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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
$121.53
-2.0%
$161.49
$110.07
$236.60
$3.43B0.42393,185 shs486,033 shs
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
$29.60
+1.9%
$30.08
$16.78
$35.66
$4.52B1.121.31 million shs3.27 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
-1.99%-10.44%-33.28%-21.02%-24.99%
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
+1.86%+6.44%-10.55%+11.70%+65.09%
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MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
2.8315 of 5 stars
3.52.00.00.01.71.71.9
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
2.9408 of 5 stars
2.43.00.00.02.73.31.9
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
3.00
Buy$202.4066.54% Upside
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
2.80
Moderate Buy$32.008.11% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AVAV and KTOS Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
3/5/2025
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
Jefferies Financial Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$230.00 ➝ $190.00
3/5/2025
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
William Blair
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Reiterated RatingOutperform
3/5/2025
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
Robert W. Baird
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$220.00 ➝ $146.00
2/27/2025
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Royal Bank of Canada
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$37.00 ➝ $32.00
2/27/2025
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$24.00 ➝ $27.00
2/4/2025
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
JMP Securities
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Reiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Outperform
2/4/2025
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
JMP Securities
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Boost Price TargetMarket Outperform ➝ Market Outperform$30.00 ➝ $40.00
1/14/2025
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Robert W. Baird
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$35.00 ➝ $40.00
1/14/2025
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Truist Financial
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$27.00 ➝ $32.00
1/13/2025
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
B. Riley
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UpgradeNeutral ➝ Buy$26.00 ➝ $35.00
12/13/2024
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Jefferies Financial Group
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Boost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$25.00 ➝ $30.00
(Data available from 3/13/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
$742.56M4.62$3.31 per share36.73$29.24 per share4.16
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
$1.14B3.98$0.66 per share45.10$7.57 per share3.91
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
$59.67M$1.1869.8427.31N/A6.39%8.12%6.75%N/A
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
-$8.90M$0.11296.0368.84N/A1.31%3.68%2.48%5/6/2025 (Estimated)
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Debt

CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
0.02
4.61
3.36
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
0.13
3.22
2.61

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
86.38%
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
75.92%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
1.27%
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
2.27%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
AeroVironment, Inc. stock logo
AVAV
AeroVironment
1,42828.22 million27.86 millionOptionable
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock logo
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
3,900152.84 million148.30 millionOptionable

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AeroVironment stock logo

AeroVironment NASDAQ:AVAV

$121.53 -2.47 (-1.99%)
Closing price 03/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$122.45 +0.92 (+0.76%)
As of 03/12/2025 08:00 PM Eastern
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AeroVironment, Inc. designs, develops, produces, delivers, and supports a portfolio of robotic systems and related services for government agencies and businesses in the United States and internationally. It operates through Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS), Tactical Missile System (TMS), Medium Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MUAS), and High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite Systems (HAPS) segments. The company supplies UAS, TMS, unmanned ground vehicle, and related services primarily to organizations within the U.S. Department of Defense, other federal agencies, and to international allied governments. It also designs, engineers, tools, and manufactures unmanned aerial and aircraft systems, including airborne platforms, payloads and payload integration, ground control systems, and ground support equipment and other items and services related to unmanned aircraft systems. In addition, the company offers small UAS products, including training, spare parts, product repair, product replacement, and the customer contracted operation. Further, it develops high-altitude pseudo-satellite UAS systems. AeroVironment, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock logo

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions NASDAQ:KTOS

$29.60 +0.54 (+1.86%)
Closing price 03/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$29.60 -0.01 (-0.02%)
As of 03/12/2025 07:32 PM Eastern
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of mission critical products, services and solutions for United States national security priorities. It operates through the Kratos Government Solutions (KGS) and Unmanned Systems (US) segments. The KGS segment consists of an aggregation of KGS operating segments, including microwave electronic products, space, satellite and cyber, training solutions. The US segment refers to the unmanned aerial, unmanned ground, unmanned seaborne and related command, control and communications system businesses. The company was founded on December 19, 1994, and is headquartered in Round Rock, TX.