AeroVironment vs Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
AVAV and KTOS side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AVAV and KTOS compare
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as AeroVironment ($7.7B against $6.4B).
AeroVironment grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (84.4% versus 25.5% for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions).
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 5 for AeroVironment), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AVAV | KTOS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.4B | $7.7B |
| Share price | $126.11 | $41.09 |
| Change, 1 year | −66.9% | −55.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 32.6% | 83.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.51 | 1.30 |
| Employees | 3,991 | 4,300 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 11 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 242× |
| P/S | 3.2× (better) | 5.1× |
| P/B | – | 2.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 76.3× |
| FCF yield | −0.39% (better) | −1.7% |
| Fair value | – | $26.47 |
| Margin of safety | – | −55.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 84.4% (better) | 25.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 38.0% (better) | 12.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 113% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 88.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −28.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 26.5% (better) | 23.0% |
| Operating margin | −12.6% | 1.2% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 2.0% |
| FCF margin | −1.2% (better) | −8.5% |
| Return on equity | – | 1.1% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 0.84% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 4.26 | 5.54 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.39 | 7.72 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | −17.5% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% (better) | −17.5% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 61.2% | 81.7% |
| Held by insiders | 48.4% | 1.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.1M (better) | −$135M |
| Short interest, % of float | 18.8% | 5.3% |
Go deeper
- AVAV stock overview
- AVAV income statement
- AVAV valuation and score
- KTOS stock overview
- KTOS income statement
- KTOS valuation and score
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