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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) Q4 FY2024 earnings: revenue $283 million, up 3.4% on the year

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (KTOS) reported revenue of $283 million for Q4 FY2024, the quarter ended 29 December 2024, up 3.4% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $4 million, up 62.5% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.03. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 26 February 2025.

Revenue$283 millionup 3.4%
Net income$4 millionup 62.5%
Diluted EPS$0.03
QuarterQ4 FY2024ended 29 December 2024

The quarter, against the one before and a year earlier

LineQ4 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2023Change on the year
Revenue283276274+3.4%
Cost of revenue213207202+5.6%
Gross profit69.869.271.9-2.9%
Gross margin24.7%25.1%26.3%
Research and development10.69.98.0+32.5%
Selling, general and administrative52.552.651.8+1.4%
Operating income3.06.511.7-74.4%
Operating margin1.1%2.4%4.3%
Pre-tax income4.05.87.6-47.4%
Income tax0.12.62.0-95.0%
Effective tax rate2.5%44.8%26.3%
Net income3.93.22.4+62.5%
Net margin1.4%1.2%0.9%
Diluted EPS$0.03$0.02$0.02+50.0%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFourth quarters are the year less the first three quarters. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow and capital returned

LineQ4 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2023Change on the year
Operating cash flow45.66.167.4-32.3%
Capital expenditure13.615.319.3-29.5%
Free cash flow32.0-9.248.1-33.5%
Free cash flow margin11.3%-3.3%17.6%
Cash from investing-13.6-15.3-19.0n/a
Cash from financing-3.01.6-18.6n/a
Depreciation and amortisation10.310.39.2+12.0%
Share-based compensation6.87.26.3+7.9%
Diluted shares, weighted155m154m134m+15.1%
Shares outstanding at period end151m151m129m+16.9%

Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.

Balance sheet at quarter end

LineQ4 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2023Change on the year
Shareholders' equity1,3531,343976+38.6%
Non-controlling interest0.0n/a22.5n/a
Redeemable equity0.00.022.5n/a
Debt175177219-20.4%
Operating lease liabilities29.832.237.8-21.2%
Finance lease liabilities64.466.250.9+26.5%
Other liabilities329294304+8.4%
Total liabilities and equity1,9511,9121,632+19.5%
Goodwill569569569-0.0%
Intangible assets53.855.962.4-13.8%
Cash and equivalents32930272.8+352.3%
Receivables118113129-8.8%
Other assets881873799+10.3%
Total assets1,9511,9121,632+19.5%

Quarterly results, the last 12 quarters

Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue275274277300276283303352348345371459
Cost of revenue201202206223207213229278270262281359
Gross profit73.471.971.077.269.269.873.673.877.183.489.6100
Gross margin27%26%26%26%25%25%24%21%22%24%24%22%
R&D10.38.09.610.29.910.610.010.210.09.810.713.6
SG&A50.951.854.454.552.652.557.059.959.863.572.387.3
Operating income12.211.77.012.56.53.06.63.77.18.24.7-1.6
Operating margin4%4%3%4%2%1%2%1%2%2%1%-0%
Pre-tax income6.87.64.012.75.84.05.44.611.912.19.87.0
Tax rate56%26%68%38%45%2%17%37%27%51%-21%37%
Net income-1.62.41.37.93.23.94.52.98.75.911.94.4
Net margin-1%1%0%3%1%1%1%1%3%2%3%1%
Diluted EPS-$0.01$0.02$0.01$0.05$0.02$0.03$0.03$0.02$0.05$0.03$0.07$0.02
Operating cash flow0.067.40.7-2.76.145.6-29.2-11.7-13.312.1-27.4-11.0
Capital expenditure14.219.316.612.715.313.622.620.528.024.219.917.2
Free cash flow-14.248.1-15.9-15.4-9.232.0-51.8-32.2-41.3-12.1-47.3-28.2
Shares outstanding128m129m150m151m151m151m153m169m169m169m187m188m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS and diluted share count are from the company's results press release for that quarter, used where the release gives the same revenue and net income as the table. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Source

10-K for the period ended 29 December 2024, filed 26 February 2025, accession 0001069258-25-000008: the filing on EDGAR. All of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.'s filings: EDGAR company page.

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