Kratos Defense & Security Solut (KTOS) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.24
- Estimate
- $0.21
- Surprise
- +15.9%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-27)
- $471.8M
- Score today
- 5.4/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Kratos Defense & Security Solut (KTOS) beat the $0.21 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.24 — a large 15.9% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- BTIG Maintains Buy Rating on Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Lowers Price Target — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-06
- BTIG Maintains Buy on Kratos Defense & Security, Lowers Price Target to $65 — benzinga, 2026-11-06
- Kratos Defense & Security Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga, 2026-11-05
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates KTOS Sell at 5.4/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +15.9% surprise compares with a +23.9% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Customer: U.S. Government (68.0%)
- Quality below floor (2.5 < 4.0)
- Momentum score 1.5/10 — below 4.5 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $33.91
- Price target
- $80.78
- Stop
- $31.54
- Upside to target
- +138.2%
- Reward-to-risk
- 9.2:1
The stock trades at 278.3× trailing but 29.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-06 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
KTOS at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Market cap
- $6.29B
- P/E (fwd)
- 29.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 278.3
- 52-week range
- $33.25–$134.00
- Off 52-week high
- 74.7%
- RSI (14)
- 36
- Volume vs avg
- 0.79×
- Score today
- 5.4/10