Kratos Defense & Security SolutionsKTOS
About: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc develops and fields transformative, affordable technology, platforms, and systems. The company has two segments; The Kratos Government Solutions (KGS) segment is comprised of an aggregation of KGS operating segments, including its microwave electronic products, space, training, and cybersecurity, C5ISR/modular systems, turbine technologies, and defense and rocket support services operating segments and The Unmanned Systems segment consists of unmanned aerial, unmanned ground, unmanned seaborne and related command, control, and communications system businesses. The company derives a majority of its revenue from the Kratos Government Solutions segment.
Employees: 3,900
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
235% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $42.4M | Put options by funds: $12.7M
35% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 50 | Existing positions closed: 37
33% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 124 | Existing positions reduced: 93
8% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.38B [Q1] → $2.57B (+$189M) [Q2]
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 307 [Q1] → 320 (+13) [Q2]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 8 [Q1] → 8 (+0) [Q2]
2.8% less ownership
Funds ownership: 88.35% [Q1] → 85.55% (-2.8%) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
4 analyst ratings
JMP Securities Trevor Walsh 92% 1-year accuracy 47 / 51 met price target | 7%upside $27 | Market Outperform Reiterated | 1 Oct 2024 |
Truist Securities Michael Ciarmoli 67% 1-year accuracy 34 / 51 met price target | 7%upside $27 | Buy Reiterated | 26 Sept 2024 |
Baird Peter Arment 88% 1-year accuracy 14 / 16 met price target | 39%upside $35 | Outperform Maintained | 23 Sept 2024 |
Benchmark Josh Sullivan 79% 1-year accuracy 37 / 47 met price target | 1%downside $25 | Buy Reiterated | 13 Sept 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 13 articles about KTOS published over the past 30 days