Insider trade

CFO sold ~$142K of KTOS shares in the open market

Traded Sep 21, 2026 · Filed Sep 23, 2026

~$142K
Reported value · 2,900 sh @ $49.10: 274K
Holds after · shares reported: −13.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.2%, $48.59 → $42.02 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

The money chief of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions sold $142K 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: Sep 21, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Sep 23, 2026

CFO$100K–$500KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$142,378

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

48 days after results of Aug 4, 2026

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

Price at the time

Closed at $48.59 on Sep 21, 2026, 11% above its 52-week low and 63% below its high, after a 20% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $43.88 (Jul 29, 2026) to $130.72 (Jan 16, 2026), 5% of the way up, from 241 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $60.77 on Aug 7, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

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	−8.9%	−0.4%	−8.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001094718-26-000010
Filed / recorded: Sep 23, 2026, 11:30 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: Deanna H Lund
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: EVP & CFO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Sep 21, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 2,900
Price per share: $49.10
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 273,511
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, 2026.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $48.89 to $49.37 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Issuer, any security holder of Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote to this Form 4.
Includes 16,626 shares purchased through Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan and approximately 20,585 shares held through Issuer's 401(k) Plan.

Around the same time

CFO sold ~$199K of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

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