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KTOS

KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
$43.07 ▲ +0.58%
Prev close $42.82
Market cap$8.0B
ConsensusStrong Buy
12-mo target$102.19 (+137.3%)
▲ Bullish
Analyst conviction 9/10
Insider Selling Cluster (3 insiders)31 New Institutional Positions19 Institutional Exits Defense Tech
Snapshot
The big-picture read on KTOS right now — valuation, ownership and activity at a glance.
Market Cap
$8.0B
Cap Size
Mid Cap
Analyst Consensus
Strong Buy (90%)
Inst. Holders
50 funds
Inst. Value
$6.2B
Inst. Activity
31 buys / 19 sells
Insider Activity
$0.00 buy / $27.7M sell
Insider Net $
-$27.7M
Social Sentiment
59° Warm
SEC Reports
20
Press Releases
7
Price chart 30d -10.5%
Daily candles (open–high–low–close) with volume. Green = up day, red = down day.
Vol
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Sep 28, 2026 leadership
Kratos Announces Promotion of Bill Wilson to C5ISR Systems Division President
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., (NASDAQ: KT
Sep 21, 2026 Insider
Lund Deanna H sold 4,100 shares
EVP & CFO @ $48.56 ($199.1K)
Sep 21, 2026 Insider
Lund Deanna H sold 2,900 shares
EVP & CFO @ $49.10 ($142.4K)
Sep 15, 2026 Insider
Carrai Phillip D sold 2,700 shares
President, STC Division @ $47.24 ($127.6K)
Aug 26, 2026 SEC
No summary provided
CLUSTER — Impact 2/10
Aug 21, 2026 SEC
Four KTOS insiders, including the CEO, President of the STC Division, and General Counsel, sold a total of $17.87M in sh
CLUSTER — Impact 5/10
Aug 19, 2026 SEC
CEO Eric DeMarco and STC Division President Phillip Carrai sold a combined ~$1.32M in open-market sales over a 3-day win
CLUSTER — Impact 2/10
Aug 17, 2026 Press
Kratos and GE Aerospace announced that the GEK800 engine (now designated F143-ZZ-100) received a U.S. Air Force contract
Impact 6/10
Analyst ratings buy % +8.4%
How Wall Street rates the stock today, and the latest firm-by-firm actions.
Strong Buy 90% rate it Buy or better · 29 analysts
Strong Buy 10 34% Buy 16 55% Hold 3 10% Sell 0 0% Strong Sell 0 0%
Recent analyst actions
DateFirmActionRatingFirm rating
Oct 1, 2026JefferiesMAINTAINBuy 53%
Sep 15, 2026GuggenheimINITIATEBuy 52%
Aug 13, 2026Truist SecuritiesMAINTAINBuy 55%
Aug 6, 2026Canaccord GenuityMAINTAINBuy 47%
Aug 6, 2026StifelMAINTAINBuy 54%
Aug 5, 2026BTIGMAINTAINBuy 53%
Aug 5, 2026Piper SandlerUPGRADEOverweight 54%
Aug 4, 2026Cantor FitzgeraldMAINTAINOverweight 49%
Jul 14, 2026Goldman SachsMAINTAINBuy 54%
Jul 8, 2026JefferiesREITERATEBuy 53%
Monthly consensus history
PeriodStr. BuyBuyHoldSellStr. SellBuy %Distribution
Sep 1, 2026101630090%
Aug 1, 2026101540086%
Jul 1, 2026101540086%
Jun 1, 202691450082%
May 1, 202691450082%
Apr 1, 202681360078%
Mar 1, 202681360078%
Feb 1, 202681250080%
Price targets
Where 21 covering analysts think KTOS trades over the next 12 months.
$102.19 +137.3% upside Strong Buy
Current$43.07 Low$60.00 Median$104.00 High$150.00 21 analysts
$60.00$150.00
Analyst rating Strong Buy· 1.4/5 as of Oct 2, 2026
Social media sentiment mood +0.0%
Retail-investor mood aggregated across social media. 0° = very bearish, 100° = very bullish.
59°
Warm
BearishNeutralBullish
33 mentions 15 bullish 8 bearish 10 neutral
Recent posts
wallstreetbets Bearish 1mo ago
KTOS is the next PLTR???
▲ 1 · 💬 0· ⚡ 0.5
stocks Neutral 1mo ago
Should I buy KTOS STOCK TODAY? At $62
▲ 1 · 💬 0· ⚡ 0.5
wallstreetbets Neutral 1mo ago
LMT & KTOS
▲ 1 · 💬 0· ⚡ 0.5
wallstreetbets Neutral 1mo ago
LMT & KTOS
▲ 1 · 💬 0· ⚡ 0.5
wallstreetbets Bullish 1mo ago
RCAT went up from $8 to $11
▲ 1 · 💬 0· ⚡ 0.5
Reports & filings
AI-scored summaries of recent SEC filings and press releases, with sentiment and impact.
20 SEC filing reports analyzed · 0 bullish, 3 bearish, 1 mixed, 16 neutral · avg impact 2.8/10.Plus 7 press releases.
NEUTRALCLUSTER2/10
No summary provided
Aug 26, 2026
BEARISHCLUSTER5/10
Four KTOS insiders, including the CEO, President of the STC Division, and General Counsel, sold a to
Aug 21, 2026
NEUTRALCLUSTER2/10
CEO Eric DeMarco and STC Division President Phillip Carrai sold a combined ~$1.32M in open-market sa
Aug 19, 2026
NEUTRAL1442/10
Director Scot B. Jarvis filed a Form 144 notice of intent to sell 10,000 shares of Kratos Defense &
Aug 17, 2026
Upcoming & catalyst events
Scheduled dates plus disclosed catalysts — earnings, dividends, enforcement, FDA and clinical-trial events. Colored dot = impact.
