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

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' (KTOS) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 1.27% in Q1 2026, down 91.0% year-on-year from 14.08% in Q1 2025, and down 27.07% quarter-over-quarter from 1.74% in Q3 2025.

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

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Operating Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.27% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 91.0% year-over-year to 1.27% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 1.67%, a 79.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 1.9%, down 65.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin declined to 1.27% in Q1 2026 per KTOS's latest filing, from 1.74% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 4.44% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 1.57% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 1.66% (2025), against an average of 1.68%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin plunged 681 bps in 2022 and jumped 602 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 1.52% in 2022, then soared by 180 bps to 4.27% in 2023, then plunged by 75 bps to 1.06% in 2024, then jumped by 64 bps to 1.74% in 2025, then fell by 27 bps to 1.27% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest KTOS Operating Margin figures stand at 1.27% (Q1 2026), 1.74% (Q3 2025), and 1.57% (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 General Electric 370.01 Bn 360.67 Bn -3.10 Bn -1,952.73%
2 Rtx 289.51 Bn 281.20 Bn 9.91 Bn 11.38%
3 Boeing 175.23 Bn 155.21 Bn 2.41 Bn 0.64%
4 Lockheed Martin 131.81 Bn 128.02 Bn 2.45 Bn 12.36%
5 Howmet Aerospace 111.46 Bn 109.03 Bn 854.00 Mn 32.56%
6 General Dynamics 103.47 Bn 99.14 Bn 6.76 Bn 10.36%
7 Northrop Grumman 75.90 Bn 73.59 Bn 3.72 Bn 10.08%
8 TransDigm 72.86 Bn 68.97 Bn 1.51 Bn 46.31%
9 L3Harris Technologies 50.70 Bn 50.11 Bn 1.40 Bn 11.35%
10 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions 8.18 Bn 6.71 Bn 89.60 Mn 1.27%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 1.27%
Sep 28, 2025 1.74%
Jun 29, 2025 1.57%
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%