-8.61%-3.81%1.54%
1 Month Performance2.95%-9.37%-0.87%3.67%
1 Year Performance-10.09%-29.63%-3.96%0.06%

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AJRD
Aerojet Rocketdyne
1.526 of 5 stars		$55.10
-0.2%		$58.00
+5.3%		+31.4%$4.45B$2.24B60.555,283Analyst Report
RKLB
Rocket Lab USA
2.0765 of 5 stars		$4.52
-8.7%		$8.45
+86.9%		-11.0%$2.16B$211M-13.701,400Gap Down
High Trading Volume
KAMN
Kaman
2.4515 of 5 stars		$22.95
+0.3%		$41.00
+78.6%		-39.4%$646.73M$687.96M-12.753,063
AIR
AAR
2.593 of 5 stars		$53.43
-1.0%		$57.67
+7.9%		+5.2%$1.85B$1.82B20.954,500Short Interest ↓
SPCE
Virgin Galactic
1.4287 of 5 stars		$4.93
+0.4%		$5.08
+3.1%		-52.5%$1.39B$2.31M-2.351,166Gap Down
EVEX
EVE
0.7322 of 5 stars		$8.09
-9.1%		$7.43
-8.1%		-10.3%$2.18BN/A-23.113Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
ERJ
Embraer
2.5703 of 5 stars		$14.20
-1.9%		$19.25
+35.6%		+38.1%$2.61B$4.54B-473.3319,475Short Interest ↑
ASLE
AerSale
2.232 of 5 stars		$16.85
+1.5%		$21.25
+26.1%		+19.2%$863.06M$408.54M35.85509Short Interest ↑
TGI
Triumph Group
1.9561 of 5 stars		$12.07
-1.9%		$11.80
-2.2%		-26.2%$784.67M$1.38B9.436,041Short Interest ↓
ACHR
Archer Aviation
1.9296 of 5 stars		$3.14
-3.1%		$8.10
+158.0%		-25.4%$776.99MN/A-2.05209Insider Selling
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:KTOS) was last updated on 5/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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