Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS – Get Free Report) CEO Eric M. Demarco purchased 11,980 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 21st. The stock was bought at an average cost of $20.89 per share, with a total value of $250,262.20. Following the completion of the purchase, the chief executive officer now owns 1,070,244 shares in the company, valued at $22,357,397.16. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Stock Performance
KTOS stock traded up $0.16 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $20.95. 457,096 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,171,563. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 3.13 and a quick ratio of 2.56. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $20.78 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $19.61. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has a one year low of $13.98 and a one year high of $22.96. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 66.12 and a beta of 1.05.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 7th. The aerospace company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $300.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $276.08 million. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had a net margin of 0.89% and a return on equity of 3.92%. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’s quarterly revenue was up 16.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.05 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. will post 0.31 EPS for the current year.
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Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. TFO Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 120,800.0% in the fourth quarter. TFO Wealth Partners LLC now owns 1,209 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 1,208 shares in the last quarter. MFA Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in the second quarter valued at about $30,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its stake in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 222.5% in the fourth quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 1,777 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 1,226 shares in the last quarter. Point72 Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new position in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in the second quarter valued at about $36,000. Finally, NBC Securities Inc. acquired a new position in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in the first quarter valued at about $33,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 75.92% of the company’s stock.
About Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
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.
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