Industrials / Aerospace & DefenseUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Market cap

10.9B

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Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E73

P25 14.6P50 20.6P75 30.4

Trailing P/E369.2

P25 17.1P50 27.2P75 47.6

ROE1.2

P25 -16.4P50 5.9P75 16.4

ROIC1.1

P25 -10.3P50 5.1P75 12.2

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Indicator catalog

All KTOS market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

254

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Currency

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Showing 254 of 254 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001069258
Company name	Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	50077B207
Employees	4,300
Employees Change	300%
Employees Change Percent	7.5
Enterprise value	$9.6B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Aerospace & Defense
IPO Date	1999-11-05
Isin	US50077B2079
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$10.9B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$57.89
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	329,116.28x
Sector	Industrials
Sic	3760
Symbol	KTOS
Tags	drones
Website	https://www.kratosdefense.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	0.27%
EV Earnings	325.74x
EV Sales Forward	5.34x
EV/EBIT	345.73x
EV/EBITDA	117.94x
EV/Sales	6.77x
FCF yield	-1.22%
Forward P/E	72.98x
P/B ratio	3.18x
P/E ratio	369.24x
P/S ratio	7.67x
PE Ratio3 Y	416.48x
PS Forward	6.05x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	1.96%
EBITDA Margin	5.74%
Gross margin	22.89%
Gross Profit	$323.9M
Gross Profit Growth	11.77%
Gross Profit Growth Q	21.74%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	11.53%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	9.22%
Net Income	$29.4M
Net Income Growth	50.77%
Net Income Growth Q	164.44%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	3%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-18.49%
Pretax Margin	2.71%
Profit Margin	2.08%
Profit Per Employee	$6,837
Profitable Years	2
ROA	0.57
Roa5y	0.88
ROCE	0.76
ROE	1.23
Roe5y	-0.1
ROIC	1.14
Roic5y	0.79

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	29.76%
Cagr15y	10.46%
Cagr1y	60.59%
Cagr20y	1.65%
Cagr3y	62.17%
Cagr5y	16.39%
EPS Growth	34.35
EPS Growth Q	130.6
EPS Growth Quarters	1
EPS Growth Years	3
EPS Growth5 Y	-23.62
Revenue Growth	21.82x
Revenue Growth Q	22.6x
Revenue Growth Quarters	18x
Revenue Growth Years	9x
Revenue Growth3 Y	14.86x
Revenue Growth5 Y	12.86x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.47
Assets	$4B
Cash	$1.5B
Current Assets	$2.3B
Current Liabilities	$410.7M
Debt	$185.4M
Debt EBITDA	$1.9
Debt Equity	$0.05
Equity	$3.4B
Interest Coverage	3.18
Liabilities	$632.7M
Long Term Assets	$1.7B
Long Term Liabilities	$222M
Net Cash	$1.3B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$11.78
Net Debt EBITDA	$-15.75
Net Debt Equity	$-0.38
Tangible Book Value	$2.3B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$12.31
WACC	9.98

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	5.63
Inventory Turnover	5.43
Net Working Capital	$454.1M
Quick ratio	4.85
Working Capital	$1.9B
Working Capital Turnover	$1.15

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-10.63%
Dividend Yield	0%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	1,252.57%
1Y total return	60.54%
200-day SMA	80.89
3Y total return	326.6%
50-day SMA	75.15
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	113.54%
All Time High	1,635
All Time High Change	-96.46%
All Time High Date	2000-03-06
All Time Low	2.8
All Time Low Change	1,967.5%
All Time Low Date	2016-01-20
ATR	4.14
Beta	1.06
Beta1y	1.7
Beta2y	1.54
Ch YTD	-23.74
High	57.94
High52	134
High52 Date	2026-01-20
High52ch	-56.8%
Low	55.73
Low52	32.85
Low52 Date	2025-05-12
Low52ch	76.23%
Ma50ch	-22.96%
Premarket Change Percent	0.18
Premarket Price	$57.1
Price vs 200-day SMA	-28.43%
RSI	35.58
RSI Monthly	52.21
RSI Weekly	37.05
Sharpe ratio	0.97x
Sortino ratio	1.55
Total Return	-10.63%
Tr YTD	-23.74
Tr15y	344.62%
Tr1m	-19.55%
Tr1w	-6.7%
Tr3m	-38.68%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	19
Analyst Count Top	13
Analyst Price Target Top	$95.25
Analyst Ratings	Strong Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Strong Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.12
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	0
Earnings Revenue Estimate	344,640,296x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	13.89x
Operating Income	$27.7M
Operating Income Growth	-5.46
Operating Income Growth Q	0
Operating Income Growth3 Y	58.93
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-2.6
Operating margin	1.96
Price target	$93.89
Price Target Change	$62.19
Price Target Change Top	$64.54

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	184,635,107%
Float Percent	98.46%
Net Borrowing	-184,800,000
Shares Insiders	1.5%
Shares Institutions	81.94%
Shares Out	187,519,984
Shares Qo Q	3.58%
Shares Yo Y	10.63%
Short Float	5.11%
Short Ratio	2.53
Short Shares	5.03

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-174.7M
Average Volume	3,819,664.2x
Bv Per Share	18.2
CAPEX	$-92.6M
Ch10y	1,252.6
Ch15y	344.6
Ch1m	-19.55
Ch1w	-6.7
Ch1y	60.54
Ch20y	38.83
Ch3m	-38.68
Ch3y	326.6
Ch5y	113.5
Ch6m	-25.67
Change	1.56%
Change From Open	1.42
Close	57
Days Gap	0.14
Depreciation Amortization	53,500,000
Dollar Volume	250,288,225.5
Earnings Date	2026-05-06
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$27.7M
EBITDA	$81.2M
EPS	$0.17
F Score	3
FCF	$-132.9M
FCF EV Yield	-1.39x
FCF Per Share	$-0.71
Financing CF	1,672,500,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,994
Goodwill	884,100,000
Graham Number	8.38267
Graham Upside	-85.52
Income Tax	$9M
Investing CF	-430,800,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-06
Last Report Date	2026-03-29
Last Split Date	2009-09-11
Last Split Type	Reverse
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-23
Lynch Fair Value	$0.86
Lynch Upside	-98.52
Ma150	84.69
Ma150ch	-31.64%
Ma20	65.41
Ma20ch	-11.5%
Net CF	1,200,600,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-06
Open	57.08
Optionable	Yes
Position In Range	97.74
Post Close	57.89
Postmarket Change Percent	0.19
Postmarket Price	$58
Ppne	459,600,000
Pre Close	57
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$134
Ptbv Ratio	4.71
Relative Volume	1.13x
Revenue	1,415,200,000x
SBC By Revenue	2.95x
Share Based Comp	41,800,000
Tax By Revenue	0.64x
Tax Rate	23.44%
Tr20y	38.83%
Tr6m	-25.67%
Us State	California
Views	175
Volume	4,323,514
Z Score	11.81

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Next action

Research pending

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Income

Does KTOS pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

KTOS stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns KTOS?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+81.9%

Float: +98.5% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+1.5%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

KTOS momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

35.6

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-28.4%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

1.06

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

0.97

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

KTOS vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
BA	The Boeing Company	187.1B	95.1x	2.0x	-13.6%	+10.3%	+27.9%	Vender
CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	413.4B	44.7x	5.8x	16.5%	+10.5%	+183.2%	Vender
DE	Deere & Company	155.3B	32.4x	3.3x	6.0%	+4.8%	+23.3%	Vender

Questions

About KTOS

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What is the current KTOS stock rating?

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