Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) Competitors

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) and Textron (NYSE:TXT) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KTOS or TXT?

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions received 49 more outperform votes than Textron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.73% of users gave Textron an outperform vote while only 67.14% of users gave Kratos Defense & Security Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	Outperform Votes 664 67.14%	Underperform Votes 325 32.86%
Textron	Outperform Votes 615 67.73%	Underperform Votes 293 32.27%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KTOS or TXT?

75.9% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Textron shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Textron shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is KTOS or TXT more profitable?

Textron has a net margin of 6.01% compared to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' net margin of 1.31%. Textron's return on equity of 14.92% beat Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	1.31%	3.68%	2.48%
Textron	6.01%	14.92%	6.30%

Do analysts prefer KTOS or TXT?

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $30.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.40%. Textron has a consensus target price of $93.45, indicating a potential upside of 29.18%. Given Textron's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Textron is more favorable than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Textron	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Which has better earnings & valuation, KTOS or TXT?

Textron has higher revenue and earnings than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Textron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	$1.04B	3.70	-$8.90M	$0.10	252.63
Textron	$13.70B	0.96	$824M	$4.31	16.78

Which has more risk and volatility, KTOS or TXT?

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Textron has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer KTOS or TXT?

In the previous week, Textron had 13 more articles in the media than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Textron and 14 mentions for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Textron's score of 0.40 indicating that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Textron	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Textron beats Kratos Defense & Security Solutions on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.