FY2025 EPS Estimates for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. Decreased by Analyst (NASDAQ:KTOS)

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) – B. Riley reduced their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in a research note issued on Sunday, April 28th. B. Riley analyst M. Crawford now expects that the aerospace company will earn $0.38 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $0.39. The consensus estimate for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ current full-year earnings is $0.25 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ FY2026 earnings at $0.46 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $23.00 target price on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in a report on Wednesday, February 14th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price objective on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $15.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 20th. Truist Financial increased their price objective on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $20.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 10th. Raymond James upgraded Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $20.00 to $27.00 in a report on Friday, April 26th. Finally, Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and issued a $25.00 price objective on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in a report on Thursday, April 25th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $22.14.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Price Performance

Shares of KTOS opened at $18.19 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -303.12 and a beta of 0.80. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a fifty-two week low of $12.12 and a fifty-two week high of $21.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 2.03 and a quick ratio of 1.50. The business’s 50-day moving average is $17.99 and its 200-day moving average is $18.47.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 13th. The aerospace company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.03. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had a negative net margin of 0.86% and a positive return on equity of 3.01%. The company had revenue of $273.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $253.39 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.03 EPS. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’s revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Phillip D. Carrai sold 3,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.40, for a total value of $60,900.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 292,944 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,097,225.60. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. In other Kratos Defense & Security Solutions news, insider Phillip D. Carrai sold 3,500 shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock in a transaction on Friday, March 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.40, for a total transaction of $60,900.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 292,944 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,097,225.60. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Steven S. Fendley sold 7,000 shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock in a transaction on Monday, March 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.80, for a total value of $124,600.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 419,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,472,813.80. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 41,538 shares of company stock valued at $773,419 over the last ninety days. 2.27% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in KTOS. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P acquired a new stake in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in the third quarter valued at $36,937,000. FMR LLC increased its stake in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 56.4% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,026,556 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $45,459,000 after buying an additional 1,091,380 shares in the last quarter. Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC increased its position in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 74.2% in the third quarter. Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC now owns 2,413,270 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $36,247,000 after purchasing an additional 1,027,715 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its position in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 5,354.5% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 726,759 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $10,916,000 after purchasing an additional 713,435 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 39.1% in the third quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,550,673 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $23,291,000 after purchasing an additional 435,654 shares during the period. 75.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Company Profile

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc operates as a technology company that addresses the defense, national security, and commercial markets. It operates through two segments, Kratos Government Solutions and Unmanned Systems. The company offers ground systems for satellites and space vehicles, including software for command and control, telemetry, and tracking and control; jet-powered unmanned aerial drone systems, hypersonic vehicles, and rocket systems; propulsion systems for drones, missiles, loitering munitions, supersonic systems, spacecraft, and launch systems; command, control, communication, computing, combat, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance; and microwave electronic products for missile, radar, missile defense, space, and satellite; counter unmanned aircraft systems, directed energy, communication and other systems, and virtual and augmented reality training systems for the warfighter.