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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Kratos Defense & Security Solutions) Graham Number

: $3.25 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-18), the stock price of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is $17.61. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.25. Therefore, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 5.42.

The historical rank and industry rank for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

KTOS' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.53   Med: 12.77   Max: 21.56
Current: 5.42

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions was 21.56. The lowest was 3.53. And the median was 12.77.

KTOS's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
86.98% of 192 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.385 vs KTOS: 5.42

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.41 7.12 0.90 - 5.02

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - 2.87 3.25

Competitive Comparison

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*2.665*0.42)
=5.02

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*2.665*0.176)
=3.25

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Kratos Defense & Security Solutions  (NAS:KTOS) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=17.61/3.25
=5.42

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Kratos Defense & Security Solutions) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Chisholm Trail, Suite 300, Round Rock, TX, USA, 78681
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc develops and fields transformative, affordable technology, platforms, and systems. The company has two segments; The Kratos Government Solutions (KGS) segment is comprised of an aggregation of KGS operating segments, including its microwave electronic products, space, training, and cybersecurity, C5ISR/modular systems, turbine technologies, and defense and rocket support services operating segments and The Unmanned Systems segment consists of unmanned aerial, unmanned ground, unmanned seaborne and related command, control, and communications system businesses. The company derives a majority of its revenue from the Kratos Government Solutions segment.
Executives
Phillip D Carrai officer: President, TTS Division 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Deanna Hom Lund officer: Senior Vice President & CFO 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Steven S. Fendley officer: President, US Division 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Mills Thomas E Iv officer: Modular Systems Div. President 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Marie Mendoza officer: VP & General Counsel 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Stacey G Rock officer: President, KTT Division 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Bradley L Boyd director 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Daniel J Hagen director 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Benjamin M. Goodwin officer: President, PSS Division 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Jonah Adelman officer: Pres., Microwave Elec. Div. 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Jane Elizabeth Judd director 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Cervantes De Burgreen Maria officer: VP & Corporate Controller 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Samuel N Liberatore director 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Eric M Demarco director, officer: President & CEO 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Scott I Anderson director C/O KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131

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