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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for KTOS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index HALO Growth 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

HALO Growth 100 · as of 2026-10-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
KTOS+4.0%+1.5%−8.6%−13.2%
Autonomous Defense & Drones−1.1%+0.9%−5.9%—
HALO Growth 100+0.5%+0.7%−4.9%—

Against the index: 0.8 pts ahead on the week, 3.7 pts behind on the month; against its Autonomous Defense & Drones sleeve 2.7 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Weekly Signal, “Defense — The $4M Missile vs. the $10K Drone” (2026-03-29)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where KTOS appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

  • Defense — The $4M Missile vs. the $10K DroneWeekly Signal · 29 Mar 2026Ticker Company Country Cap Focus AVAV AeroVironment US Mid Switchblade, Puma drones · directed energy (BlueHalo) KTOS Kratos Defense US Mid Autonomous combat drones (Valkyrie, XQ-58A) RCAT Red Cat Holdings US Small Teal 2 recon drone · U.S.
Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: +1.4% week · −1.8% month · −4.6% quarter · +7.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 1.06 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How KTOS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.06 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions moved 1.06% on average · correlation 0.14 · higher than 89% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.39 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −2.22% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +1.86% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against HALO Growth 100 · Autonomous Defense & Drones · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

HALO Growth 100 · Autonomous Defense & Drones

Drone primes, autonomous-systems integrators, and the next-generation defence platforms re-shaping land/air/sea procurement.

Compared against KTOS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

KTOS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Kratos designs and builds defence hardware and software across two segments, Kratos Government Solutions and Unmanned Systems. It makes virtualised ground systems for satellites and space vehicles, jet-powered unmanned drones and hypersonic vehicles, propulsion systems for drones and missiles, microwave electronics for radar and missile defence, and counter-drone and training systems. Its customers are the US Department of Defense, national-security agencies and government buyers internationally. It is based in San Diego.
Where it sits in the stack
Kratos carries a seat in the HALO Growth 100, our growth index outside the megacaps, inside the Autonomous Defense & Drones sleeve, which groups drone primes and autonomous-systems integrators reshaping land, air and sea procurement. It is a hardware supplier into that build-out rather than a layer in the AI compute stack, providing the unmanned platforms and ground systems the sleeve tracks.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with drone primes and next-generation defence platform makers, including AeroVironment, Red Cat Holdings, Saab, Kongsberg Gruppen, Hensoldt, Teledyne Technologies and Axon Enterprise; the market also names General Dynamics as a comparison.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It sits in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, strongest on quality and weakest on momentum. The diary has quoted it once, in a Weekly Signal piece comparing autonomous combat drones against cheaper expendable systems.
What the diary watches
Whether momentum recovers as its drone and hypersonic programmes progress, or whether the gap between quality and momentum in its score persists.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials. Constituent of HALO Growth 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 32/100 composite (momentum 5, quality 15, valuation 12) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 4 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Rothschild & Co Redburn, 2026-10-06

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for KTOS from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Rothschild & Co Redburn — target 70 Target set to $70 (+66.6% to spot) 2026-10-06
  • Price target Jefferies — target 68 from 80 Target cut to $68 from $80 (+59.3% to spot) 2026-09-30
  • Price target Guggenheim — target 74 Target set to $74 (+55.5% to spot) 2026-09-14

4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months

Dividends and capital return

What KTOS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Share count +14.7% in FY2025 36 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS)?

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions trades as KTOS on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is KTOS in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is a constituent of HALO Growth 100, as of 2026-10-07.

What is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Closelooknet composite score?

32 out of 100, with momentum 5, quality 15 and valuation 12 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does KTOS trade against its moving averages?

New 52-week low: At a fresh 52-week low — the weakest it has been in a year. As of 2026-10-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is KTOS doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is −8.6% against −4.9% for the HALO Growth 100 — 3.7 points behind its index, as of 2026-10-06. Its Autonomous Defense & Drones sleeve is −5.9% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Kratos Defense & Security Solutions compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (HALO Growth 100 · Autonomous Defense & Drones), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) sits 68.6% below its 52-week high, 17.7% below its 50-day average; Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd (012450.KS) is 38.2% below, Saab AB (publ) (SAAB-B.ST) is 16.4% below, AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) is 66.7% below. Put any of them next to KTOS in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Kratos Defense & Security Solutions trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had a beta of 1.06 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 89% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −2.22% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Kratos Defense & Security Solutions?

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions appears in 1 Closelooknet piece, most recently Weekly Signal: Defense — The $4M Missile vs. the $10K Drone (2026-03-29). What Closelooknet said most recently: Ticker Company Country Cap Focus AVAV AeroVironment US Mid Switchblade, Puma drones · directed energy (BlueHalo) KTOS Kratos Defense US Mid Autonomous combat drones (Valkyrie, XQ-58A) RCAT Red Cat Holdings US Small Teal 2 recon drone · U.S. (Weekly Signal, 2026-03-29). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Kratos Defense & Security Solutions do?

Kratos designs and builds defence hardware and software across two segments, Kratos Government Solutions and Unmanned Systems. It makes virtualised ground systems for satellites and space vehicles, jet-powered unmanned drones and hypersonic vehicles, propulsion systems for drones and missiles, microwave electronics for radar and missile defence, and counter-drone and training systems. Its customers are the US Department of Defense, national-security agencies and government buyers internationally. Closelooknet's peer group places it with drone primes and next-generation defence platform makers, including AeroVironment, Red Cat Holdings, Saab, Kongsberg Gruppen, Hensoldt, Teledyne Technologies and Axon Enterprise; the market also names General Dynamics as a comparison.

Where does Kratos Defense & Security Solutions sit in the AI build-out?

Kratos carries a seat in the HALO Growth 100, our growth index outside the megacaps, inside the Autonomous Defense & Drones sleeve, which groups drone primes and autonomous-systems integrators reshaping land, air and sea procurement. It is a hardware supplier into that build-out rather than a layer in the AI compute stack, providing the unmanned platforms and ground systems the sleeve tracks. It sits in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, strongest on quality and weakest on momentum. The diary has quoted it once, in a Weekly Signal piece comparing autonomous combat drones against cheaper expendable systems.

Does Kratos Defense & Security Solutions pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’s price series over the last three years. The share count rose 14.7% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions recently?

The most recent analyst action on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Rothschild & Co Redburn on 2026-10-06 (target 70). 4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for KTOS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Aerospace & Defense. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.