BWS Financial Reiterates Sell Rating for Karman (NYSE:KRMN)

Karman (NYSE:KRMN)‘s stock had its “sell” rating reissued by research analysts at BWS Financial in a report released on Friday,Benzinga reports. They presently have a $37.00 target price on the stock. BWS Financial’s price target would suggest a potential downside of 56.02% from the company’s current price.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on KRMN. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Karman from $125.00 to $127.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. KeyCorp raised their target price on Karman from $80.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Evercore lifted their price target on Karman from $110.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on Karman from $115.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, March 20th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $125.00 price objective on shares of Karman in a research report on Thursday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have assigned a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Karman currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $117.10.

Karman Stock Performance

Karman stock opened at $84.13 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $96.42 and its 200-day simple moving average is $82.29. The company has a market cap of $11.13 billion and a P/E ratio of 647.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 2.86 and a quick ratio of 2.69. Karman has a fifty-two week low of $25.02 and a fifty-two week high of $118.38.

Karman (NYSE:KRMN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 25th. The company reported $0.11 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.11. Karman had a net margin of 3.68% and a return on equity of 13.36%. The business had revenue of $134.49 million during the quarter. The business’s revenue was up 47.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Karman

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of KRMN. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Karman by 27.3% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,088,649 shares of the company’s stock valued at $299,166,000 after acquiring an additional 877,462 shares in the last quarter. Vident Advisory LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Karman during the fourth quarter worth $14,579,000. VARCOV Co. purchased a new stake in shares of Karman during the fourth quarter worth $485,000. Polymer Capital Management US LLC acquired a new stake in Karman during the fourth quarter valued at $569,000. Finally, Engineers Gate Manager LP acquired a new stake in Karman during the fourth quarter valued at $241,000.

Trending Headlines about Karman

Here are the key news stories impacting Karman this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong results and outlook — Karman reported Q4 revenue of $134.5M (up ~47.5% YoY), adjusted EPS inline at $0.11, a robust $800M backlog and guided to roughly 53% revenue growth for 2026 while expanding capacity and M&A plans. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst bullishness — several firms reiterated or raised buy ratings and targets after results (Citigroup raised to $127, Needham reaffirmed at $125), signaling meaningful upside in some models. Benzinga
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings in line with expectations — EPS matched consensus ($0.11) and management hosted a detailed call/slide deck providing revenue breakdowns by segment and margin commentary. Earnings Transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry backdrop supportive — management calls current demand “generational” across missiles, hypersonics, space and related areas, which underpins medium-term revenue visibility but not long-term certainty. MarketBeat
• Negative Sentiment: Large post-earnings selloff — shares plunged after the report despite strong fundamentals, suggesting profit‑taking and concern about near‑term margin pressure from recent acquisitions. MarketBeat
• Negative Sentiment: Bear case from some analysts — BWS Financial reaffirmed a sell rating with a $37 target (large downside vs. current levels), highlighting valuation risk if growth slows. Benzinga
• Negative Sentiment: High valuation — the stock trades at very rich multiples, implying several years of sustained high growth; that leaves KRMN sensitive to any slowdown or margin compression. MarketBeat

Karman Company Profile

We specialize in the upfront design, testing, manufacturing, and sale of mission-critical systems for existing and emerging missile and defense, and space programs. Our integrated payload protection, propulsion, and interstage system solutions are deployed across a wide variety of existing and emerging programs supporting important Department of Defense (“DoD”) and space sector initiatives. We estimate that no single program accounted for more than 10% of sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 or the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, with revenue from over 100 active programs supporting current production and next-generation space, missile, hypersonic, and defense applications.