KTOS - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Stock Price, Fair Value and News

17.64USD-0.10 (-0.56%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD17.64-0.10

Market Closed

-0.56%

KTOS Alerts

1 major insider sales recently.

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KTOS Valuation

Market Cap

2.3B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

-257.66

Price/Sales (Trailing)

2.21

EV/EBITDA

38.18

Price/Free Cashflow

35.17

KTOS Price/Sales (Trailing)

KTOS Profitability

Operating Margin

57.71%

EBT Margin

1.07%

Return on Equity

-0.91%

Return on Assets

-0.55%

Free Cashflow Yield

2.84%

KTOS Fundamentals

KTOS Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

1.0B

Rev. Growth (Yr)

9.83%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-0.29%

KTOS Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

-8.9M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

128.92%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

250%

Breaking Down KTOS Revenue

Last 7 days

-3.8%

Last 30 days

3.2%

Last 90 days

-3.9%

Trailing 12 Months

35.9%

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KTOS Financial Health

Current Ratio

2.03

Debt/Equity

0.22

Debt/Cashflow

0.3

KTOS Investor Care

Shares Dilution (1Y)

3.18%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

-0.07

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	933.9M	966.6M	1.0B	1.0B
2022	813.5M	832.6M	860.6M	898.3M
2021	773.0M	807.7M	806.3M	811.5M
2020	726.0M	708.5M	726.4M	747.7M
2019	635.4M	672.1M	696.8M	717.5M
2018	614.3M	617.6M	619.9M	618.0M
2017	647.7M	627.4M	619.1M	603.3M
2016	653.0M	660.4M	664.1M	668.7M
2015	745.5M	700.8M	671.7M	657.1M
2014	871.9M	842.2M	806.6M	763.0M
2013	1.0B	1.0B	978.5M	950.6M
2012	800.6M	849.3M	919.0M	969.2M
2011	462.6M	534.6M	621.3M	713.9M
2010	0	359.2M	383.8M	408.5M
2009	0	0	0	334.5M

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Apr 05, 2024	fendley steven s.	acquired	-	-	13,333	president, us division
Apr 05, 2024	fendley steven s.	sold (taxes)	-92,026	17.8	-5,170	president, us division
Apr 04, 2024	fendley steven s.	acquired	-	-	3,333	president, us division
Apr 04, 2024	fendley steven s.	sold (taxes)	-22,790	17.64	-1,292	president, us division
Mar 25, 2024	fendley steven s.	sold	-124,584	17.7977	-7,000	president, us division
Mar 15, 2024	carrai phillip d	sold	-60,882	17.3951	-3,500	president, stc division
Mar 15, 2024	mendoza marie	sold	-17,864	17.21	-1,038	svp & general counsel
Mar 08, 2024	mills thomas e iv	sold (taxes)	-309,496	18.24	-16,968	president, c5isr division
Mar 08, 2024	fendley steven s.	sold (taxes)	-956,943	18.24	-52,464	president, us division
Mar 08, 2024	rock stacey g	sold (taxes)	-323,505	18.24	-17,736	president, ktt division

Which funds bought or sold KTOS recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 15, 2024	Legato Capital Management LLC	unchanged	-	-173,804	1,672,520	0.20%
Apr 15, 2024	Sunbelt Securities, Inc.	added	1.39	-5,713	64,348	0.01%
Apr 15, 2024	Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC	new	-	36,760	36,760	0.01%
Apr 15, 2024	Chicago Capital, LLC	new	-	183,800	183,800	0.01%
Apr 12, 2024	IMC-Chicago, LLC	new	-	366,019	366,019	-%
Apr 12, 2024	AdvisorNet Financial, Inc	reduced	-0.83	-6,180	54,589	-%
Apr 11, 2024	SALEM INVESTMENT COUNSELORS INC	new	-	81,791	81,791	-%
Apr 11, 2024	Profit Investment Management, LLC	unchanged	-	-245,520	2,362,640	1.33%
Apr 11, 2024	CONTRAVISORY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.	unchanged	-	-1,234	11,873	-%
Apr 10, 2024	ONE PLUS ONE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	added	159	547,828	953,628	0.55%

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KTOS Alerts

1 major insider sales recently.

