Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (KTOS)
KTOS moved a median of +0.01% 30 minutes after news, and +0.18% by the close. How KTOS actually reacts to news — the realized, point-in-time move the market made, measured across 805 labeled events over the last three years with zero look-ahead.
KTOS’s median reaction, across the day.
| Horizon | Median | % positive | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-min | +0.06% | 52% | 803 |
| 30-min | +0.01% | 50% | 804 |
| 60-min | +0.18% | 54% | 804 |
| to close | +0.18% | 52% | 798 |
| Middle 50% of KTOS reactions | -0.93% to +1.15% |
|---|---|
| Median reaction (30-min) | +0.01% |
| Measured reactions | 805 |
Half of all Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. news events land between -0.93% and +1.15% at 30 minutes.
Reaction stats as of 2026-09-21. Newest measured event . Reaction = percent move vs. the price at the news timestamp.
How KTOS reacts, by analyst action.
| Event | Events | Median 30-min | % positive | Median to close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyst upgrades | 34 | +0.42% | 56% | -1.30% |
| Analyst downgrades | 17 | +0.44% | 71% | +1.07% |
| Coverage initiations | 36 | +0.29% | 58% | -0.49% |
| Rating reiterations | 96 | -0.05% | 48% | +0.07% |
| Price-target raises | 34 | -0.01% | 50% | -0.09% |
Last 3 years, pulled 2026-09-21. Reaction = percent move vs. the price at the news timestamp. Counts and medians only. The same measurement runs across every name in the dataset. 1 further class was observed with fewer than 10 measured events and is not published. See how KTOS ranks against every other measured name →
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Recent KTOS events, each with its measured reaction.
| Date | Headline | Event | Source | 5-min | To close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Form POSASR KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURIT | SEC filing · Form POSASR | SEC EDGAR | +1.39% | -1.23% | |
| Kratos Breaks Ground on New AN/SPY-1 Radar and Helios Hypersonics Testing Facilities in Indiana | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +1.39% | -1.23% | |
| Airbus U740 Valkyrie Uncrewed Combat Aircraft Takes off for First European Test Flight | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +0.51% | -1.98% | |
| Kratos Highlights Recent Successful Flight Tests of the J85 Engine Across Multiple Configurations, Including Lugged Launch, Palletized, and Surface-to-Surface Applications | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +0.51% | -1.98% | |
| Hypersonic Testing Bottleneck Pushes Defense Primes Toward Flight Data | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +0.45% | -0.52% | |
| Kratos Advances 5G NR NTN Ground System Development with Multi-Vendor Connectivity Success | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -0.26% | -0.62% | |
| Why Hypersonic Programs Are Running Out of Test Time | Press release | Canada Newswire | -0.02% | -1.04% | |
| Kratos Secures More Than $100 Million in Contracts for Space and Cyber Mission Capabilities | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -2.15% | -3.91% | |
| Kratos Announces Promotion of Bill Wilson to C5ISR Systems Division President | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +0.07% | -1.85% | |
| Kratos and GE Aerospace Achieve Significant Program Milestone with Successful Ignition of GEK800 Turbofan Cruise Missile Propulsion System | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +0.33% | +0.56% | |
| Hypersonic Technology Market Projected to Reach $15.73 Billion by 2030, and Flight Test Time Has Become the Bottleneck | Press release | Canada Newswire | -0.26% | -3.01% | |
| Kratos ARAV-B Ballistic Missile Target Successfully Utilized In Multinational Pacific Dragon 2026 Exercise | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -0.48% | -3.03% | |
| Kratos Wins $20 Million Contract to Deliver Mobile SATCOM Gateways for Resilient Defense Network | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +2.58% | -1.69% | |
| Kratos Receives $35 Million National Security Related Military-Grade Hardware Production Program Award | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +0.37% | -0.91% | |
| Kratos Providing Spartan J85 Engines to Support Boeing JDAM LR Production Contract | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -2.28% | -5.50% | |
| Kratos Receives Multi-Million-Dollar Orders for GAIA 100 Tri-Band Ground Station Systems Through Newly Acquired Orbit | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -1.74% | -2.31% | |
| USMC Valkyrie Demonstrates Beyond-Line-Of-Sight Command and Control in Flight at U.S. Navy Test Range | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +1.76% | +1.18% | |
| Kratos and GE Aerospace’s GEK800 Engine Receives U.S. Military Type Designation F143-ZZ-100 and EMD Contract Award for JASSM | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +0.75% | -1.68% | |
| Kratos Target Systems Utilized During Successful MDA-Joint Flight Test Experiment-01 Mission | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -1.86% | — | |
| Kratos Receives U.S. Army Contract to Develop a Next-Generation Seeker for the Javelin Missile System | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +3.59% | +5.71% | |
| Form 10-Q KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURIT For: Jun 28 | SEC filing · Form 10-Q | SEC EDGAR | -1.71% | -6.03% | |
| Form 8-K KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURIT For: Aug 04 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | -1.71% | -6.03% | |
| Kratos Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -1.71% | -6.03% | |
| Resecurity Joins Space ISAC to Defend the New Frontier: Cybersecurity of Space Infrastructure | Press release | Business Wire | +0.16% | -0.33% | |
