KTOS

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
NasdaqGSUSDEQUITY Industrials DELAYED
Last price
44.02
▲ 2.00 (4.76%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
42.30
Prev close
42.02
Day high
44.14
Day low
41.99
Volume
5.15M
Market cap
$8.21B
P/E (TTM)
242.83
52W range
41.74 – 134.00

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
+0.67%
Prior close 42.02
VWAP
43.36
+1.52% from price
Relative volume
1.19×
Normal
Session range
5.12%
41.99 – 44.14
Position in range
94%
Near session high
ATR (14D)
2.02
4.58% of price
Prior day high
43.86
PDH
Prior day low
41.74
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
4.56M
Avg 3.85M

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
+1.53% -0.4%
1M
-8.59% -9.8%
3M
-13.24% -17.8%
6M
-39.26% -57.4%
YTD
-42.42% -56.7%
1Y
-54.56% -71.0%
3Y
+191.01% +108.8%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

Free account

11 more panels on KTOS open with an account.

Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
-524.48K
Net selling
Buy transactions
2
20.00K shares
Sell transactions
36
544.48K shares
Net transactions
+38
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
27.2 : 1
Heavily one-sided
Insider-held shares
2.42M
Total on file
Bought 20.00KSold 544.48K

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Sep 21, 26
LUND DEANNA HOM
Chief Financial Officer
SELL 7.00K $341.47K Direct
Sep 15, 26
CARRAI PHILLIP D
Officer
SELL 6.50K $310.90K Direct
Sep 15, 26
MENDOZA MARIE C
General Counsel
SELL 1.00K $48.50K Direct
Aug 24, 26
FENDLEY STEVEN S
Officer
SELL 7.00K $393.12K Direct
Aug 18, 26
JARVIS SCOT B
Director
SELL 10.00K $634.96K Direct
Aug 17, 26
CARRAI PHILLIP D
Officer
SELL 26.50K $1.68M Direct
Aug 17, 26
MENDOZA MARIE C
General Counsel
SELL 1.51K $97.39K Direct
Aug 14, 26
DEMARCO ERIC M
Chief Executive Officer
SELL 300.00K $19.30M Indirect
Aug 5, 26
CARTER DAVID M
Officer
SELL 4.00K $223.60K Direct
Aug 3, 26
LUND DEANNA HOM
Chief Financial Officer
SELL 5.00K $242.77K Direct
Jul 27, 26
FENDLEY STEVEN S
Officer
SELL 7.00K $329.91K Direct
Jul 15, 26
CARRAI PHILLIP D
Officer
SELL 6.50K $329.11K Direct
Jul 15, 26
MENDOZA MARIE C
General Counsel
SELL 1.01K $52.46K Direct
Jul 8, 26
CARTER DAVID M
Officer
SELL 4.00K $201.82K Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
ANDERSON SCOTT I
Director 62.17K Sale
CARRAI PHILLIP D
Officer 222.30K Sale
CARTER DAVID M
Officer 62.24K Sale
DEMARCO ERIC M
Chief Executive Officer — Sale
FENDLEY STEVEN S
Officer 288.11K Sale
GOODWIN BENJAMIN M
Officer 65.57K Stock Award(Grant)
HOGLUND WILLIAM A
Director — Sale
JARVIS SCOT B
Director 65.12K Sale
LUND DEANNA HOM
Chief Financial Officer 273.51K Sale
MENDOZA MARIE C
General Counsel 61.20K Sale

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$8.21B
Enterprise value$6.96B
Revenue (TTM)$1.52B
Gross profit$350.20M
EBITDA$87.00M
Net income$30.90M
EPS (TTM)$0.18
Free cash flow$-118.29M
Total cash$1.44B
Total debt$193.60M
Book value / share$18.27
Shares outstanding187.72M
Float185.24M
Short % of float6.16%
Dividend yield0.00%
Beta (5Y)1.11

