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Long term investing can be life changing when you buy and hold the truly great businesses. And highest quality companies can see their share prices grow by huge amounts. To wit, the Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) share price has soared 547% over five years. This just goes to show the value creation that some businesses can achieve.
We love happy stories like this one. The company should be really proud of that performance!
See our latest analysis for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).
During the last half decade, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions became profitable. That kind of transition can be an inflection point that justifies a strong share price gain, just as we have seen here.
You can see how EPS has changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).
We know that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has improved its bottom line over the last three years, but what does the future have in store? Take a more thorough look at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.
A Different Perspective
It's nice to see that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 54% over the last year. Since the one-year TSR is better than the five-year TSR (the latter coming in at 45% per year), it would seem that the stock's performance has improved in recent times. Someone with an optimistic perspective could view the recent improvement in TSR as indicating that the business itself is getting better with time. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions you should be aware of.
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Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on US exchanges.
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