| Kratos Selects Rangeview to Develop Advanced Cast Components for Advanced Turbine Engine Program | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -0.95% | +4.93% | |
| Elroy Air Equips Chaparral With Three Unattended Delivery Modes Under U.S. Army Contract | Press release | Business Wire | -1.31% | -9.84% | |
| Kratos Completes Construction of $50 Million State-of-the-Art Hypersonic Systems Payload Integration Facility in Indiana Ahead of Schedule | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -2.23% | -0.59% | |
| Kratos Delivers Critical Component for Lockheed Martin’s High-Performance Propulsion Initiative | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +0.90% | +3.34% | |
| Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Schedules Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call for Tuesday, August 4th | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +2.21% | +2.79% | |
| Kratos Receives Mobile Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System(C-UAS) Approximate $156 Million Single Award Contract by U.S. Department of Energy Office of Secure Transportation | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -0.29% | +4.60% | |
| Kratos to Manufacture Elroy Air Chaparral Autonomous Cargo Aircraft in Expanded California Facility | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +1.31% | -0.65% | |
| Kratos Opens New 167,000-Square-Foot Manufacturing Facility in Pennsylvania, Expanding Existing Footprint in the State | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +3.88% | -4.07% | |
| Kratos Receives Approximately $400 Million in New Funding for Hypersonic System and Other Programs | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -0.73% | +2.96% | |
| Kratos Receives Approximate $100 Million Sole Source Prime Space Domain Awareness System Program Award | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +0.96% | -3.15% | |
| Kratos Expands Oklahoma City Manufacturing Facility to Accelerate Production of Valkyrie, Firejet and Other Jet Drone Systems | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -2.11% | -2.69% | |
| Kratos Receives Approximate $36 Million Air Defense System Single Award Contract | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +4.10% | -0.07% | |
| China's Export Controls on Antimony Cause Supply Shortages | Press release | PR Newswire | +0.23% | -1.65% | |
| Kratos Completes Cross-Country Autonomous Tractor-Trailer Deployment Supporting NASCAR Race Logistics | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +2.16% | +0.95% | |
| As Counter-Drone Demand Surges, Defense Tech Goes on the Offensive | Press release | Canada Newswire | -3.04% | -6.02% | |
| Kratos Expands Production of Spartan Engines to Support Growing Missile and Loitering Munition Demand | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +1.02% | -3.22% | |
| Form SD KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURIT | SEC filing · Form SD | SEC EDGAR | -1.29% | -2.32% | |
| Form 8-K KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURIT For: May 15 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | +2.12% | +3.75% | |
| Form S-8 KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURIT | SEC filing · Form S-8 | SEC EDGAR | -3.21% | -6.95% | |
| Kratos Names Odon, Indiana as Home of New Hypersonic Test Facility | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -0.42% | +1.56% | |
| Form 10-Q KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURIT For: Mar 29 | SEC filing · Form 10-Q | SEC EDGAR | -2.17% | -6.56% | |
| Form 8-K KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURIT For: May 06 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | -2.17% | -6.56% | |
| Kratos Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Increases Fiscal FY26 Financial Guidance | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -2.17% | -6.56% | |
| Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Schedules First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call for Wednesday, May 6th | Press release | GlobeNewswire | +2.84% | +3.05% | |
| Kratos and U.S. Army Integrate Kratos J85 Engine into Kratos Firejet Drone System | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -1.05% | -2.07% | |
| Kratos Receives $446.8 Million Space Systems Command Contract for Resilient Missile Warning and Missile Tracking Ground Management & Integration (GMI) | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -2.62% | -6.20% |
Each reaction is the move the market actually made, measured from the news timestamp. Headlines link through to the KTOS section they belong to.
Where else KTOS is measured.
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How the numbers are made.
How is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.'s median reaction calculated?
Every labeled KTOS news event is measured from its own timestamp: the last trade before the news is the base price, and the move is read at fixed horizons — 30 minutes of trading, then the close. The median across 805 events is what this page reports. Point-in-time, zero look-ahead: no event borrows information from a later one.
What counts as a positive reaction?
Any event whose price move is above zero at the horizon, relative to the last trade before the news timestamp. 50% of KTOS's measured events are up at 30 minutes; the rest close the window flat or negative.
How often is this page updated?
The news table refreshes automatically as new events are labeled and priced. The reaction medians are re-pulled in batches from the dataset — the figures here are as of 2026-09-21.
Does KTOS's past reaction predict its next one?
No. These are realized facts about past events, not forecasts. They describe a distribution — they say nothing certain about any future move.