Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

20252025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
223.92243.05169.2362.759.71
Price/Sales ratio
6.396.105.614.884.92
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$0.28$0.25$0.37$1$1.05

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-3.7811.88-7.60-22.19-417.86151.9640.414.89K-35.07-297.28-44.46-417.86
Price/Sales ratio
0.330.350.681.262.362.644.303.011.332.551.822.64
Price/Book Value ratio
1.310.921.661.852.813.303.472.591.272.711.753.30
Price/Cash Flow ratio
48.34-7.92-37.11-35.1080.8063.3169.0279.53-46.5340.58-63.8463.31
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-36.40-5.74-21.30-17.71-325.00513.38300.62-156.02-16.82206.70-23.07-325.00
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.03-0.090.010.434.49-0.330.08-49.270.003.970.030.03
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
25.13%24.62%22.96%26.24%27.45%26.48%27.17%27.73%25.15%25.89%25.15%26.48%
Operating Profit Margin
2.29%-0.68%-2.78%-0.77%4.93%5.29%3.91%3.43%0.61%2.99%0.54%5.29%
Pretax Profit Margin
-8.39%-6.78%-7.82%-6.75%1.40%2.18%0.90%0.54%-3.64%1.07%-3.64%2.18%
Net Profit Margin
-8.98%3.01%-9.04%-5.67%-0.56%1.74%10.64%0.06%-3.79%-0.85%-4.10%1.74%
Effective Tax Rate
-6.99%25.56%-15.48%16.14%52.87%30.57%-1080.88%88.63%-4.28%80.18%-4.28%30.57%
Return on Assets
-6.84%2.19%-6.37%-4.16%-0.34%1.05%5.09%0.03%-2.19%-0.54%-2.37%1.05%
Return On Equity
-34.77%7.78%-21.88%-8.34%-0.67%2.17%8.60%0.05%-3.64%-0.91%-3.94%2.17%
Return on Capital Employed
2.18%-0.61%-2.47%-0.69%3.60%3.78%2.14%2.03%0.41%2.32%0.37%3.78%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
1.651.851.892.493.002.853.87N/AN/AN/A2.482.85
Quick Ratio
1.351.531.612.222.712.523.453.011.951.491.742.52
Cash ratio
0.150.160.350.681.100.941.921.580.340.240.340.94
Days of Sales Outstanding
104.91114.87125.21103.05140.21134.50132.92128.05133.47115.85133.39134.50
Days of Inventory outstanding
38.1940.9739.2533.1638.1042.2754.4357.0768.1374.1868.1338.10
Operating Cycle
143.11155.84164.47136.22178.31176.78187.35185.13201.61190.04101.02176.78
Days of Payables Outstanding
25.0535.5937.3422.8337.9437.2237.1331.3731.1029.9631.1037.22
Cash Conversion Cycle
118.06120.25127.12113.39140.37139.55150.22153.76170.50160.07119.08139.55
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.570.490.450.280.290.240.190.180.160.130.380.29
Debt Equity Ratio
2.921.751.560.570.560.510.320.310.260.220.640.56
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.740.630.600.360.360.330.240.230.210.180.230.33
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.740.630.600.360.360.330.240.230.210.180.240.33
Interest Coverage Ratio
-0.62-0.21-0.510.641.411.611.22N/AN/AN/A0.261.61
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.00-0.06-0.02-0.090.060.100.150.10-0.100.29-0.080.10
Company Equity Multiplier
5.073.553.432.001.942.061.681.681.651.671.652.06
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.00-0.04-0.01-0.030.020.040.060.03-0.020.06-0.020.04
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
-1.321.381.741.98-0.240.120.22-0.502.760.192.76-0.24
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.00-0.06-0.02-0.090.060.100.150.10-0.100.29-0.080.10
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/A-29.7-12.4N/AN/AN/A51.7725.66N/AN/A-2.37N/A
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A