KTOSKratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.

$38.68-56% 1Y

Is the business good?

Mixed

The checks split: 4 of 9 health tests passed and margins steady.

3 neutral, 1 without data
Fundamental health (F-score)4 / 9SEC EDGAR · Dec 28, 2025

Mixed fundamental signals. Nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year health from the filings.

Margin direction, 3 years+0.6 pts

Negative operating leverage, costs are rising faster than sales, squeezing margins as it grows.

Where ROE comes from1% ROA

A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 1% = margin × turnover × leverage.

Unless marked, from derived.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is KTOS?

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. keeps 1.2% of every revenue dollar as operating profit, against 9.6% for the median Aerospace & Defense name.

1.2%

Operating margin · Aerospace & Defense median 9.6% · 12 months to Q2 2026

Share count, year on year
+21%

Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago

R&D as % of revenue
2.9%

R&D as % of revenue

Gross margin
23%

Gross margin

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY20203.9%
FY20213.4%
FY2022−0.32%
FY20233.0%
FY20242.5%
FY20251.9%
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Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
23%
Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
1.2%
Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
2.0%
Free cash flow margin
−8.5%
R&D as % of revenue
2.9%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$1.52B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
−$129M
Net income, trailing twelve months
$31M

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.

Customers and suppliers

Who buys from KTOS and who it buys from, as the companies report it.

68%of revenue comes from the U.S. government
Customerswho buys
Supplierswho it buys from

None disclosed.

A company has to disclose every customer behind 10% or more of its revenue. Each share comes from the latest annual report of the company that states it and shows on both companies’ pages; KTOS’s own figures are from its FY2025 10-K. Smaller customers and suppliers go unreported.