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After finishing at $82.3 in the prior trading day, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) closed at $79.97, down -2.83%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.83 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.19 million shares were traded. KTOS stock price reached its highest trading level at $81.9355 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $79.28.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of KTOS by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.68 and its Current Ratio is at 4.30. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.07 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.06.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In the most recent recommendation for this company, KeyBanc Capital Markets on December 19, 2025, initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $90.
On December 01, 2025, B. Riley Securities Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $105.
On November 18, 2025, BNP Paribas Exane started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $80.BNP Paribas Exane initiated its Neutral rating on November 18, 2025, with a $80 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 Dec 22 ’25 when DEMARCO ERIC M sold 200,000 shares for $80.53 per share. The transaction valued at 16,106,552 led to the insider holds 796,237 shares of the business.
THE SAVED FAMILY TRUST 2001 bought 200,000 shares of KTOS for $15,078,000 on Dec 22 ’25. On Dec 18 ’25, another insider, Rock Stacey G, who serves as the President, KTT Division of the company, sold 8,549 shares for $71.45 each. As a result, the insider received 610,831 and left with 30,283 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 13502191616 and an Enterprise Value of 13070590976. As of this moment, Kratos’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 651.22, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 103.57. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.41. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 10.51 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.81. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 10.173 whereas that against EBITDA is 190.256.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KTOS is 1.09, which has changed by 2.01546 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16098404 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KTOS has reached a high of $112.57, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $23.90. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.13%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 36.55%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 3.30M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2186510 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 168.84M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 166.08M. Insiders hold about 1.64% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 91.96% stake in the company. Shares short for KTOS as of 1765756800 were 8968272 with a Short Ratio of 2.72, compared to 1763078400 on 8904522. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8968272 and a Short% of Float of 5.43.
Earnings Estimates
Investors are keenly observing as 10.0 analysts analyze and rate. The current performance of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.15, with high estimates of $0.22 and low estimates of $0.11.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.56 and $0.5 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.53. EPS for the following year is $0.76, with 13.0 analysts recommending between $0.95 and $0.58.
Revenue Estimates
15 analysts predict $327.54M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $343M to a low estimate of $320M. As of. The current estimate, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s year-ago sales were $283.1MFor the next quarter, 15 analysts are estimating revenue of $346.12M. There is a high estimate of $378M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $330M.
A total of 15 analysts have provided revenue estimates for KTOS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.34B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.32B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.33B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.14BBased on 16 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.59B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.77B and the low estimate is $1.5B.
