<div id="readability-page-1"><p>Swiss National Bank lifted its holdings in Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS - Free Report) by 13.2% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 287,600 shares of the aerospace company's stock after buying an additional 33,500 shares during the quarter. Swiss National Bank owned 0.19% of Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions worth $5,286,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.</p><ul><li>3 Drone Stocks That Can Lift Your Portfolio Higher</li></ul><p>A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of KTOS. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 12,164,826 shares of the aerospace company's stock worth $246,824,000 after purchasing an additional 229,472 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions by 5.2% during the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,990,920 shares of the aerospace company's stock worth $80,978,000 after buying an additional 195,615 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions during the fourth quarter worth about $8,807,000. Peregrine Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions by 8.6% in the first quarter. Peregrine Capital Management LLC now owns 382,344 shares of the aerospace company's stock valued at $7,027,000 after buying an additional 30,273 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hodges Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $6,800,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 75.92% of the company's stock. </p><h2>Insiders Place Their Bets</h2><p>In other news, Director Scott I. Anderson sold 11,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $21.78, for a total transaction of $239,580.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 90,735 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,976,208.30. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. In other Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions news, SVP Marie Mendoza sold 1,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.20, for a total transaction of $30,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 65,515 shares in the company, valued at $1,323,403. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Scott I. Anderson sold 11,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $21.78, for a total transaction of $239,580.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 90,735 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,976,208.30. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 175,220 shares of company stock valued at $3,734,576 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 2.27% of the company's stock. </p><h2>Analyst Ratings Changes</h2><ul><li>Drones Can Lift AeroVironment Shares To New Heights </li></ul><p>KTOS has been the subject of several research analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. raised their price objective on Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions from $20.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a &#34;neutral&#34; rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 28th. Benchmark reiterated a &#34;buy&#34; rating and issued a $25.00 price objective on shares of Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions in a research report on Friday, June 28th. Raymond James upgraded shares of Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions from an &#34;outperform&#34; rating to a &#34;strong-buy&#34; rating and raised their target price for the company from $20.00 to $27.00 in a report on Friday, April 26th. JMP Securities initiated coverage on shares of Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions in a report on Tuesday, May 28th. They issued a &#34;market outperform&#34; rating and a $27.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on shares of Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions from $23.00 to $24.00 and gave the stock an &#34;outperform&#34; rating in a research note on Monday, June 3rd. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions has a consensus rating of &#34;Moderate Buy&#34; and an average target price of $23.50.</p><p><b>View Our Latest Research Report on KTOS</b></p><h2>Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions Price Performance</h2><ul><li>AeroVironment's New Momentum Makes it a Value Play</li></ul><p>Shares of NASDAQ:KTOS opened at $20.97 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $20.76 and a 200-day simple moving average of $19.13. Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $13.42 and a 52 week high of $22.77. The company has a market cap of $3.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 80.65 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a quick ratio of 2.47, a current ratio of 3.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. </p><p>Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 7th. The aerospace company reported $0.11 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.05 by $0.06. Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions had a negative net margin of 0.06% and a positive return on equity of 3.43%. The company had revenue of $277.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $250.48 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.01 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 19.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts forecast that Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions, Inc. will post 0.29 EPS for the current year. </p><h2>Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions Profile</h2> (Free Report)<p>Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions, Inc operates as a technology company that addresses the defense, national security, and commercial markets. It operates through two segments, Kratos Government Solutions and Unmanned Systems. The company offers ground systems for satellites and space vehicles, including software for command and control, telemetry, and tracking and control; jet-powered unmanned aerial drone systems, hypersonic vehicles, and rocket systems; propulsion systems for drones, missiles, loitering munitions, supersonic systems, spacecraft, and launch systems; command, control, communication, computing, combat, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance; and microwave electronic products for missile, radar, missile defense, space, and satellite; counter unmanned aircraft systems, directed energy, communication and other systems, and virtual and augmented reality training systems for the warfighter.</p><h2>Featured Stories</h2><ul><li>Five stocks we like better than Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions</li><li>Do ETFs Pay Dividends? 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<p>Swiss National Bank has increased its holdings in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions by 13.2% during the first quarter. Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought shares of KTOS. Insiders have sold a total of 175,220 shares of company stock. Several research analyst reports have been issued on KTOS.</p>

Swiss National Bank Raises Holdings in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS)