Insider Selling: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) SVP Sells $139,824.00 in Stock

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) SVP Marie Mendoza sold 1,440 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $97.10, for a total transaction of $139,824.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 60,396 shares in the company, valued at $5,864,451.60. This represents a 2.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.

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 stock was sold at an average price of $69.45, for a total transaction 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 transaction of $136,700.00.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Stock Down 6.2%

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock opened at $83.12 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.03 billion, a PE ratio of 831.28 and a beta of 1.12. The company’s 50-day moving average is $77.67 and its 200-day moving average is $54.38. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $22.69 and a fifty-two week high of $112.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 4.43 and a quick ratio of 3.88.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on KTOS shares. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $70.00 to $112.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their target price on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $74.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $70.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, September 26th. Benchmark lifted their target price on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $48.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $44.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, June 30th. One investment 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $77.36.

Institutional Trading of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of KTOS. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 4,072.6% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 17,191 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $510,000 after purchasing an additional 16,779 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in the 1st quarter valued at about $594,000. State of Alaska Department of Revenue bought a new stake in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in the 1st quarter valued at about $2,514,000. Lumbard & Kellner LLC boosted its holdings in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 5.9% in the 1st quarter. Lumbard & Kellner LLC now owns 106,756 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $3,170,000 after purchasing an additional 5,987 shares during the period. Finally, ORG Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in the 1st quarter valued at about $1,306,000. 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.