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

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 0.78% in Q1 2026, down 15.55% quarter-over-quarter from 0.92% in Q3 2025, and down 93.0% on a YoY basis from 11.1% in Q1 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 0.78% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 93.0% year-over-year to 0.78%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.78% (down 93.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.16%, down 78.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.78% for Q1 2026 at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, down from 0.92% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 2.61% in Q2 2024 to a low of 0.22% in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 1.31% across 5 years, with a median of 1.42% in 2022.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed sank 227 bps in 2022, then jumped 259 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it 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 sank by 48 bps to 0.92% in 2025, then declined by 16 bps to 0.78% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.78% (Q1 2026), 0.92% (Q3 2025), and 1.0% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 5,720.56 Bn 5,720.56 Bn 456,459.43 -265.55%
2 General Electric 359.38 Bn 348.64 Bn 9.11 Bn -9.24%
3 Rtx 248.80 Bn 243.70 Bn 9.08 Bn 8.75%
4 Boeing 180.64 Bn 159.74 Bn 2.55 Bn 7.00%
5 Lockheed Martin 121.64 Bn 119.74 Bn 2.08 Bn 19.82%
6 Howmet Aerospace 108.46 Bn 106.03 Bn 854.00 Mn 23.50%
7 General Dynamics 96.96 Bn 93.31 Bn 9.09 Bn 14.01%
8 Embraer 95.73 Bn 93.11 Bn - -
9 Northrop Grumman 77.30 Bn 75.21 Bn 3.45 Bn 6.49%
10 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions 10.04 Bn 8.58 Bn 89.60 Mn 0.78%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 0.78%
Sep 28, 2025 0.92%
Jun 29, 2025 1.00%
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%