Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) has been given an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the seventeen analysts that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, twelve have issued a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $77.3571.

A number of brokerages have issued reports on KTOS. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $78.00 to $125.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. B. Riley cut Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $72.00 to $105.00 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. JMP Securities upped their price objective on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $70.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $70.00 to $112.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $70.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, September 26th.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Price Performance

KTOS opened at $91.10 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $82.62 and a 200 day moving average price of $59.05. The company has a current ratio of 4.43, a quick ratio of 3.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a 1 year low of $22.76 and a 1 year high of $112.57. The stock has a market cap of $15.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 911.09 and a beta of 1.12.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The aerospace company reported $0.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $351.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $305.67 million. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had a return on equity of 3.10% and a net margin of 1.20%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 17.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.14 earnings per share. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts forecast that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will post 0.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Kratos Defense & Security Solutions news, insider Thomas E. Iv Mills sold 5,758 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.54, for a total transaction of $377,379.32. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 9,692 shares in the company, valued at $635,213.68. This represents a 37.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Deanna H. Lund sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.10, for a total transaction of $325,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 313,327 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,397,587.70. The trade was a 1.57% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 81,716 shares of company stock valued at $6,406,245 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 2.37% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of KTOS. CWM LLC raised its position in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 3.8% during the second quarter. CWM LLC now owns 4,722 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $219,000 after acquiring an additional 171 shares during the last quarter. Red Mountain Financial LLC increased its position in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 1.9% during the 2nd quarter. Red Mountain Financial LLC now owns 10,500 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $488,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 15.2% during the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,515 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $70,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the period. USA Financial Formulas raised its holdings in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 15.7% during the 3rd quarter. USA Financial Formulas now owns 1,660 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $152,000 after purchasing an additional 225 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MRP Capital Investments LLC lifted its position in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 11.1% in the 2nd quarter. MRP Capital Investments LLC now owns 2,500 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $116,000 after purchasing an additional 250 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 75.92% of the company’s stock.

About Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc engages in the provision of mission critical products, services and solutions for United States national security priorities. It operates through the Kratos Government Solutions (KGS) and Unmanned Systems (US) segments. The KGS segment consists of an aggregation of KGS operating segments, including microwave electronic products, space, satellite and cyber, training solutions.