Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 0.51% for Q2 2026, down 0.50 percentage points from 1.00% a year earlier and down 0.33 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 1.35%, down 0.59 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of -1.14 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 1.94% in FY2024 (-0.45 pp), 2.39% in FY2023 (+2.61 pp), -0.22% in FY2022 (-2.28 pp) and 2.06% in FY2021 (-0.43 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q1 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined in each of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.72 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q1 2024, with a gain of 2.59 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2022, with a drop of 2.27 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was 0.83% (Q1 2026), 1.20% (Q4 2025) and 0.92% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 294.19 Bn | 252.71 Bn | 5.02 Bn | -29.08% |
| 2 | Rtx | 257.32 Bn | 225.59 Bn | 5.81 Bn | 10.08% |
| 3 | Boeing | 146.25 Bn | 52.94 Bn | 2.41 Bn | 8.25% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 137.32 Bn | 121.56 Bn | 2.44 Bn | 23.92% |
| 5 | General Dynamics | 93.69 Bn | 80.81 Bn | 2.18 Bn | 13.87% |
| 6 | Motorola Solutions | 78.70 Bn | 75.04 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 22.44% |
| 7 | Northrop Grumman | 77.43 Bn | 64.88 Bn | 2.35 Bn | 12.21% |
| 8 | Howmet Aerospace | 74.47 Bn | 70.07 Bn | 951.00 Mn | 22.99% |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 67.41 Bn | 19.53 Bn | 3.65 Bn | 15.09% |
| 10 | Kratos Defense & Security Solutions | 7.08 Bn | 3.05 Bn | 100.10 Mn | 0.51% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 0.51% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 0.83% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 1.20% |
| 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% |
API Access
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=KTOS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=KTOS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();