With 2.34 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.9 million shares. The 52-week range on KTOS shows that it touched its highest point at $35.66 and its lowest point at $16.78 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $33.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.12.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of KTOS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.64%, but this was down by -22.70% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -4.52% while six-month performance rose 15.50%. The stock gained 41.82% in the past year, while it has lost -1.40% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KTOS yields 0.11 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.71. For the next quarter, that number is 0.09. This implies an EPS growth rate of 3.07% for this year and 39.92% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 18.60% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -1.16%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 151.09 million KTOS shares are outstanding with a float of 149.20 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for KTOS since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.49769 being high and $0.40628 being low. For KTOS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.46722. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.17 and the low estimate is $0.07. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.11.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded KTOS stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has remained unchanged to 0 while that of sell transactions has remained unmoved to 0 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 0 while 0 shares were sold.
