Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC Decreases Holdings in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. $KTOS

Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC cut its holdings in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) by 50.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,000 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after selling 1,000 shares during the quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC’s holdings in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions were worth $46,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 11.7% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 16,447,687 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $488,332,000 after purchasing an additional 1,728,179 shares during the last quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 25.5% during the 1st quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,609,621 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $77,480,000 after purchasing an additional 530,599 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 75.2% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,402,444 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $71,329,000 after purchasing an additional 1,031,223 shares during the last quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 129.2% during the 1st quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 2,163,223 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $64,226,000 after purchasing an additional 1,219,585 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 4.0% during the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,574,099 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $46,735,000 after purchasing an additional 60,662 shares during the last quarter. 75.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently weighed in on KTOS. JMP Securities lifted their price objective on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $70.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. Raymond James Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in a report on Friday, August 8th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in a report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $44.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, June 30th. Finally, Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from $70.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, September 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $69.14.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Stock Down 6.7%

KTOS stock opened at $98.55 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.88, a current ratio of 4.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.63 billion, a PE ratio of 985.60 and a beta of 1.12. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has a twelve month low of $22.69 and a twelve month high of $112.57. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $73.85 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $51.55.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The aerospace company reported $0.11 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $351.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $305.67 million. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had a return on equity of 3.10% and a net margin of 1.20%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 17.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.14 EPS. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. will post 0.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

In other news, VP De Burgreen Maria Cervantes sold 6,264 shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.80, for a total transaction of $437,227.20. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 53,609 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,741,908.20. This trade represents a 10.46% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Deanna H. Lund sold 5,000 shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.10, for a total value of $325,500.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 313,327 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,397,587.70. This trade represents a 1.57% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 86,276 shares of company stock worth $6,088,481. 2.37% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.