Ticker brief
KTOS KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY
Industrial · Aerospace/Defense
last close
$38.68
1 day
+1.1%
14 days
-8.7%
mkt cap
$10.4B
signals 14d
61
authors 14d
37
crowd 14d
-0.5σ
Options inteloptions-surface reads · latest available day per source
| metric | reading | context |
|---|---|---|
| IV — ATM 30d | 63% cheap · 11 pctile own 1y | IV/HV 1.23× |
| Skew — 25Δ RR 30d | -0.043 18 pctile own 1y | puts bid vs calls (downside bid) |
| Net dealer OI (NDOI) | +0.56 thin | 5-session Δ +0.61 (as of 2026-07-06) |
| OI alarm | quiet | last alarm 2026-06-02 (z=3.0) |
Sentiment — last 14 days
daily mean sentiment, 2026-10-02 → 2026-10-16 · now +0.33 (−1 bearish … +1 bullish)
Who spoke37
| author | grade | trader score | signals | mean sent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @AIStockSavvy | C | -1.05 | 10 | +0.34 |
| @fundmyfund | B | -0.41 | 4 | +0.24 |
| @snorlax_uw | C | · | 4 | +0.19 |
| @WallStDiaries | C | +0.67 | 3 | +0.43 |
| @zohmbastic | C | -2.94 | 3 | +0.42 |
| @Unclestocknotes | B | -2.21 | 2 | +0.45 |
| @StockSavvyShay | B | -1.05 | 2 | +0.57 |
| @HyperTechInvest | B | -0.45 | 2 | -0.58 |
| @tenet_research | C | -1.23 | 2 | +0.50 |
| @bugra_kurtoglu | C | -0.19 | 2 | +0.45 |
| @CKCapitalxx | C | -0.89 | 1 | -0.45 |
| @USAnt_IDEA | C | -0.64 | 1 | +0.55 |
| @mhmd7sn | C | -1.24 | 1 | +0.50 |
| @RichardWedekin1 | B | +1.09 | 1 | -0.15 |
| @stocksnipa | C | +2.26 | 1 | +0.10 |
| @Jake__Wujastyk | B | -0.84 | 1 | +0.45 |
| @bullishchart | C | -1.21 | 1 | +0.20 |
| @AlexsOptions | C | -1.18 | 1 | -0.20 |
| @OptionsFlowBoss | C | · | 1 | +0.00 |
| @OpenOutcrier | C | · | 1 | +0.30 |
| @JoshTradeOption | C | +0.02 | 1 | -0.25 |
| @VistaPResearch | C | · | 1 | +0.20 |
| @MarketMaestro1 | C | -1.30 | 1 | +0.00 |
| @TradeIdeasLLC | C | · | 1 | +0.10 |
| @MrStockLockPro1 | C | -2.14 | 1 | +0.45 |
Recent signals30of 61 in 14d — receipts included
| date (PT) | author | sent | what they said | since then | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | @snorlax_uw | +0.15 | KTOS has over 20,000 open interest in November $45 calls and four times normal options activity. | -4.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | @fundmyfund | +0.70 | Celebrates KTOS strength and says a political risk has been negated. | -4.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | @zohmbastic | +0.40 | Macquarie initiated KTOS coverage at Outperform with a $70 target. | -4.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | @snorlax_uw | +0.00 | The author explains open-interest changes and why ask-side flow is not inherently bullish. | -4.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | @AIStockSavvy | +0.40 | Macquarie initiates KTOS at Outperform with a 70 target | -4.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-15 | @AIStockSavvy | +0.40 | Macquarie initiates KTOS at Outperform with a 70 target | -5.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-15 | @KeithTradeSmith | -0.40 | Identifies rotation from prior story stocks making new lows into healthcare cash generators making new highs. | -5.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-15 | @zohmbastic | +0.25 | Describes KTOS's end-of-day performance as decent. | -5.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-15 | @fundmyfund | +0.70 | Celebrates KTOS gaining 3% after waiting patiently. | -5.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-15 | @zohmbastic | +0.60 | Entered KTOS today with risk defined near 37. — Reports a new same-day fill and explicitly defines the approximate risk level. | -5.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-15 | @snorlax_uw | +0.20 | Reports unusually active November $45 calls likely opening. | -5.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-14 | @TheNewMoney_app | -0.20 | Reports a large KTOS put purchase with strike, premium and expiry. | -1.7% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-14 | @WallStDiaries | +0.40 | Reports construction beginning on two Indiana radar and hypersonic facilities. | -1.7% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-14 | @AIStockSavvy | +0.15 | Kratos broke ground on new radar and hypersonics testing facilities. | -1.7% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-14 | @gabz_investing | +0.40 | Historical extremes support a possible rotation into small caps and defense laggards. | -1.7% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-12 | @WallStDiaries | +0.45 | Reports Airbus and Kratos successfully completing the Valkyrie's first European test flight. | -7.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-12 | @bdinvestingg | +0.50 | Defense-budget thesis presents a broad basket positioned to benefit; output is capped at six tickers. | -7.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-12 | @AIStockSavvy | +0.25 | Kratos reports successful J85 engine flight tests across multiple configurations. | -7.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-12 | @ElliottWaveSage | +0.30 | Reports a successful Valkyrie test flight and a potential 2029 defense revenue path. | -7.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-10 | @LogicalThesis | +0.25 | Says KTOS is beginning to look reasonably valued. | -8.7% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-10 | @edge_of_power | -0.50 | Barclays set a $90 KTOS target, while the author remains bearish on its fundamentals. | -8.7% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-09 | @AIStockSavvy | +0.40 | Goldman maintained Buy and raised Kratos's target to $90 from $71 | -8.7% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-08 | @akishore | +0.40 | Barclays initiated defense-and-space coverage with five Overweights and one Underweight. | -7.8% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-08 | @AIStockSavvy | +0.40 | Barclays initiated Kratos at Overweight with a $90 target | -7.8% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-08 | @PolarizingLit | +0.45 | Enthusiastically reports an integration involving KTOS and GCTS | -7.8% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-08 | @AIStockSavvy | +0.25 | Frames hypersonic testing constraints as driving defense firms toward flight-data solutions | -7.8% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-08 | @CHItrader | +0.40 | Reports multiple equity-rating upgrades; output retains the first six tickers under the schema cap. | -7.8% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-08 | @AIStockSavvy | +0.20 | Kratos reported progress on 5G NTN ground-system connectivity. | -7.8% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-08 | @ScalpIdeas | +0.40 | BNP Paribas upgraded KTOS to Buy. | -7.8% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-08 | @HyperTechInvest | -0.85 | Author says KTOS is doomed and expects it to continue falling. | -7.8% | tweet ↗ |
“Since then” = price move from the close on the signal's date (PT) to the latest close — what happened after they said it, not a backtest. A — means no trading session has closed since the signal yet. Sentiment is our extracted per-tweet score, −1…+1.