KTOS · CIK 0001069258 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31
KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
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Model
Classic Z
FY2025
3.22
Zone
Safe
Prior
—
Market DD
—
1y PD
—
3.22
Z″ 6.20
Score 3.22 · distress below 1.80, grey to 2.99, safe at 3.00 and above.
Classic Z factor contributions
X1 Working capital / assets
Short-term liquidity versus the size of the balance sheet.
0.391.2 × = 0.46X2 Retained earnings / assets
Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.
−0.261.4 × = −0.36X3 EBIT / assets
Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.
0.013.3 × = 0.03X4 Book equity / liabilities
Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.
4.240.6 × = 2.54X5 Sales / assets
Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.
0.551 × = 0.55
Five-year path
Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.
Meridian Rank
84.73
0–100 · Classic Z family
Book standing
82
Year change
—
Market PD
—
O-score
92
Events on this name
Same published rows as Today.
Approaching grey
watch · 41
- Live score: — → 3.22
- Cut: — → 1.80
Overview
rule-v1
KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. is on classic Z at 3.22 (safe) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Book equity / liabilities is the line that sets the print. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Classic Z was fit on manufacturers. Buybacks can send retained earnings negative at otherwise healthy issuers. X4 is book equity.
Book screen Safe; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.
Market DD · naive Merton
No market tape yet.
Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.
Sector peers
Closest Classic Z scores · 83rd percentile in Industrials.
- CRCTSafeCricut, Inc.3.22
- ATMUSafeAtmus Filtration Technologies Inc.3.21
- SNSafeSharkNinja, Inc.3.20
- KEQUSafeKEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORP /DE/3.25
- FSSSafeFEDERAL SIGNAL CORP /DE/3.26
- CCTGSafeCCSC Technology International Holdings Ltd3.18
- LSESafeLeishen Energy Holding Co., Ltd.3.15
- UEICSafeUNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC3.30
Filing line items
Current assets
$1.3B
Total assets
$2.5B
Current liabilities
$311M
Total liabilities
$471M
Working capital
$952M
Retained earnings
−$642M
EBIT
$26M
Total sales
$1.3B
Book equity
$2.0B
Accession 0001069258-26-000013. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Classic Z is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.