Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026)

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) posted quarterly EBITDA Margin of 1.27% for Q1 2026, down 91.0% year-over-year from 14.08% in Q1 2025, and down 37.98% on a QoQ basis from 2.04% in Q3 2025.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) has reported EBITDA Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 1.27% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin fell 91.0% year-over-year to 1.27%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.61% (down 85.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.9%, down 65.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin came in at 1.27% for Q1 2026 at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, down from 2.04% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBITDA Margin was 4.44% in Q4 2023, with the low at 1.57% in Q3 2022.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 1.67%, with a median of 1.78% recorded in 2022.
  • Across the five-year window, EBITDA Margin sank 681 bps in 2022 and surged 602 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, EBITDA Margin stood at 1.52% in 2022, then jumped by 180 bps to 4.27% in 2023, then slumped by 75 bps to 1.06% in 2024, then surged by 93 bps to 2.04% in 2025, then tumbled by 38 bps to 1.27% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBITDA Margin over the past three periods registered 1.27%, 2.04%, and 1.05% for Q1 2026, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Boeing 1,106.33 Bn 1,085.43 Bn 2.55 Bn 2.02%
2 Rtx 258.51 Bn 253.40 Bn 9.08 Bn 11.57%
3 General Dynamics 174.86 Bn 171.21 Bn 9.09 Bn 10.53%
4 Lockheed Martin 119.99 Bn 118.10 Bn 2.08 Bn 11.45%
5 Howmet Aerospace 107.26 Bn 104.82 Bn 854.00 Mn 32.56%
6 TransDigm 76.18 Bn 72.30 Bn 1.51 Bn 46.31%
7 Northrop Grumman 73.88 Bn 71.79 Bn 3.45 Bn 8.80%
8 Rocket Lab 60.59 Bn 59.31 Bn 76.49 Mn -22.97%
9 L3Harris Technologies 54.60 Bn 54.60 Bn 1.40 Bn 11.35%
10 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions 9.38 Bn 7.91 Bn 89.60 Mn 1.27%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 1.27%
Sep 28, 2025 2.04%
Jun 29, 2025 1.05%
Mar 30, 2025 2.18%
Dec 29, 2024 1.06%
Sep 29, 2024 2.36%
Jun 30, 2024 4.17%
Mar 31, 2024 2.53%
Dec 31, 2023 4.27%
Oct 1, 2023 4.44%
Jun 25, 2023 2.61%
Mar 26, 2023 0.22%
Dec 25, 2022 1.52%
Sep 25, 2022 -1.57%
Jun 26, 2022 -0.85%
Mar 27, 2022 -0.61%
Dec 26, 2021 4.35%
Sep 26, 2021 5.23%
Jun 27, 2021 1.61%
Mar 28, 2021 2.52%