Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2025)
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 0.83% for Q4 2025, down 0.34 percentage points from 1.17% a year earlier but up 0.07 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 0.94%, down 0.37 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of -1.86 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 1.31% in FY2024 (+0.75 pp), 0.56% in FY2023 (+0.80 pp), -0.24% in FY2022 (-0.50 pp) and 0.26% in FY2021 (-2.54 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] spans a low of -0.24% in Q4 2022 and a high of 2.43% in Q2 2021.
- Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has now declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.32 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was Q3 2024 (a gain of 1.49 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2021 (a drop of 2.23 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q4 2025 came in at 0.77% (Q3 2025), 0.79% (Q2 2025) and 1.29% (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 295.17 Bn | 253.91 Bn | 5.02 Bn | -57.76% |
| 2 | Rtx | 257.77 Bn | 227.75 Bn | 5.81 Bn | 8.59% |
| 3 | Boeing | 148.82 Bn | 55.52 Bn | 2.41 Bn | 7.69% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 139.64 Bn | 123.87 Bn | 2.44 Bn | 26.48% |
| 5 | General Dynamics | 94.53 Bn | 81.64 Bn | 2.18 Bn | 13.63% |
| 6 | Motorola Solutions | 79.77 Bn | 76.13 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 20.27% |
| 7 | Northrop Grumman | 78.36 Bn | 65.81 Bn | 2.35 Bn | 12.20% |
| 8 | Howmet Aerospace | 74.35 Bn | 69.95 Bn | 951.00 Mn | 19.41% |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 70.09 Bn | 22.54 Bn | 3.65 Bn | 12.25% |
| 10 | Kratos Defense & Security Solutions | 7.25 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 100.10 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2025 | 0.83% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 0.77% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 0.79% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.29% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 1.17% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 1.49% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.66% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.32% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.56% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 0.00% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 0.63% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | -0.10% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | -0.24% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 0.20% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 1.35% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 1.77% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 0.26% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 2.24% |
| Jun 27, 2021 | 2.43% |
| Mar 28, 2021 | 2.40% |
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=KTOS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=KTOS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();