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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions KTOS Return on invested capital

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$371.0M+22.6%
Gross profit$89.6M+21.7%
Operating income$4.7M-28.8%
Net income$11.9M+164%
EPS (diluted)$0.07+133%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.5B+455%
Total debt$190.2M-33.3%
Total equity$3.4B+146%
Total assets$4.0B+102%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$27.4M+6.2%
CapEx$19.9M-11.9%
Free cash flow-$47.3M+8.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$10.17B+190%
Enterprise value$8.89B+161%
P/E345.8×+166×
P/S7.2×+4.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin22.9%-2.1pp
Operating margin1.7%-0.8pp
Net margin2.1%+0.4pp
FCF margin-9.4%

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity1.2%-0.2pp
Debt / equity0.1×-0.1×
Current ratio5.6×+2.8×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's return on invested capital?
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) reported return on invested capital of 1% in Q1 2026.
How has Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's return on invested capital decreased by 32.0% year-over-year, from 1.5% to 1%.
What is the long-term trend for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's return on invested capital?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's return on invested capital has grown at a -19.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 3.4% to 1.1%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.