With 1.07 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.99 million shares. The 52-week range on KTOS shows that it touched its highest point at $36.85 and its lowest point at $17.91 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $37.08. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.96.
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 0.50%, but this was up by 4.34% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 20.41% while six-month performance rose 26.99%. The stock gained 76.18% in the past year, while it has gained 30.36% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KTOS yields 0.13 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.70. For the next quarter, that number is 0.10. This implies an EPS growth rate of 3.92% for this year and 37.01% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 19.56% 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, 153.35 million KTOS shares are outstanding with a float of 148.19 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 $0.15 and the low estimate is $0.1. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.13.
