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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Kratos Defense & Security Solutions) Altman Z-Score

: 2.84 (As of Today)
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The Altman Z-Score is a model designed to predict the likelihood of a company going bankrupt within the next two years. Created by American finance professor Edward Altman in 1968, the model is specifically designed for publicly traded manufacturing companies with assets greater than $1 million.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 2.86 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a Altman Z-Score of 2.84, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may face bankrupcy risk.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z-Score <= 1.8, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z-Score >= 3, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z-Score is between 1.8 and 3, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

KTOS' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.16   Med: 1.7   Max: 3.66
Current: 2.86

During the past 13 years, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's highest Altman Z-Score was 3.66. The lowest was 0.16. And the median was 1.70.


Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Altman Z-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.15 3.66 2.71 1.50 2.82

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Altman Z-Score Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.50 1.92 2.11 2.21 2.82

Competitive Comparison

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Altman Z-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Altman Z-Score Calculation

Altman Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's Altman Z-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=1.2*X1+1.4*X2+3.3*X3+0.6*X4+1.0*X5
=1.2*0.1848+1.4*-0.4167+3.3*0.0201+0.6*4.1648+1.0*0.6353
=2.84

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency. GuruFocus does not calculate Altman Z-Score when X4 or X5 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023:
Total Assets was $1,633 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $594 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $293 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-680 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 7.6 + 6.8 + 1.8 + -5.1 = $11 Mil.
Interest Expense was -6.2 + -5.1 + -5.1 + -5.3 = $-22 Mil.
Revenue was 273.8 + 274.6 + 256.9 + 231.8 = $1,037 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $2,640 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $634 Mil.

* Note that for stock reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.

X1=Working Capital/Total Assets
=(Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities)/Total Assets
=(594.2 - 292.5)/1632.5
=0.1848

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-680.2/1632.5
=-0.4167

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(11.1 - -21.7)/1632.5
=0.0201

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=2640.480/634
=4.1648

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=1037.1/1632.5
=0.6353

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a Altman Z-Score of 2.84 indicating it is in Grey Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


Kratos Defense & Security Solutions  (NAS:KTOS) Altman Z-Score Explanation

X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Ordinarily, a firm experiencing consistent operating losses will have shrinking current assets in relation to total assets. Altman found this one proved to be the most valuable liquidity ratio comparing with the current ratio and the quick ratio. This is however the least significant of the five factors.

X2: Retained Earnings/Total Assets: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Retained earnings is the account which reports the total amount of reinvested earnings and/or losses of a firm over its entire life. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.

X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets (EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firm's assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors. Since a firm's ultimate existence is based on the earning power of its assets, this ratio appears to be particularly appropriate for studies dealing with corporate failure. This ratio continually outperforms other profitability measures, including cash flow.

X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firm's assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.

X5, Revenue/Total Assets (S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firm's assets.

Read more about Altman Z-Score and the original research.


Be Aware

Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Kratos Defense & Security Solutions) Business Description

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Address
1 Chisholm Trail, Suite 300, Round Rock, TX, USA, 78681
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc develops and fields transformative, affordable technology, platforms, and systems. The company has two segments; The Kratos Government Solutions (KGS) segment is comprised of an aggregation of KGS operating segments, including its microwave electronic products, space, training, and cybersecurity, C5ISR/modular systems, turbine technologies, and defense and rocket support services operating segments and The Unmanned Systems segment consists of unmanned aerial, unmanned ground, unmanned seaborne and related command, control, and communications system businesses. The company derives a majority of its revenue from the Kratos Government Solutions segment.
Executives
Phillip D Carrai officer: President, TTS Division 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Deanna Hom Lund officer: Senior Vice President & CFO 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Steven S. Fendley officer: President, US Division 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Mills Thomas E Iv officer: Modular Systems Div. President 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Marie Mendoza officer: VP & General Counsel 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Stacey G Rock officer: President, KTT Division 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Bradley L Boyd director 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Daniel J Hagen director 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Benjamin M. Goodwin officer: President, PSS Division 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Jonah Adelman officer: Pres., Microwave Elec. Div. 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Jane Elizabeth Judd director 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Cervantes De Burgreen Maria officer: VP & Corporate Controller 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Samuel N Liberatore director 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Eric M Demarco director, officer: President & CEO 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131
Scott I Anderson director C/O KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, 10680 TREENA STREET, SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92131

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