Kratos Defense & Security's Earnings: A Preview

On Tuesday, August 04, Kratos Defense & Security KTOS will release its latest earnings report. Benzinga's report can help you figure out the ins and outs of the earnings release.

Earnings and Revenue

Wall Street expects EPS of $0.06 and sales around $165.18 million. In the same quarter last year, Kratos Defense & Security posted EPS of $0.080 on sales of $187.90 million. If the company were to post earnings in-line with the consensus estimate when it reports Tuesday, EPS would be down 25.0%. Sales would be down 0.55% from the year-ago period. Kratos Defense & Security's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past like this:

Stock Performance

Shares of Kratos Defense & Security were trading at $18.01 as of August 04. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 9.5%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely a little upset going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Kratos Defense & Security is scheduled to hold the call at 17:00:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/v9on3qkm