Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (KTOS) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Operating Expenses came in at $101.7 million for Q2 2026, up 45.1% from $70.1 million a year earlier and up 19.8% from the prior quarter.
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (KTOS) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 28, 2026, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions reported Operating Expenses of $331.8 million, up 24.5% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $282.3 million, up 9.3% from FY2024.
- Operating Expenses has increased in each of the last seven years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Operating Expenses was $258.2 million in FY2024 (+8.7%), $237.5 million in FY2023 (+4.1%), $228.2 million in FY2022 (+15.7%) and $197.2 million in FY2021 (+13.9%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Operating Expenses in data going back to Q2 2010.
- Year-over-year, Operating Expenses has increased for ten consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 15.1% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Expenses over five years came in Q2 2026 (growth of 45.1%), and the weakest in Q4 2023 (a decline of 3.5%).
- Business Quant data shows KTOS's Operating Expenses at $84.9 million (Q1 2026), $75.2 million (Q4 2025) and $70 million (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 101.70 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 84.90 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 75.20 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 70.00 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 70.10 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 67.00 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 66.80 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 62.70 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 64.70 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 64.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 61.10 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 61.20 Mn |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 57.20 Mn |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 58.00 Mn |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 63.30 Mn |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 58.30 Mn |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 53.80 Mn |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 52.80 Mn |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 52.50 Mn |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 50.10 Mn |
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. Operating Expenses API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=KTOS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "KTOS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=KTOS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();