Unveiling Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	9.43%	12,164,826	SC 13G/A
Jan 24, 2024	blackrock inc.	9.1%	11,713,686	SC 13G/A
Jan 24, 2024	state street corp	5.16%	6,651,546	SC 13G/A
Feb 10, 2023	ark investment management llc	6.15%	7,748,357	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2023	vanguard group inc	9.34%	11,760,539	SC 13G/A
Jan 25, 2023	blackrock inc.	8.7%	10,915,778	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2022	ark investment management llc	7.33%	9,091,960	SC 13G
Feb 09, 2022	fmr llc	-	0	SC 13G/A
Feb 03, 2022	blackrock inc.	7.5%	9,278,833	SC 13G/A
Feb 16, 2021	state street corp	3.49%	4,289,402	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 15, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
Apr 15, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
Apr 11, 2024	DEF 14A	DEF 14A
Apr 11, 2024	DEFA14A	DEFA14A
Apr 08, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 05, 2024	3	Insider Trading
Apr 03, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Mar 27, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 25, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
Mar 15, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent

Peers (Alternatives to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
BA	104.1B	77.8B	-6.57%	-16.82%	-46.83	1.34	16.79%	54.97%
GD	78.2B	42.3B	3.70%	24.37%	23.59	1.85	7.27%	-2.21%
LHX	38.1B	19.4B	-5.85%	-1.03%	31.05	1.96	13.81%	15.54%
HEI	27.4B	3.2B	5.99%	17.45%	64.5	8.46	38.68%	18.86%
HWM	26.3B	6.6B	-3.37%	49.31%	34.33	3.96	17.25%	63.11%
AXON	22.6B	1.6B	-2.43%	33.07%	129.73	14.46	31.38%	18.41%
HII	10.8B	11.5B	-5.23%	29.58%	15.92	0.95	7.29%	17.62%
MID-CAP
CW	9.6B	2.8B	2.93%	40.92%	26.95	3.36	11.28%	20.44%
BWXT	8.5B	2.5B	-5.86%	46.17%	34.77	3.42	11.80%	3.22%
AVAV	4.2B	705.8M	0.65%	39.87%	-34.66	5.96	44.89%	-1448.45%
SMALL-CAP
DCO	780.8M	757.0M	6.13%	3.03%	49.02	1.03	6.24%	-44.67%
SPCE	412.0M	6.8M	-37.95%	-70.32%	-0.82	60.59	194.12%	-0.44%
ISSC	113.5M	37.6M	-14.59%	-7.01%	17.77	3.02	36.42%	25.49%
CODA	68.6M	642.5K	11.43%	-23.15%	29.12	106.77	-97.11%	-47.43%
ASTC	16.5M	2.0M	18.05%	-8.59%	-1.61	8.29	371.33%	-13.01%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	-0.3%	274	275	257	232	249	229	224	196	212	201	205	194	206	202	170	169	185	184	188	160	164
Gross Profit	-2.0%	72.00	73.00	64.00	59.00	61.00	55.00	58.00	52.00	62.00	61.00	52.00	51.00	54.00	57.00	46.00	46.00	48.00	49.00	48.00	45.00	46.00
S&GA Expenses	1.8%	52.00	51.00	47.00	48.00	46.00	49.00	45.00	43.00	42.00	42.00	38.00	38.00	37.00	36.00	36.00	35.00	33.00	33.00	34.00	32.00	30.00
R&D Expenses	-22.3%	8.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	11.00	10.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	10.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00
EBITDA Margin	-	0.06*	-	0.04*	0.03*	0.01*	0.02*	0.03*	0.04*	0.06*	0.06*	0.07*	0.07*	0.07*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Income Taxes	-47.4%	2.00	4.00	2.00	1.00	6.00	-0.80	1.00	-4.30	5.00	6.00	-3.60	-2.70	-75.30	5.00	-1.80	-1.40	1.00	3.00	3.00	-1.50	0.00
Earnings Before Taxes	11.8%	8.00	7.00	2.00	-5.10	1.00	-8.80	-4.80	-20.00	3.00	5.00	-2.40	-0.80	3.00	8.00	-2.40	-1.20	4.00	5.00	4.00	2.00	5.00
EBT Margin	146.3%	0.01*	0.00*	-0.01*	-0.02*	-0.04*	-0.04*	-0.02*	-0.02*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	250.0%	2.00	-1.60	-2.70	-7.00	-8.30	-8.00	-4.70	-15.90	-2.60	-2.40	1.00	2.00	78.00	2.00	-0.70	-0.20	3.00	3.00	4.00	3.00	5.00
Net Income Margin	55.7%	-0.01*	-0.02*	-0.03*	-0.03*	-0.04*	-0.04*	-0.03*	-0.02*	0.00*	0.10*	0.10*	0.11*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	67500.0%	67.00	-0.10	24.00	-25.70	7.00	-2.80	-21.60	-7.90	1.00	13.00	-0.70	23.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	2.6%	1,633	1,591	1,563	1,557	1,552	1,568	1,583	1,566	1,590	1,578	1,562	1,565	1,563	1,473	1,419	1,183	1,186	1,178	1,174	1,169	1,010
Current Assets	-1.7%	594	604	588	588	583	601	624	688	758	773	769	769	765	771	745	510	522	516	516	517	495
Cash Equivalents	72.5%	73.00	42.00	48.00	47.00	81.00	125	142	254	349	370	369	384	382	375	397	159	173	181	176	178	183
Net PPE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	117	116	116	114	67.00
Goodwill	5121.1%	569	11.00	558	558	558	552	552	523	29.00	484	484	484	484	475	10.00	463	456	458	459	459	426
Liabilities	2.6%	634	618	603	614	604	625	637	618	629	621	612	621	623	623	580	588	597	596	599	601	491
Current Liabilities	11.2%	293	263	251	245	234	-	-	-	221	-	-	-	198	-	-	-	183	182	189	195	165
Long Term Debt	-6.4%	219	234	232	250	250	293	294	295	297	297	300	300	301	300	296	295	295	295	295	294	294
LT Debt, Non Current	-6.4%	219	234	232	250	250	293	294	295	297	297	300	300	301	300	296	295	295	295	295	294	294
Shareholder's Equity	2.4%	976	953	946	931	936	935	938	932	945	942	936	929	925	835	825	580	574	567	560	553	519
Retained Earnings	0.4%	-680	-682	-681	-678	-671	-663	-655	-650	-634	-631	-629	-630	-632	-710	-712	-712	-712	-715	-717	-721	-724
Additional Paid-In Capital	1.3%	1,655	1,634	1,624	1,610	1,608	1,602	1,593	1,582	1,579	1,572	1,563	1,558	1,556	1,545	1,538	1,293	1,287	1,283	1,278	1,275	1,245
Shares Outstanding	0.9%	129	128	128	127	126	127	126	126	125	125	125	124	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minority Interest	16.6%	23.00	19.00	15.00	12.00	11.00	8.00	8.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	16.00	15.00	-	-
Float	-	-	-	1,700	-	-	-	1,800	-	-	-	3,400	-	-	-	1,800	-	-	-	2,061,500	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	67500.0%	67,400	-100	23,600	-25,700	6,700	-2,800	-21,600	-7,900	700	12,600	-700	22,700	25,600	8,300	6,800	4,000	-1,300	10,200	4,000	16,000	2,700
Share Based Compensation	-1.6%	6,300	6,400	6,000	6,600	6,400	6,600	6,300	7,000	6,600	6,400	6,600	6,200	6,500	5,000	4,800	4,700	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,600	2,100
Cashflow From Investing	-33.8%	-19,000	-14,200	-2,900	-7,700	-10,500	-13,200	-84,400	-69,300	-17,000	-8,400	-12,000	-14,700	-20,500	-37,300	-8,900	-20,600	-8,500	-7,800	-5,800	-21,600	-5,700
Cashflow From Financing	-313.8%	-18,600	8,700	-19,400	-1,400	-41,900	800	-5,000	-17,200	-300	-2,600	-1,600	-4,800	-300	6,500	240,200	1,300	900	1,900	-100	800	-
Buy Backs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	900	-

