Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS – Get Free Report) is one of 229 public companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kratos Defense & Security Solutions | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 2.92 |
| Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Competitors | 2149 | 8222 | 12703 | 577 | 2.50 |
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $86.40, indicating a potential upside of 110.27%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 25.21%. Given Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is more favorable than its peers.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kratos Defense & Security Solutions | $1.35 billion | $22.00 million | 241.71 |
| Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Competitors | $8.34 billion | $569.54 million | 24.75 |
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Profitability
This table compares Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kratos Defense & Security Solutions | 2.03% | 3.07% | 2.55% |
| Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Competitors | -289.55% | -47.45% | -4.31% |
Risk and Volatility
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ peers have a beta of 1.34, suggesting that their average share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
75.9% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions beats its peers on 9 of the 13 factors compared.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Company Profile
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. The US segment refers to the unmanned aerial, unmanned ground, unmanned seaborne and related command, control and communications system businesses. The company was founded on December 19, 1994, and is headquartered in Round Rock, TX.
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