Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc [NASDAQ: KTOS] traded at a low on 2025-06-26, posting a -2.36 loss after which it closed the day’ session at $2360000.0.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 13901439 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc stands at 6.99% while the volatility over the past one month is 4.83%.
The market cap for KTOS stock reached $6.34 billion, with 153.35 million shares outstanding and 149.86 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 2.36M shares, KTOS reached a trading volume of 13901439 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc [KTOS]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for KTOS shares is $41.38 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on KTOS stock is a recommendation set at 1.64. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Stifel have made an estimate for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on June 24, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, B. Riley Securities raised their target price from $26 to $35. The new note on the price target was released on January 13, 2025, representing the official price target for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $24 to $26, while B. Riley Securities kept a Neutral rating on KTOS stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 4.57, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.72.
How has KTOS stock performed recently?
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc [KTOS] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -1.97. With this latest performance, KTOS shares gained by 8.42% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 59.76% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 56.67% in the past year of trading.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc [KTOS]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc [KTOS] shares currently have an operating margin of 2.80% and a Gross Margin at 24.20%. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 1.68%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 1.00%, with Return on Assets sitting at 1.00%.
Earnings analysis for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc [KTOS]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for KTOS. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc go to 19.56%.
Insider trade positions for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc [KTOS]
There are presently around $105.14%, or 107.38% of KTOS stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of KTOS stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 13.89 million shares, which is approximately 9.1498%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 12.88 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$257.7 million in KTOS stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$134.25 million in KTOS stock with ownership which is approximately 4.4198%.
