Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) reported Operating Margin of -0.35% for Q2 2026, down 1.40 percentage points from 1.05% a year earlier and down 1.62 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 28, 2026, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Operating Margin came in at 1.21%, down 0.42 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 1.90%, down 0.65 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has a five-year change of -2.02 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Operating Margin came in at 2.55% in FY2024 (-0.45 pp), 3.00% in FY2023 (+3.32 pp), -0.32% in FY2022 (-3.76 pp) and 3.44% in FY2021 (-0.48 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Operating Margin since Q3 2022.
- Year over year, Operating Margin gained in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.26 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was Q3 2023 (a gain of 6.02 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2022 (a drop of 6.81 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 1.27% (Q1 2026), 2.38% (Q4 2025) and 2.04% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 317.11 Bn | 270.88 Bn | 4.68 Bn | -46.33% |
| 2 | Rtx | 260.33 Bn | 231.81 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 11.38% |
| 3 | Boeing | 151.47 Bn | 58.16 Bn | 2.41 Bn | 0.64% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 126.96 Bn | 113.68 Bn | 2.45 Bn | 12.36% |
| 5 | General Dynamics | 93.24 Bn | 80.36 Bn | 2.18 Bn | 10.36% |
| 6 | Howmet Aerospace | 85.32 Bn | 80.92 Bn | 951.00 Mn | 27.92% |
| 7 | Northrop Grumman | 76.91 Bn | 66.15 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 10.08% |
| 8 | Motorola Solutions | 76.40 Bn | 72.75 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 25.82% |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 67.99 Bn | 20.11 Bn | 3.65 Bn | 18.37% |
| 10 | Kratos Defense & Security Solutions | 7.54 Bn | 3.51 Bn | 100.10 Mn | -0.35% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | -0.35% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 1.27% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 2.38% |
| 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% |
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Operating Margin 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
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=KTOS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "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-margin&ticker=KTOS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();