Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.

KTOS Industrials Aerospace & Defense

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.3 billion, up 18.5% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+30.5%
EPS
0.00%
Free cash flow
+12.4%
Total debt
−42.2%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

35.93 5.06 −12.34%
Market cap
$7.7B
P/E
241×
Fwd P/E
209×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
16.42
Beneish M
−1.87
Dividend safety
n/a

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (KTOS) Return on invested capital

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 0.54%, down 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.04%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.76% (fiscal 2016) to 3.41% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 0.25% and below the Industrials sector median of 1.81%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 1.04% (0.40)
FY2024 1.44% (0.22)
FY2023 1.66% 1.82
FY2022 −0.16% (2.11)
FY2021 1.95% (0.22)
FY2020 2.17% (1.24)
FY2019 3.41% 0.39
FY2018 3.02% 4.13
FY2017 −1.11% 0.65
FY2016 −1.76% (1.34)

Against its own ten years

Low −1.76% High 3.41%
Ten-year median 1.44%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
MOG.A Moog Inc. compare 10.5%
BWXT BWX Technologies, Inc. compare 9.69%
DRS Leonardo DRS, Inc. compare 9.50%
SARO StandardAero, Inc. compare 7.63%
HXL Hexcel Corporation compare 7.04%
KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. compare 5.09%
LOAR Loar Holdings Inc. compare 3.95%
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. 0.54%
AVAV AeroVironment, Inc. compare −3.47%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 0.25%
Industrials sector median 1.81%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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