Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
General ticker "KTOS" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Aerospace & Defense
- Capitalization: $12.9B (TTM average)
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -14.2%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 3.1%: low 48.35$, high 51.42$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 4300 (+7.5%) as of 2025
- Countries other than US accounted for 19.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2023-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Dependence on US government, Market competition, Cybersecurity threats, Product defects, Acquisition/divestiture risks
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-28 to 2027-12-28
- 2025-12-28 to 2026-12-28 estimated range: [49.12$, 78.99$]
- 2026-12-28 to 2027-12-28 estimated range: [44.35$, 73.34$]
Financial Metrics affecting the KTOS estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 139.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Negative: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of -0.32 <= 0.28
- Positive: -4.23 < Operating profit margin, % of 1.90
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -0.19 <= 2.92
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -0.67 <= -0.64
- Negative: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 0.59 <= 5.56
- Negative: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 0.88 <= 1.88
- Negative: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.83 > 0.79
Short-term KTOS quotes
Long-term KTOS plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $1,037.10MM | $1,136.30MM | $1,346.80MM |
| Operating Expenses | $1,006.00MM | $1,107.30MM | $1,321.20MM |
| Operating Income | $31.10MM | $29.00MM | $25.60MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-20.00MM | $-2.50MM | $8.40MM |
| R&D Expense | $38.40MM | $40.30MM | $40.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $11.10MM | $26.50MM | $34.00MM |
| Taxes | $8.70MM | $10.20MM | $12.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $-8.90MM | $16.30MM | $22.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $976.00MM | $1,353.20MM | $1,996.30MM |
| Inventory | $156.20MM | $162.10MM | $188.20MM |
| Assets | $1,632.50MM | $1,950.90MM | $2,467.20MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $65.20MM | $49.70MM | $-42.10MM |
| Capital expenditure | $52.40MM | $58.20MM | $95.30MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-43.80MM | $-69.70MM | $-88.30MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-30.70MM | $277.60MM | $360.70MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $-0.07 | $0.11 | $0.13 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.