Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:KTOS) has a beta value of 0.98 and has seen 0.41 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $5.15B, closed the recent trade at $33.63 per share which meant it gained $1.51 on the day or 4.70% during that session. The KTOS stock price is -6.04% off its 52-week high price of $35.66 and 49.3% above the 52-week low of $17.05. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 2.16 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 2.99 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.85. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 1 rate it as Overweight. 2 out of 6 have rated it as a Hold, with 3 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.09.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:KTOS) trade information
Sporting 4.70% in the green today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the KTOS stock price touched $33.63 or saw a rise of 0.91%. Year-to-date, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc shares have moved 27.48%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 2.03%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:KTOS) have changed 3.38%. Short interest in the company has seen 12.76 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.88.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $26.5, which means that the shares’ value could drop -26.91% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $26.0 while the price target rests at a high of $27.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is 19.71% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 22.69% from the levels at last check today..
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 35.33% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 12.83%.
12 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 292.25M for the current quarter. 12 have an estimated revenue figure of 313.37M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 277.2M and 300.1M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 5.43% for the current quarter and 12.83% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -1.16% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 2.76% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 18.60%.
KTOS Dividends
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-25 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:KTOS)’s Major holders
Insiders own 2.16% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 91.30% with a share float percentage of 93.31%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc having a total of 457.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 13.89 million shares worth more than $277.93 million. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 9.1498% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 12.88 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $257.7 million and represent 8.4838% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 6.18% shares in the company for having 9.45 shares of worth $314.87 million while later fund manager owns 4.79 shares of worth $159.49 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 3.13% of company’s outstanding stock.
