Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' (KTOS) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 1.37% in Q1 2026, down 34.0% year-on-year from 2.08% in Q1 2025, and down 18.5% quarter-over-quarter from 1.68% in Q3 2025.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.37% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 34.0% year-over-year to 1.37% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 1.37%, a 34.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 1.16%, down 78.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed eased to 1.37% in Q1 2026 per KTOS's latest filing, from 1.68% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 2.61% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.22% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.64% (2022), against an average of 1.42%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed sank 227 bps in 2022 and soared 259 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.22% in 2022, then surged by 1178 bps to 2.36% in 2023, then dropped by 25 bps to 1.77% in 2024, then declined by 5 bps to 1.68% in 2025, then decreased by 18 bps to 1.37% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest KTOS Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 1.37% (Q1 2026), 1.68% (Q3 2025), and 1.34% (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

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1 General Electric 370.01 Bn 360.67 Bn -3.10 Bn 5.60%
2 Rtx 289.51 Bn 281.20 Bn 9.91 Bn 9.62%
3 Boeing 175.23 Bn 155.21 Bn 2.41 Bn 8.25%
4 Lockheed Martin 131.81 Bn 128.02 Bn 2.45 Bn 24.71%
5 Howmet Aerospace 111.46 Bn 109.03 Bn 854.00 Mn 23.50%
6 General Dynamics 103.47 Bn 99.14 Bn 6.76 Bn 13.87%
7 Northrop Grumman 75.90 Bn 73.59 Bn 3.72 Bn 6.15%
8 TransDigm 72.86 Bn 68.97 Bn 1.51 Bn 19.95%
9 L3Harris Technologies 50.70 Bn 50.11 Bn 1.40 Bn 12.10%
10 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions 8.18 Bn 6.71 Bn 89.60 Mn 1.37%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 1.37%
Sep 28, 2025 1.68%
Jun 29, 2025 1.34%
Mar 30, 2025 1.71%
Dec 29, 2024 1.77%
Sep 29, 2024 2.28%
Jun 30, 2024 2.61%
Mar 31, 2024 2.50%
Dec 31, 2023 2.36%
Oct 1, 2023 1.77%
Jun 25, 2023 0.57%
Mar 26, 2023 -0.09%
Dec 25, 2022 -0.22%
Sep 25, 2022 0.18%
Jun 26, 2022 1.23%
Mar 27, 2022 1.60%
Dec 26, 2021 2.05%
Sep 26, 2021 2.04%
Jun 27, 2021 2.20%
Mar 28, 2021 2.18%