Insider trade

Officer sold ~$7.8K of KTOS shares in the open market

Traded Apr 8, 2026 · Filed Apr 10, 2026

~$7.8K
Reported value · 100 sh @ $77.85: 78K
Holds after · shares reported: −43.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +14.6%, $74.46 → $42.02 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's President, DRSS Division sold $7.8K of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Apr 8, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Apr 10, 2026

Officer<$25KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$7,785

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

44 days after results of Feb 23, 2026, 28 days before results of May 6, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	−5.1%	+3.3%	−8.4%
30 days	−28.6%	+8.2%	−36.8%
90 days	−36.1%	+9.2%	−45.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001509412-26-000005
Filed / recorded: Apr 10, 2026, 10:42 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 6, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v2
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
Issuer CIK: 1069258
Ticker: KTOS
Reporting person: David M Carter
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: President, DRSS Division
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Apr 8, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 100
Price per share: $77.85
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 78,051
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was effected pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on June 13, 2025.
Includes 12,200 shares purchased through Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan; 4,165 shares held through reporting person's retirement account; and approximately 118 shares held through Issuer's 401(k) Plan..

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