KTOS Technical Analysis - KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY

Technical Rating and Analysis

We assign a technical rating of 10 out of 10 to KTOS. Both in the recent history as in the last year, KTOS has proven to be a steady performer, scoring decent points in every aspect analyzed.

Both the short term and long term trends are positive. This is a very positive sign.

Looking at the yearly performance, KTOS did better than 98% of all other stocks. On top of that, KTOS also shows a nice and consistent pattern of rising prices.

KTOS is part of the Aerospace & Defense industry. There are 69 other stocks in this industry. KTOS outperforms 95% of them.

A new 52 week high is currently being made by KTOS, which is a very good signal! However, this is in line with the S&P500, which is also trading near new highs.

In the last month KTOS has a been trading in the 61.40 - 91.87 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.

KTOS has an average volume of 4374880 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.

Prices have been rising strongly lately, it may be a good idea to wait for a consolidation or pullback before considering an entry.

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Technical Analysis

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Setup Rating and Analysis

Although KTOS has an excellent technical rating, it does not offer a high quality setup at the moment. Prices have been extended to the upside lately. For a nice entry it is better to wait for a consolidation.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

32.42

92.28

When analyzing the support we can see 4 important areas.

Support @71.81 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
A support zone ranging from 68.00 to 69.23. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Support @64.02 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
Support @32.75 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.

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Technical Indicator Signal Analysis

The Technical Rating and Setup analysis above combine different indicators and trends in different timeframes. Individual signals from indicators may give more contradictive signals and should always be interpreted in the more global context.

Indicator	Value	Signal	Comment
ChartMill Long Term Trend Indicator	UP	POSITIVE	The long term trend for KTOS is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	UP	POSITIVE	The short term trend for KTOS is up.
ChartMill Relative Strength	98.42	POSITIVE	KTOS has a high relative strength, it outperformed 98.42% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of KTOS is above the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of KTOS is above the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of KTOS is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	81.97	OVERBOUGHT	The high RSI value suggests KTOS may be overbought.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	1.33	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests KTOS has a positive trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	96.52	OVERBOUGHT	The high Stochastics value suggests KTOS may be overbought.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	3.99	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for KTOS suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	38.67	POSITIVE	The high ADX value value for KTOS suggests a strong trend.