Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
General ticker "KTOS" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Aerospace & Defense
- Capitalization: $12.9B (TTM average)
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 2.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 3.1%: low 45.97$, high 48.93$
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 3 months up through Q1 are below 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: [47.42$, 78.44$]
- 2026-12-28 to 2027-12-28 estimated range: [40.99$, 70.32$]
Financial Metrics affecting the KTOS estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 138.4 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Negative: negative Operating cash flow
- Positive: -5.34 < Operating profit margin, % of 1.90
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.91 <= -0.15
- Positive: -0.03 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 0.53
- Positive: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 80.91 > 64.23
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -0.44 <= 2.87
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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.