Brokerages Set Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) Price Target at $69.14

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) has received an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seventeen research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twelve have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $69.1429.

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Raymond James Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. BTIG Research raised Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $80.00 target price for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. B. Riley downgraded Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $72.00 to $105.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $50.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th.

Insider Transactions at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

In related news, CFO Deanna H. Lund sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $65.10, for a total value of $325,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 313,327 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,397,587.70. This represents a 1.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, 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 value of $377,379.32. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 9,692 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $635,213.68. This represents a 37.27% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 86,276 shares of company stock valued at $6,088,481 in the last three months. 2.37% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of KTOS. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 4,072.6% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 17,191 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $510,000 after buying an additional 16,779 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,367,000. Yousif Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,328,000. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. raised its stake in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 5.6% during the first quarter. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. now owns 8,975 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $266,000 after buying an additional 475 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions during the first quarter valued at approximately $594,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 75.92% of the company’s stock.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Price Performance

KTOS stock opened at $94.63 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $74.61 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $52.26. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a 12-month low of $22.69 and a 12-month high of $112.57. The company has a current ratio of 4.43, a quick ratio of 3.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The company has a market cap of $15.97 billion, a PE ratio of 946.39 and a beta of 1.12.

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

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.