Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
General ticker "KTOS" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Aerospace & Defense
- Capitalization: $7.3B (TTM average)
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 58.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 3.0%: low 71.86$, high 76.91$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 4000 (+2.6%) as of 2024
- Countries other than US accounted for 19.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2023-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Operational and conduct risks, Delays in appropriations, Cybersecurity threats, Pandemic risks, Senior management loss
- Current price 159.9% above estimated high
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-29 to 2026-12-29
- 2024-12-29 to 2025-12-29 estimated range: [19.12$, 29.89$]
- 2025-12-29 to 2026-12-29 estimated range: [17.19$, 27.63$]
Financial Metrics affecting the KTOS estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 54.1 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: -3.60 < Operating profit margin, % of 2.55
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 2.85 <= 2.97
- Negative: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 1.24 <= 5.52
- Positive: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 69.36 > 63.39
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.08 <= 0.79
- Negative: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 0.83 <= 1.87
- Positive: -4.48 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -1.77
Short-term KTOS quotes
Long-term KTOS plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $898.30MM | $1,037.10MM | $1,136.30MM |
| Operating Expenses | $901.20MM | $1,006.00MM | $1,107.30MM |
| Operating Income | $-2.90MM | $31.10MM | $29.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-30.10MM | $-20.00MM | $-2.50MM |
| Interest Expense | $18.30MM | $20.50MM | $3.00MM |
| R&D Expense | $38.60MM | $38.40MM | $40.30MM |
| Income(Loss) | $-33.00MM | $11.10MM | $26.50MM |
| Taxes | $0.20MM | $8.70MM | $10.20MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $-36.90MM | $-8.90MM | $16.30MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $936.30MM | $976.00MM | $1,353.20MM |
| Inventory | $125.50MM | $156.20MM | $162.10MM |
| Assets | $1,551.50MM | $1,632.50MM | $1,950.90MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $-25.70MM | $65.20MM | $49.70MM |
| Capital expenditure | $45.40MM | $52.40MM | $58.20MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-177.40MM | $-43.80MM | $-69.70MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-63.30MM | $-30.70MM | $277.60MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $-0.29 | $-0.07 | $0.11 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.