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The price of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) closed at $44.78 in the last session, up 0.27% from day before closing price of $44.66. In other words, the price has increased by $0.27 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.58 million shares were traded. KTOS stock price reached its highest trading level at $46.25 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $43.88.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at KTOS’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.26 and its Current Ratio is at 2.84. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.20 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.19.
On June 24, 2025, Stifel started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $52.
B. Riley Securities Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on January 13, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $26 to $35.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 01 ’25 when Rock Stacey G sold 4,000 shares for $45.43 per share. The transaction valued at 181,703 led to the insider holds 46,243 shares of the business.
Fendley Steven S. sold 7,000 shares of KTOS for $322,397 on Jun 30 ’25. The President, US Division now owns 360,475 shares after completing the transaction at $46.06 per share. On Jul 01 ’25, another insider, STACEY ROCK, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 4,000 shares for $45.43 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 7539966464 and an Enterprise Value of 7156943360. As of this moment, Kratos’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 354.55, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 64.10. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 16.52. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.42 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.95. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.161 whereas that against EBITDA is 96.846.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KTOS is 1.03, which has changed by 1.1918747 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11708844 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KTOS has reached a high of $47.09, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $17.91. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 16.67%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 46.51%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, KTOS traded on average about 2.96M shares per day over the past 3-months and 6875620 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 166.43M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 162.56M. Insiders hold about 2.33% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.08% stake in the company. Shares short for KTOS as of 1749772800 were 10435558 with a Short Ratio of 3.53, compared to 1747267200 on 9294733. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10435558 and a Short% of Float of 6.9699995.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
