KTOS vs. RKLB, KAMN, AIR, UP, EVEX, SPR, ACHR, AVAV, TGI, and EH
Should you be buying Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions include Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), Kaman (KAMN), AAR (AIR), Wheels Up Experience (UP), EVE (EVEX), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Archer Aviation (ACHR), AeroVironment (AVAV), Triumph Group (TGI), and EHang (EH). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Rocket Lab USA. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rocket Lab USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a net margin of -0.86% compared to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' net margin of -74.64%. Rocket Lab USA's return on equity of 3.01% beat Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' return on equity.
71.8% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Rocket Lab USA currently has a consensus price target of $7.46, indicating a potential upside of 107.92%. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a consensus price target of $21.14, indicating a potential upside of 18.58%. Given Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rocket Lab USA is more favorable than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.
Rocket Lab USA has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had 6 more articles in the media than Rocket Lab USA. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and 6 mentions for Rocket Lab USA. Rocket Lab USA's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' score of -0.31 indicating that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions received 628 more outperform votes than Rocket Lab USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.22% of users gave Kratos Defense & Security Solutions an outperform vote while only 44.00% of users gave Rocket Lab USA an outperform vote.
Summary
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions beats Rocket Lab USA on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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