Insider trade

Officer sold ~$140K of KTOS shares in the open market

Traded Oct 15, 2025 · Filed Oct 17, 2025

~$140K
Reported value · 1,440 sh @ $97.10: 60K
Holds after · shares reported: −53.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +16.5%, $90.58 → $42.02 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's SVP & General Counsel sold $140K 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: Oct 15, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Oct 17, 2025

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

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$139,824

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

69 days after results of Aug 7, 2025, 20 days before results of Nov 4, 2025

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	+4.7%	+2.1%	+2.6%
30 days	−18.4%	−1.3%	−17.1%
90 days	+48.5%	+0.9%	+47.6%
180 days	−19.4%	+5.6%	−25.0%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001660112-25-000011
Filed / recorded: Oct 17, 2025, 10:47 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: Marie Mendoza
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: SVP & General Counsel
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Oct 15, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,440
Price per share: $97.10
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 60,396
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 March 17, 2025.
Includes 2,144 shares purchased through Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan and approximately 14,107 shares held through Issuer's 401(k) Plan.

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