KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. Industrials Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts Russell 3000
$41.09Close
$6.9BMarket cap
$38.27 – $130.7252-week range
Early-novemberNext report · estimated
Highlights
Strengths
- Earnings growing EPS +26% year on year
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 0 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 5 · weaker than 95% of stocks over 12 months
- Far from its high 69% below its 52-week high
- Distribution down-day volume 1.6× up-day volume over 50 sessions
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
69%
1wk
up 6.2%
price change
1mo
down 3.7%
price change
12-month return
down 53%
market up 11% ·
its own down 66%
F-score
4 / 9
Weak
Altman Z
9.52
Low risk
P/E
315.4×
price / earnings
PEG
13.55
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
3.5×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 0.4%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
31%
of the market · expensive
Revenue growth
up 19%
year on year
EPS growth
up 26%
latest quarter · -105 pts
Sales growth
up 31%
latest quarter · +8 pts
ROE
up 1%
return on equity
Free cash margin
down 10%
-$137.4M FCF
D/E
0.00
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
-7.7×
net cash
Interest cover
2.7×EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- operating cash flow is negative
- profits not fully backed by cash
- issued more shares
- gross margin narrowed
- assets working less efficiently
- profitable on its assets
- profitability improving
- reduced long-term debt
- short-term liquidity improved
Repair signals
- Long-term debt down 100% ($0.2B → $0.0B)
Trade setup
ATR%
5.3%
$2.19 a day · 2×ATR $36.72
RS
5 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
0 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
0.8×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.64
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no scheduled report
Contractions
2
32% → 27%
Pivot
$49.68
17.3% below
Volume dry-up
1.0×
10 vs 50 sessions
Trend template · 0 of 8
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Shareholders diluted The share count rose 11.8% over the year, from 151m to 169m shares. Each existing share owns a smaller fraction of the company than it did a year ago.
- Profit not backed by cash Reported profit of $22.0M came with -$42.1M of operating cash flow. Profit that cash does not follow is the classic signature of aggressive accounting.
- Gross margin narrowing Gross margin fell from 25.3% to 22.9%. The company is keeping less of each dollar of sales than it did a year ago.
Last reported
Aug 4, 2026
Results reaction
Aug 4, 2026+11% vs market2 sessions after results
Financials
- Gross 23%
- Net 2%
- Free cash -10%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Dec 27, 2020 | FY2021Dec 26, 2021 | FY2022Dec 25, 2022 | FY2023Dec 31, 2023 | FY2024Dec 29, 2024 | FY2025Dec 28, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $747.7M | $811.5M | $898.3M | $1.0B | $1.1B | $1.3B |
| Gross margin | 27% | 28% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| Operating income | $29.3M | $27.9M | -$2.9M | $31.1M | $29.0M | $25.6M |
| Net income | $79.6M | -$2.0M | -$36.9M | -$8.9M | $16.3M | $22.0M |
| Net margin | 11% | -0% | -4% | -1% | 1% | 2% |
| Earnings per share | $0.67 | -$0.02 | -$0.29 | -$0.07 | $0.11 | $0.13 |
| Free cash flow | $8.8M | -$11.2M | -$71.1M | $12.8M | -$8.5M | -$137.4M |
| Free cash margin | 1% | -1% | -8% | 1% | -1% | -10% |
| Cash | $380.8M | $349.4M | $81.3M | $72.8M | $329.3M | $560.6M |
| Long-term debt | $301.0M | $296.7M | $250.2M | $219.3M | $174.6M | $0 |
| Shareholders' equity | $925.3M | $945.1M | $936.3M | $976.0M | $1.4B | $2.0B |
| Shares outstanding | 123.05m | 123.99m | 125.99m | 129.29m | 151.09m | 168.88m |
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 28, 2026 | 37d |
| May 6, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 29, 2026 | 38d |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Dec 28, 2025 | 57d |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 28, 2025 | 37d |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 29, 2025 | 39d |
| May 7, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 30, 2025 | 38d |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 29, 2024 | 59d |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 29, 2024 | 39d |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 38d |
| May 7, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 37d |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 44d |
| Nov 2, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Oct 1, 2023 | 32d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| May 15, 2026 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| May 6, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Acquisition or disposal ↗ |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Material agreement · Other events ↗ |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Material agreement · Other events ↗ |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Material agreement · Other events ↗ |
| May 19, 2025 | Shareholder vote ↗ |