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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) closed the day trading at $95.03 up 2.23% from the previous closing price of $92.96. In other words, the price has increased by $2.23 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.94 million shares were traded. KTOS stock price reached its highest trading level at $96.4 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $92.5252.
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.
On August 11, 2025, Canaccord Genuity started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $74.Canaccord Genuity initiated its Buy rating on August 11, 2025, with a $74 target price.
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 29 ’25 when Fendley Steven S. sold 7,000 shares for $88.88 per share. The transaction valued at 622,150 led to the insider holds 339,419 shares of the business.
STACEY ROCK bought 3,846 shares of KTOS for $351,409 on Oct 01 ’25. On Sep 29 ’25, another insider, Fendley Steven S., who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 7,000 shares for $88.88 each.
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 16040541184 and an Enterprise Value of 15546241024. As of this moment, Kratos’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 1019.64, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 124.73. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 37.10. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 13.22 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 8.17. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 12.815 whereas that against EBITDA is 233.778.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KTOS is 1.12, which has changed by 2.839596 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16766965 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KTOS has reached a high of $93.52, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $22.69. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 36.78%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 119.19%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, KTOS traded about 4.57M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, KTOS traded about 7379500 shares per day. A total of 168.56M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 165.29M. Insiders hold about 2.08% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 100.32% stake in the company. Shares short for KTOS as of 1757894400 were 11390492 with a Short Ratio of 2.49, compared to 1755216000 on 10403204. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 11390492 and a Short% of Float of 6.9.
Earnings Estimates
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) is currently under the scrutiny of 12.0 analysts, each contributing to the ongoing evaluation of its stock.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.
