Technical Outlook And Game Plan For Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS)

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $28.56, with 3.88 million shares of worth about $110.93 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 43.95% during that period and on February 13, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -7.90%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 151.02M shares, out of which, 148.09M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -12.23% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -12.82%. Year-to-date (YTD), KTOS shares are showing a performance of 8.26% which increased to 55.39% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $16.78 but also hit the highest price of $35.66 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc shares is 1.61 million. The stock is currently trading -14.03% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -4.52% for SMA50 and it goes to 18.32% higher than SMA200.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) currently have 151.02M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 88.54% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $4.33B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.09. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 287.61, while it has posted earnings per share of $0.10 in the same period. Its PEG reads 13.29 and has Quick Ratio of 2.61 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for KTOS, volatility over the week remained 4.92% while standing at 4.15% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 11.24% while it is estimated to increase by 24.14% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 21.64% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -15.14% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by B. Riley Securities on January 13, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $26 and $35 to it. Coverage by B. Riley Securities stated Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on October 30, 2024, suggesting a price target of $26 for the stock. On June 26, 2024, BTIG Research Initiated their recommendations, while on May 28, 2024, JMP Securities Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $27. Stock get a Strong buy rating from Raymond James on April 26, 2024.

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