Is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: KTOS) No Longer A Good Investment?

After Hours

After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Most recently, Yahoo Finance reported about the stock as it publicized that Kratos Receives $57.6 Million Contract for 70 BQM-177A Aerial Targets.

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Stocks Info

KTOS belongs to the Industrials sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Aerospace & Defense industry. The current market capitalization of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc is $2.65B. A total of 0.71 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.34M shares.

In the most recent transaction, Carrai Phillip D sold 3,500 shares of KTOS for 17.40 per share on Mar 15 ’24. After the transaction, the President, STC Division now owns 292,944 company shares. In a previous transaction on Mar 15 ’24, Mendoza Marie sold 1,038 shares at 17.21 per share. KTOS shares that SVP & General Counsel owns now total 68,192.

Among the insiders who sold shares, Mendoza Marie disposed of 1,500 shares on Mar 04 ’24 at a per-share price of $18.05. This resulted in the SVP & General Counsel holding 90,713 shares of KTOS after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Fendley Steven S. sold 7,000 shares at $18.24 per share on Feb 26 ’24. Company shares held by the President, US Division now total 345,711.

While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, KTOS has a high of $21.60 and a low of $12.12.

As of this writing, KTOS has an earnings estimate of $0.05 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 10 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.07 per share and a lower estimate of $0.02. The company reported an EPS of $0.12 in the last quarter, which was 33.30% higher than expectations of $0.09.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. KTOS’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $349.40M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $339.50M in debt and $221.10M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $7.55, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $960.30M.

Analysts Opinion

There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for KTOS is Buy with a score of 4.20.

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