Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc (KTOS)

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) Short Interest Up

Dec 10, 2015

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS), A increase of 834,957 shares or 10.9% was observed in the short interest of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. The interest on November 30,2015 came in at 8,497,793 shares and as per the average daily trading of 661,764 shares, the days to cover are 13. The increased interest is 18.7% of the floated shares. The data of November 13,2015 put the interest at 7,662,836 shares. The information was released by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc (FINRA) on December 9th.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has lost 11.49% in the last five trading days and dropped 23.61% in the last 4 weeks. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has dropped 15.57% during the last 3-month period . Year-to-Date the stock performance stands at -23.31%.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) rose 3.22% or 0.12 points on Wednesday and made its way into the gainers of the day. After trading began at $3.75 the stock was seen hitting $3.89 as a peak level and $3.71 as the lowest level. The stock ended up at $3.85. The daily volume was measured at 859,545 shares. The 52-week high of the share price is $7.12 and the 52-week low is $3.68. The company has a market cap of $227 million.

Research firm Zacks has rated Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) and has ranked it at 4, indicating that for the short term the shares are a sell. 4 Wall Street analysts have given the company an average rating of 1.5. The shares has received a hold rating based on the suggestion from 1 analysts in latest recommendations. Strong buy was given by 3 Wall Street Analysts.

The company shares have dropped 23.72% in the past 52 Weeks. On June 26, 2015 The shares registered one year high of $7.12 and one year low was seen on December 8, 2015 at $3.68. The 50-day moving average is $4.69 and the 200 day moving average is recorded at $5.12. S&P 500 has rallied 1.85% during the last 52-weeks.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. is a United States-based company, which provides war fighter solutions and security related services. The Company provides mission critical engineering, Information Technology services and war fighter solutions primarily for United States National Security priorities. The Companys principal services include command, control, communications, computing, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C5ISR), weapon systems lifecycle support, military weapon range and technical services, network engineering services, advanced information technology services, security and surveillance systems, and critical infrastructure design and integration services.
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