KTOS Income Statement

2023-12-31

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 25, 2022	Dec. 26, 2021
Total revenues	$ 1,037.1	$ 898.3	$ 811.5
Total costs	768.5	672.3	586.4
Gross profit	268.6	226.0	225.1
Selling, general and administrative expenses	197.8	182.5	160.2
Merger and acquisition related items	0.4	0.7	1.8
Research and development expenses	38.4	38.6	35.2
Restructuring expenses and other	0.9	6.8	0.0
Operating income (loss)	31.1	(2.6)	27.9
Other expense:
Interest expense, net	(20.5)	(17.7)	(23.4)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0.0	(13.0)	0.0
Other income (expense), net	0.5	0.6	(0.1)
Total other expense, net	(20.0)	(30.1)	(23.5)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	11.1	(32.7)	4.4
Provision for income taxes from continuing operations	8.9	1.4	3.9
Income (loss) from continuing operations	2.2	(34.1)	0.5
Loss from operations of discontinued component	0.0	(0.3)	(2.3)
Income tax benefit	(0.2)	(1.2)	(0.2)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	0.2	0.9	(2.1)
Net income (loss)	2.4	(33.2)	(1.6)
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	11.3	3.7	0.4
Net loss attributable to Kratos	$ (8.9)	$ (36.9)	$ (2.0)
Basic income (loss) per common share attributable to Kratos:
Income (loss) from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.30)	$ 0.00
Income (loss) from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.01	(0.02)
Net loss per common share (in dollars per share)	(0.07)	(0.29)	(0.02)
Diluted income (loss) per common share attributable to Kratos:
Income (loss) from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	(0.07)	(0.30)	0.00
Income (loss) from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.01	(0.02)
Net loss per common share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.29)	$ (0.02)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	130.4	126.7	124.6
Diluted (in shares)	130.4	126.7	128.0
Service revenues
Total revenues	$ 402.6	$ 325.2	$ 219.4
Total costs	303.2	239.0	156.2
Product sales
Total revenues	634.5	573.1	592.1
Total costs	$ 465.3	$ 433.3	$ 430.2

