C

Kratos Defense & Security Solut — Earnings Quality Grade C

KTOS · Industrials

Some red flags

Revenue
$1.3B
2025
Net Income
$22M
2025
Gross Margin
22.9%
Free Cash Flow
-$137M
01

Screening Summary

8
Passed
4
Watch
1
Failed
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 45 days, change +7 days YoY

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A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 40.5% exceeds revenue growth 18.5%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Insufficient data

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 16.1% vs COGS 22.4%. Normal

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 63.7% is >2x revenue growth 18.5%

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 78.0%, exceeds 70%

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 22.9%, change -2.4pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

Insufficient data

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF < 50% of Net Income for 2 years

C3Accruals Ratio

Insufficient data

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.6B covers debt $0.1B

04

Balance Sheet Health

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D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.6B = 33% of equity

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.4x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 10.8% vs revenue 18.5%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 4% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

Insufficient data

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05

Altman Z-Score

6.25
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.3858
Liquidity
-0.2602
Cumulative profit
0.0177
Operating efficiency
4.2393
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25