KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.

Stock NASDAQ Industrials

US$47.47 -0.45% Latest close

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (KTOS) trend channel, buy level and 3-month target on Trade The Path. Sector: Industrials. Listed on NASDAQ. Levels below are fitted to this ticker's own swing highs and lows (Theil–Sen, log-price), then projected 3 months. On this symbol, 5 comparable calls have settled; 80% reached the published sell target. Information only, not financial advice.

Mid-channel, falling on both timeframes

Price is between the two trend lines. Nothing to act on yet.

The next few months are read from the last 9 months, the stretch whose swings the lines actually follow, because the last 12 months alone do not contain enough turns to fit reliably (37% against 50%). The last 12 months stay as context: falling, βˆ’50% a year. The target of US$53.58 is below the nearest ceiling (US$60.74), so it does not depend on a breakout. What would overturn this: a close below US$38.32 β€” the floor of the channel being read β€” after which the trend, not the entry, is what was wrong.

9 months read from
US$38.32 – US$60.74 Falling channel, βˆ’72% a year
Position in that channel
41% 0% at the floor, 100% at the ceiling

What broke this trend

The fall
-66% from US$130.7216 Jan 2026 β†’ 29 July 2026
Whose problem it was
This company3 of 13 Aerospace & Defense peers fell with it
Does it resolve?
Temporary falls like it have resolved on the record
Regained so far
4%of what it lost
What the record says
70% of 8 comparable falls came back, typically in 150 days measured on its own peer group

The trend broke in January 2026: price fell 66% from 130.72 to 43.85 by July 2026, and has regained 4% of that fall since. Its peers did not fall with it, so this was about the company rather than its sector. The wire that week: β€œStifel Maintains Buy on Kratos Defense & Security, Raises Price Target to $134”. Falls like it have resolved: falls of about 66% here have come back to the old high 70% of the time (8 comparable falls), typically in 150 days. On that record the fall is treated as temporary, and the trend lines are fitted to the regime it created rather than through it. Priced from that: 137.22 within 1198 days, reached 70% of the time in 8 comparable falls β€” about 0.16% a day held.

Reported at the time: Stifel Maintains Buy on Kratos Defense & Security, Raises Price Target to $134 β€” 13 Jan 2026

Price history, with the path projected 3 months forward

US$50.0US$100.0Oct 23Mar 24Aug 24Jan 25June 25Nov 25Apr 26Sept 26 today Buy nowTarget Buy now US$47.4 Β· est. 18 Sept 26Our target US$53.6 Β· est. 25 Sept 26
  • Daily close
  • Upper trend line (9 months)
  • Lower trend line (9 months)
  • The same lines over the last 12 months
  • Dashed after today: projected 3 months
  • Our buy
  • Our target

Suggested path

Buy now

US$47.47

last close Β· 18 Sept 2026

Channel buy is US$49.61; last close is the better price available now.

Our target

US$53.58

by 25 Sept 2026

Projected move

12.9%

gross, before costs

Last close is our buy β€” the best price available now.

The lines are drawn where this stock has actually turned: 2 touches on the ceiling, 2 on the floor, each fitted to the slope that catches the most of them. Buying one average daily range below its 50-day mean, on heavier volume than usual and while it is still above its 200-day mean, has come up 791 times; measured against the 6% floor β€” the least a call has to be worth to be worth making, not what it aims at β€” 73% cleared it, typically in 34 days, with price going about 5% against the entry along the way (63% in the worst case we have on record). Trades that have not reached the target within 3 months are counted as misses, whatever they are worth at the time. The prices above are this stock’s own β€” its average, its volatility β€” but the setup is the same one we apply everywhere: derived on eight unrelated tickers, then confirmed on 87 others it was never fitted to. We deliberately do not tune it to each stock: doing so scores worse on history the tuning never saw β€” 58% against 71% β€” because it fits the past rather than the future. On this stock the setup has come up 9 times so far, reaching target 100% of the time β€” too few to mean much on its own. The sell price comes from where this stock is projected to be, not from a minimum worth taking: the fitted path reaches 9% above the entry within 90 days, and of the sizes that path supports, 8% is the one that has returned the most per day of money tied up here β€” measured over the 8 times this entry has come up on this chart, reached 100% of the time, typically in 7 days. Smaller sizes got there sooner but paid less for the weeks they used; larger ones need a break above the projected ceiling, which is not the base case. The date published is whichever is later: that typical time, or the day the projected path itself reaches the price. It is a prediction, so it can be revised: if the run tops out before it gets there, the target is cut to what is actually on the table and you are told the same day. An ordinary pullback is not treated as topping out β€” those go on to make a new high about 8 times in 10, so they are ridden through. What triggers the revision is price closing below its 50-day trend and staying there, after which the odds of recovery fall to roughly 3 in 10.

On this stock's own history these rules produced 5 settled calls, of which 4 reached target (80%), with an average best move of 12%. See the full record.

Upper line touches
2
Lower line touches
2
Fit confidence
50%
Fitted
18 Sept 2026

About Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. primarily functions as a contractor for the United States Department of Defense. Its business operations are organized into two distinct divisions: Kratos Government Solutions and Unmanned Systems. The Kratos Government Solutions segment delivers a comprehensive suite of products and services, including advanced microwave electronics, solutions for space and satellite communications, specialized training and cybersecurity/warfare capabilities, C5ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) and modular systems, cutting-edge turbine technologies, and essential defense and rocket support services. Meanwhile, the Unmanned Systems division is dedicated to developing and supplying autonomous platforms, specifically unmanned aerial, ground, and maritime systems. Kratos caters to an extensive client base, which includes various national security organizations, the DoD, intelligence and classified agencies, international government bodies, and both domestic and global commercial enterprises. The company was established in 1994 and its corporate headquarters are located in San Diego, California.

Sector
Industrials
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
CEO
Eric DeMarco
Employees
4,300
Country
US

https://www.kratosdefense.com

Scorecard

Our own pillar scores, computed from the fundamentals below. They are not Morningstar ratings β€” that data is licensed and we do not redistribute it.

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Key statistics

Market cap
US$8.76B
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Beta
1.11
Avg volume
4.47M
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52-week range
43.09-134
Exchange
NASDAQ

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Trend lines are fitted statistically to past swing highs and lows and projected forward on the assumption the same rhythm continues. It often does not. This is information, not advice.