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E242.83
Forward P/E39.67
PEG ratio36.41
Price / sales—
Price / book2.39
EV / revenue4.57
EV / EBITDA80.02
Gross margin23.00%
Operating margin-0.17%
Profit margin2.03%
Return on equity1.15%
Return on assets0.43%
Debt / equity5.65
Current ratio5.54
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 5 years · 6 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $1.35B$1.14B$1.04B$898.30M +18.5%
Operating revenue $1.35B$1.14B$1.04B$898.30M +18.5%
Cost of revenue $1.04B$849.10M$768.50M$672.30M +22.4%
Gross profit $307.90M$287.20M$268.60M$226.00M +7.2%
Research & development $40.00M$40.30M$38.40M$38.60M -0.7%
Selling, general & admin $240.20M$217.20M$198.70M$182.80M +10.6%
Total operating expense $280.20M$257.50M$237.10M$221.40M +8.8%
Operating income $27.70M$29.70M$31.50M$4.60M -6.7%
Net interest income $5.90M-$3.00M-$20.50M-$17.70M +296.7%
Pre-tax income $34.00M$26.50M$11.10M-$33.00M +28.3%
Tax provision $12.00M$10.20M$8.70M$200.00K +17.6%
Net income $22.00M$16.30M-$8.90M-$36.90M +35.0%
Net income to common $22.00M$16.30M-$8.90M-$36.90M +35.0%
Basic EPS 0.140.11-0.07-0.29 +27.3%
Diluted EPS 0.130.11-0.07-0.29 +18.2%
EBIT $43.60M$41.70M$32.80M-$14.70M +4.6%
EBITDA $102.90M$93.60M$77.50M$26.20M +9.9%
Basic shares 162.70M149.00M130.40M126.70M +9.2%
Diluted shares 165.20M150.90M130.40M126.70M +9.5%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.37
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.70
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
45.00
+3.0% from spot
ATM implied vol
51.8%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
-8.6%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
1.55K
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
574
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
46.00
650 contracts
Heaviest put OI
43.00
382 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 0.150.21 +38.4%
Mar 2026 0.130.16 +19.3%
Dec 2025 0.150.18 +22.0%
Sep 2025 0.120.14 +12.3%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 0.20 16 $469.82M +35.2%
Next quarter 0.24 16 $496.50M +43.9%
Current year 0.81 19 $1.79B +33.3%
Next year 1.10 20 $2.22B +23.6%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$100.73
High target$150.00
Low target$60.00
Implied upside128.81%
Analyst count22
ConsensusSTRONG BUY
Strong buy / Buy4 / 16
Hold2
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders1.29%
Held by institutions85.47%
Institutions holding819
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
44.02
-0.00% from price
SMA 20
45.71
-4.37% from price
SMA 50
50.94
-14.20% from price
SMA 100
52.16
-15.60% from price
SMA 200
68.66
-36.34% from price
EMA 12
44.38
-0.81% from price
EMA 26
46.63
-5.58% from price
EMA 50
49.18
-10.49% from price
RSI (14)
37.6
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-2.24
Hist -0.10
ATR (14)
2.02
4.61% of price
Realised vol 30D
30.9%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
49.82
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
41.59
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Death
50.94 vs 68.66
Trend bias
Below 200
-36.34%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 44.02
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
2.12
More volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.39
Loosely linked
Realised vol 30D
30.9%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-67.9%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-67.9%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
2.02
4.61% of price
Beta (reported)
1.11
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
10.06M
Prior 8.33M
Change vs prior
+20.8%
Shorts adding
% of float
6.16%
Normal
% of shares out
5.36%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
3.1
Liquid
Float
185.24M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

142 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Oct 6, 26 Rothschild & Co INITIATED — Buy
Oct 1, 26 Jefferies MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Sep 15, 26 Guggenheim INITIATED — Buy
Aug 13, 26 Truist Securities MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Aug 6, 26 Canaccord Genuity MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Aug 6, 26 Stifel MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Aug 5, 26 BTIG MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Aug 5, 26 Piper Sandler UPGRADE Neutral Overweight
Aug 4, 26 Cantor Fitzgerald MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Jul 14, 26 Goldman Sachs MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 8, 26 Jefferies MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 1, 26 Wedbush INITIATED — Outperform

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate—
Forward yield0.00%
5-year avg yield—
Payout ratio0.00%
Ex-dividend date—
Next pay date—
Last split1:10
Split dateSep 11, 2009

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