KTOS Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 25, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 72.8	$ 81.3
Accounts receivable, net	128.8	105.7
Unbilled receivables, net	200.4	222.8
Inventoried costs	156.2	125.5
Prepaid expenses	16.0	11.9
Other current assets	20.0	35.4
Total current assets	594.2	582.6
Property, plant and equipment, net	243.6	213.1
Operating lease right-of-use assets	45.7	47.4
Goodwill	569.1	558.2
Intangible assets, net	62.4	55.2
Other assets	117.5	95.0
Total assets	1,632.5	1,551.5
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	63.1	57.3
Accrued expenses	35.4	33.8
Accrued compensation	64.7	52.2
Accrued interest	1.7	1.5
Billings in excess of costs and earnings on uncompleted contracts	101.8	62.1
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	12.1	10.8
Other current liabilities	12.8	15.6
Current liabilities of discontinued operations	0.9	0.9
Total current liabilities	292.5	234.2
Long-term debt	219.3	250.2
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion	37.8	40.8
Other long-term liabilities	83.3	77.4
Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations	1.1	1.4
Total liabilities	634.0	604.0
Commitments and contingencies
Redeemable noncontrolling interest	22.5	11.2
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 authorized, 0 shares outstanding at December 31, 2023 and December 25, 2022	0.0	0.0
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 195,000,000 shares authorized; 129,286,964 and 125,985,306 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023 and December 25, 2022, respectively	0.0	0.0
Additional paid-in capital	1,654.5	1,608.4
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	1.7	(0.8)
Accumulated deficit	(680.2)	(671.3)
Total stockholders’ equity	976.0	936.3
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 1,632.5	$ 1,551.5

About Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. operates as a technology company that addresses the defense, National Security, and commercial markets. The company develops and fields transformative, affordable systems, products, and solutions. It operates through two segments, Kratos Government Solutions and Unmanned Systems. The company offers microwave electronic products, space and satellite communications, cybersecurity/warfare products, hypersonic and missile defense systems, rockets, training solutions, turbine and engine propulsion technologies, and defense and rocket support services, as well as command, control, communication, computing, combat, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance systems. It also provides unmanned aerial systems, and unmanned ground and seaborne products, as well as related command, control, and communications systems, as well as directed energy products. The company primarily serves national security related agencies, the U.S. Department of Defense, intelligence agencies and classified agencies, international government agencies, and commercial customers. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

CEO	Mr. Eric M. DeMarco
WEBSITE	kratosdefense.com
INDUSTRY	Aerospace & Defense
EMPLOYEES	3600

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What is the fair value of KTOS stock?

You can check KTOS's fair value in chart for subscribers. The fair value of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is provided for various growth and macro-economic scenarios from very pessimiatic to very optimistic assumptions. These fair values are estimates from Grufity's Fair Value model based on company's past performance. However, past performance of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is no guarantee of future performance. These fairvalue estimates should only be used as one of the inputs in your stock analysis. We provide model's historical fair value estimates for KTOS so that you know how good or bad the model has been in the past so you can discard it if needed. There are others that provide fair values of stocks such as wallmine, finbox, gurufocus and finviz. Most provide point in time estimates. We provide a history of our models fair value estimates so that you can get a sense of it's usefulness. Otherwise this data point is of little use.

Is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions a good stock to buy?

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether KTOS is over valued or under valued. Whether Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for KTOS.

What is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Tue Apr 16 2024, KTOS's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is -257.66 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 2.21. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. KTOS PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's stock?

In the past 10 years, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has provided 0.09 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.