Karman’s (KRMN) Sell Rating Reiterated at BWS Financial

BWS Financial restated their sell rating on shares of Karman (NYSE:KRMN) in a research report sent to investors on Friday morning,Benzinga reports. BWS Financial currently has a $37.00 price objective on the stock.

A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on KRMN. Piper Sandler upgraded shares of Karman from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $110.00 to $127.00 in a report on Friday, March 6th. KeyCorp increased their price objective on Karman from $80.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on Karman from $115.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, March 20th. Citigroup lifted their target price on Karman from $125.00 to $127.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Evercore upped their price target on Karman from $110.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Karman has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $117.10.

Karman Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of KRMN stock opened at $84.13 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.86, a quick ratio of 2.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27. Karman has a twelve month low of $25.02 and a twelve month high of $118.38. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $96.42 and its 200-day moving average price is $82.43. The stock has a market cap of $11.13 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 647.20.

Karman (NYSE:KRMN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 25th. The company reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.11. Karman had a net margin of 3.68% and a return on equity of 13.36%. The firm had revenue of $134.49 million during the quarter. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 47.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Karman

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in KRMN. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in Karman by 27.3% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,088,649 shares of the company’s stock valued at $299,166,000 after purchasing an additional 877,462 shares during the last quarter. Vident Advisory LLC acquired a new position in Karman during the fourth quarter worth $14,579,000. VARCOV Co. acquired a new position in Karman during the fourth quarter worth $485,000. Polymer Capital Management US LLC purchased a new position in shares of Karman during the fourth quarter worth $569,000. Finally, Engineers Gate Manager LP purchased a new position in shares of Karman during the fourth quarter worth $241,000.

Key Headlines Impacting Karman

Here are the key news stories impacting Karman this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong results and outlook — Karman reported Q4 revenue of $134.5M (up ~47.5% YoY), adjusted EPS inline at $0.11, a robust $800M backlog and guided to roughly 53% revenue growth for 2026 while expanding capacity and M&A plans. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst bullishness — several firms reiterated or raised buy ratings and targets after results (Citigroup raised to $127, Needham reaffirmed at $125), signaling meaningful upside in some models. Benzinga
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings in line with expectations — EPS matched consensus ($0.11) and management hosted a detailed call/slide deck providing revenue breakdowns by segment and margin commentary. Earnings Transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry backdrop supportive — management calls current demand “generational” across missiles, hypersonics, space and related areas, which underpins medium-term revenue visibility but not long-term certainty. MarketBeat
• Negative Sentiment: Large post-earnings selloff — shares plunged after the report despite strong fundamentals, suggesting profit‑taking and concern about near‑term margin pressure from recent acquisitions. MarketBeat
• Negative Sentiment: Bear case from some analysts — BWS Financial reaffirmed a sell rating with a $37 target (large downside vs. current levels), highlighting valuation risk if growth slows. Benzinga
• Negative Sentiment: High valuation — the stock trades at very rich multiples, implying several years of sustained high growth; that leaves KRMN sensitive to any slowdown or margin compression. MarketBeat

About Karman

We specialize in the upfront design, testing, manufacturing, and sale of mission-critical systems for existing and emerging missile and defense, and space programs. Our integrated payload protection, propulsion, and interstage system solutions are deployed across a wide variety of existing and emerging programs supporting important Department of Defense (“DoD”) and space sector initiatives. We estimate that no single program accounted for more than 10% of sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 or the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, with revenue from over 100 active programs supporting current production and next-generation space, missile, hypersonic, and defense applications.