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As of close of business last night, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s stock clocked out at $69.14, up 5.70% from its previous closing price of $65.41. In other words, the price has increased by $5.70 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.29 million shares were traded. KTOS stock price reached its highest trading level at $69.44 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $64.915.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of KTOS’s stock, we examine 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.
On July 08, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $60.Cantor Fitzgerald initiated its Overweight rating on July 08, 2025, with a $60 target price.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 01 ’25 when Rock Stacey G sold 4,000 shares for $55.51 per share. The transaction valued at 222,025 led to the insider holds 42,154 shares of the business.
STACEY ROCK bought 4,000 shares of KTOS for $222,025 on Aug 01 ’25. On Jul 28 ’25, another insider, Fendley Steven S., who serves as the President, US Division of the company, sold 7,000 shares for $58.53 each. As a result, the insider received 409,723 and left with 353,451 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 11670417408 and an Enterprise Value of 11176152064. As of this moment, Kratos’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 741.85, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 92.19. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 27.76. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 9.62 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.95. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.213 whereas that against EBITDA is 168.062.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KTOS is 1.04, which has changed by 2.484879 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18157876 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KTOS has reached a high of $68.68, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $19.36. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 38.97%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 98.62%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that KTOS traded 4.09M shares on average per day over the past three months and 4346210 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 168.56M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 165.21M. Insiders hold about 2.13% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.75% stake in the company. Shares short for KTOS as of 1753920000 were 9911496 with a Short Ratio of 2.42, compared to 1751241600 on 13471628. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9911496 and a Short% of Float of 6.0100004.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 12.0 analysts. 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 $0.55 and $0.47 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.52. EPS for the following year is $0.74, with 12.0 analysts recommending between $1.0 and $0.64.
Revenue Estimates
In the current quarter, 12 analysts expect revenue to total $323.36M. 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, 12 analysts are estimating revenue of $334.82M. 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 13 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 $1.5B.
