Benzinga | Aug 3, 2020 12:36PM EDT

Kratos Defense & Security's Earnings: A Preview

On Tuesday, August 04, Kratos Defense & Security (NASDAQ: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:

Quarter Q1 2020 Q4 2020 Q3 2019 Q2 2019EPS Estimate 0.07 0.10 0.07 0.06EPS Actual 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.08Revenue Estimate 164.28 M 197.34 M 184.29 M 178.72 MRevenue Actual 168.90 M 185.10 M 184.10 M 187.90 M

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