Sep 28, 2026
leadership
Kratos Announces Promotion of Bill Wilson to C5ISR Systems Division President
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., (NASDAQ: KTOS) a technology company in the defense, national
Sep 22, 2026
short_volume
Short Volume: KTOS — 55.2% short (1.6M / 2.9M)
Short: 1,626,400 | Exempt: 2,557 | TRF Vol: 2,946,827 | Short Ratio: 55.2% | Off-exchange volume (dark pool + OTC)
Sep 10, 2026
short_volume
Short Volume: KTOS — 55.4% short (0.9M / 1.6M)
Short: 891,673 | Exempt: 0 | TRF Vol: 1,610,711 | Short Ratio: 55.4% | Off-exchange volume (dark pool + OTC)
Sep 7, 2026
dark_pool
Dark Pool: KTOS — 2.6M shares, 57,513 trades
Week starting 2026-09-07. Total ATS volume: 2,596,718 shares across 57,513 trades.
Aug 31, 2026
other
Kratos Receives $35 Million National Security Related Military-Grade Hardware Production Program Award
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a technology company in defense, national secur
Earnings estimates
Forecast earnings per share and revenue by period — and whether estimates are rising.
PeriodEPS Est.RangeGrowth30d RevUp/DnRevenue#
Current Q$0.20$0.14–$0.2342.4%-1.3%4↑ 7↓$0.5B16
Next Q$0.24$0.18–$0.2734.1%-0.9%4↑ 6↓$0.5B16
Current FY$0.81$0.71–$0.9047.5%-0.7%11↑ 3↓$1.8B18
Next FY$1.10$0.81–$1.7035.8%-1.4%6↑ 5↓$2.2B19
Current-quarter EPS estimate — revision history
WhenEPS estimateChange vs now
Current$0.199—
7d ago$0.199—
30d ago$0.202-0.003
60d ago$0.204-0.005
90d ago$0.201-0.002
Institutional ownership
Which big funds own KTOS (from quarterly 13F filings) and who is adding or trimming.
50 institutional holders with $6.2B total value (123,705,566 shares) as of 2026-Q2. Top holders: BlackRock,, STATE, VANGUARD. Net buying activity: 31 institutions added/increased vs 19 reduced.
Top holders — 2026-Q2
FundSharesValue% TrackedLast move
BlackRock, Inc.24,035,367$1.2B19.3%—
STATE STREET CORP9,064,859$451.9M7.3%—
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC8,449,693$421.3M6.8%—
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC7,987,008$398.2M6.4%—
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP6,016,073$300.0M4.8%DOUBLED +122.7%
ARK Investment Management LLC4,672,566$233.0M3.8%ADD +33.8%
Invesco Ltd.4,086,232$203.7M3.3%—
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC3,711,627$185.1M3.0%TRIM -29.5%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.2,230,446$157.3M2.5%—
Hood River Capital Management LLC3,137,727$156.4M2.5%—
Recent position changes
FundActionPrevCurrentChangeValue
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LPDOUBLED2,701,7656,016,073+122.7%$300.0M
ARK Investment Management LLCADD3,491,1944,672,566+33.8%$233.0M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLCTRIM5,264,2823,711,627-29.5%$185.1M
Artisan Partners Limited PartnershipDOUBLED978,0512,360,012+141.3%$117.7M
NORGES BANKNEW—1,889,341—$94.2M
VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLCTRIM2,193,4991,484,310-32.3%$74.0M
NORTHERN TRUST CORPTRIM2,126,2341,440,725-32.2%$71.8M
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLPDOUBLED557,8271,411,098+153.0%$70.4M
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLCDOUBLED207,0011,296,183+526.2%$64.6M
Alyeska Investment Group, L.P.ADD643,1761,160,055+80.4%$57.8M
Insider activity
Buying and selling by company executives and directors (SEC Form 4).
8 insiders, 50 transactions. Net -$27.7M — $0.00 bought, $27.7M sold.
DateInsiderTitleTypeSharesPriceValue
Sep 21, 2026Lund Deanna HEVP & CFOSELL4,100$48.56$199.1K
Sep 21, 2026Lund Deanna HEVP & CFOSELL2,900$49.10$142.4K
Sep 15, 2026Carrai Phillip DPresident, STC DivisionSELL2,700$47.24$127.6K
Sep 15, 2026Carrai Phillip DPresident, STC DivisionSELL3,380$48.17$162.8K
Sep 15, 2026Carrai Phillip DPresident, STC DivisionSELL420$48.89$20.5K
Sep 15, 2026Mendoza MarieSVP & General CounselSELL1,000$48.50$48.5K
Aug 24, 2026Fendley Steven S.President, US DivisionSELL7,000$56.16$393.1K
Aug 18, 2026Jarvis Scot BDirectorSELL10,000$63.50$635.0K
Aug 17, 2026Mendoza MarieSVP & General CounselSELL1,513$64.37$97.4K
Aug 17, 2026Carrai Phillip DPresident, STC DivisionSELL100$64.97$6.5K
Short interest & halts
FINRA semi-monthly short positions, Reg SHO threshold status, and recent trading halts for KTOS.
Shares short
10,060,571
Settlement Sep 15, 2026
Change vs prior
+3.4%
Semi-monthly cycle
Days to cover
2.8
At avg daily volume
Of shares outstanding
≈5.4%
Estimate — not % of float
All KTOS filing & press-release reports (41)