Kratos Defense & Security Solutions PE ratio KTOS
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2015.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 228×
- 10-year median
- 177×
- Against its 10-year history
- 54th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 18.3× to 497×
- Peer median
- 25.7×
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' PE ratio is 228× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $38.68 against $0.17 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.
That is above its ten-year median of 177×, close to the middle of its last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 18.3× in Oct 2016 to 497× in Aug 2020.
The median for 10 aerospace and defense stocks of a similar size is 25.7×.
PE ratio over time
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 228× | 228× | 477× |
| 2025 | 436× | 240× | 460× |
| 2024 | 265× | 244× | 359× |
| 2023 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2022 | 26.5× | 26.3× | 29.9× |
| 2021 | 31.3× | 31.3× | 44.9× |
| 2020 | 488× | 85.0× | 497× |
| 2019 | 137× | 134× | 162× |
| 2018 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2017 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2016 | 18.3× | 10.0× | 24.0× |
| 2015 | 11.7× | 10.9× | 13.9× |
Against its peers
Companies in Aerospace & Defense nearest Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' size, closest first, today.
| Company | PE ratio |
|---|---|
| KTOSKratos Defense & Security Solutions | 228× |
| SAROStandardAero | 22.5× |
| LOARLoar | 85.5× |
| DRSLeonardo DRS | 29.0× |
| HIIHuntington Ingalls Industries | 16.3× |
| KRMNKarman | 126× |
| TXTTextron | 14.5× |
| AIRAAR | 19.5× |
| THOThor Industries | 20.7× |
| FTAIFTAI Aviation | 33.6× |
| CWCurtiss-Wright | 32.0× |
| Peer median | 25.7× |
Where Kratos Defense & Security Solutions ranks
What the PE ratio tells you
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.
Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.