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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) closed the day trading at $80.65 up 6.48% from the previous closing price of $75.74. In other words, the price has increased by $6.48 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.3 million shares were traded. KTOS stock price reached its highest trading level at $81.44 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $75.02.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of KTOS, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.88 and its Current Ratio is at 4.43. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.14 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.14.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 15 ’25 when Mendoza Marie sold 1,408 shares for $69.45 per share. The transaction valued at 97,786 led to the insider holds 61,943 shares of the business.
Cervantes de Burgreen Maria sold 6,264 shares of KTOS for $437,202 on Sep 15 ’25. The VP & Corp. Controller now owns 53,609 shares after completing the transaction at $69.80 per share. On Sep 15 ’25, another insider, Carrai Phillip D, who serves as the President, STC Division of the company, sold 6,000 shares for $68.82 each. As a result, the insider received 412,919 and left with 258,073 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, KTOS now has a Market Capitalization of 13613276160 and an Enterprise Value of 13118976000. As of this moment, Kratos’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 865.34, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 106.05. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 32.20. For. The Stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 11.22 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.94. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 10.814 whereas that against EBITDA is 197.278.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KTOS is 1.07, which has changed by 2.5202968 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16298151 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KTOS has reached a high of $77.03, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $22.38. The 50-Day Moving Average of. The Stock is 27.78%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 99.67%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, KTOS traded about 4.50M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, KTOS traded about 3293760 shares per day. A total of 168.56M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 165.33M. Insiders hold about 2.05% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 100.16% stake in the company. Shares short for KTOS as of 1756425600 were 10515254 with a Short Ratio of 2.34, compared to 1753920000 on 9911496. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10515254 and a Short% of Float of 6.370000000000001.
Earnings Estimates
The company has 12.0 analysts who recommend its stock at the moment. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.17, with high estimates of $0.22 and low estimates of $0.13.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.56 and $0.47 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.52. EPS for the following year is $0.77, with 13.0 analysts recommending between $1.0 and $0.64.
Revenue Estimates
14 analysts predict $323.37M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $330M to a low estimate of $317.09M. As of the current estimate, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s year-ago sales were $275.9MFor the next quarter, 14 analysts are estimating revenue of $334.34M. There is a high estimate of $344.56M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $327.5M.
A total of 13 analysts have provided revenue estimates for KTOS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.33B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.3B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.31B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.14BBased on 14 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.55B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.75B and the low estimate is $1.49B.
