Marie Mendoza Sells 1,440 Shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) Stock

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) SVP Marie Mendoza sold 1,440 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $97.10, for a total transaction of $139,824.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 60,396 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,864,451.60. The trade was a 2.33% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

Marie Mendoza also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, September 15th, Marie Mendoza sold 1,408 shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $69.45, for a total value of $97,785.60.
• On Friday, August 15th, Marie Mendoza sold 2,000 shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.35, for a total value of $136,700.00.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Stock Performance

NASDAQ:KTOS opened at $83.12 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $77.67 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $54.21. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has a twelve month low of $22.69 and a twelve month high of $112.57. The stock has a market cap of $14.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 831.28 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a quick ratio of 3.88, a current ratio of 4.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently weighed in on KTOS shares. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $78.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Citigroup reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. Finally, Benchmark raised their price objective on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $48.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $77.36.

Institutional Trading of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 11.7% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 16,447,687 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $488,332,000 after buying an additional 1,728,179 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its holdings in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 29.6% in the 2nd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 5,086,494 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $236,268,000 after acquiring an additional 1,162,577 shares during the last quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 22.2% in the second quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 4,507,692 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $209,382,000 after acquiring an additional 818,104 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 8.3% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,949,763 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $183,490,000 after acquiring an additional 301,135 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 18.1% during the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,837,005 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $131,779,000 after purchasing an additional 434,561 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 75.92% of the company’s stock.

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.