In the latest trading session,, 0.94 million Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:KTOS) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.00. With the company’s most recent per share price at $38.94 changed hands at -$0.36 or -0.92% at last look, the market valuation stands at $5.98B. KTOS’s current price is a discount, trading about -6.5% off its 52-week high of $41.47. The share price had its 52-week low at $17.91, which suggests the last value was 54.01% up since then.
Analysts gave the Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.69. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 6 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 1 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 2 recommended KTOS as a Hold, 3 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:KTOS) trade information
Instantly KTOS was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -2.89%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 47.61%, with the 5-day performance at -2.89% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:KTOS) is 14.77% up.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 27, meaning bulls need a downside of -44.22% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, KTOS’s forecast low is 27 with 27 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a 30.66% surge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 30.66% for it to hit the projected low.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -1.16%. The 2025 estimates are for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc earnings to increase by 3.92%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 19.56% per year.
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in July.
BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 8.4838% or 12.88 million shares worth $257.7 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Apr 30, 2025 were iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . With 9.27 shares estimated at $365.44 million under it, the former controlled 6.04% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held about 3.14% of the shares, roughly 4.82 shares worth around $189.85 million.
