KTOS · Expected-Move

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (KTOS) expected move

The priced move, its boundaries and how it compares with past earnings moves.

$41.17

Expected move: $4.43
Expected move %: 10.7%
Lower boundary: $36.75
Upper boundary: $45.60
Median historical move: 6.7%
Method: ATM_STRADDLE_MIDPOINT

Implied versus actual earnings moveAbsolute realized movement and stored implied move share one scale. Signed actual returns and reconstruction status are preserved in the readout/table. Missing quotes are not zero.

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2023-11-02: Realized move: 3.8997% Implied move: Unavailable Signed actual 3.8997% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpoints Update time unavailable

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Implied versus actual earnings move · full stored dataset, independent of graph range/toggles

Realized move (%)	Implied move (%)	Context	Updated
3.8997%	Unavailable	Signed actual 3.8997% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpoints	Update time unavailable
16.9663%	Unavailable	Signed actual 16.9663% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpoints	Update time unavailable
5.7569%	Unavailable	Signed actual 5.7569% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpoints	Update time unavailable
1.5944%	Unavailable	Signed actual 1.5944% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpoints	Update time unavailable
9.026%	Unavailable	Signed actual 9.026% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpoints	Update time unavailable
3.0825%	Unavailable	Signed actual 3.0825% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpoints	Update time unavailable
5.1026%	Unavailable	Signed actual 5.1026% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpoints	Update time unavailable
8.1246%	Unavailable	Signed actual 8.1246% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpoints	Update time unavailable
14.1986%	Unavailable	Signed actual 14.1986% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpoints	Update time unavailable
7.3472%	Unavailable	Signed actual 7.3472% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpoints	Update time unavailable
6.6898%	Unavailable	Signed actual 6.6898% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpoints	Update time unavailable

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Data provenance

Figures are from published, reviewed research as of Oct 28, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT. Modelled option premiums use Black-Scholes with the published at-the-money implied volatility and are labelled as modelled, not as live quotes.