KTOS

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.

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Is KTOS Halal?

Defense technology and unmanned-systems maker — a permissible business under the same screens applied to other defense contractors, with low leverage.

What You Should Know

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. designs unmanned systems, satellite communications, propulsion, and defense electronics. Its March 29, 2026 Form 10-Q reports assets of $4,042.7 million, no conventional interest-bearing debt line, cash of $1,464.3 million, receivables of $528.6 million and quarterly revenue of $371.0 million. Debt/assets is 0.00%, liquidity/assets is 36.22% and receivables-plus-cash/assets is 49.30%; the FTSE and Malaysia asset-based ratios pass, while the examined MSCI receivables-plus-cash limit fails. Disclosed nonoperating interest income is $4.5 million (1.21% of revenue).

⚠️ Concerns

  • MSCI receivables-plus-cash/assets is 49.30%, above the examined 33.33% limit
  • Defense exposure is treated as permissible by many screening boards, though ethical and end-use questions remain qualitative
  • No conventional interest-bearing debt line is reported
  • Disclosed interest income is 1.21% of quarterly revenue; no fixed purification percentage is asserted
  • Government-contract concentration makes results lumpy — re-screen periodically

Current quantitative Sharia screen

Based on 10-Q figures for the period ended 2026-03-29; calculated 2026-07-15.

USD · millions
Interest-bearing debt / assets
0.00%Within limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

0 / 4,042.7

Cash + interest-bearing securities / assets
36.22%Above limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

1,464.3 / 4,042.7

Receivables + cash / assets
49.30%Within limit
Below 50% under FTSE Yasaar

1,992.9 / 4,042.7

Non-compliant income / revenue
1.21%Within limit
No more than 5% under FTSE Yasaar

4.5 / 371

FTSE Yasaar
v4.6, February 2026
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Liquidity/assets is 36.22%, above the examined 33.333% limit; receivables-plus-cash/assets is 49.30%.

MSCI Islamic (total-assets series)
October 2024 methodology
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Receivables-plus-cash/assets is 49.30%, above the examined MSCI 33.33% limit; debt and liquidity remain below limits.

Malaysia SAC financial ratios
single 5% activity benchmark adopted November 2025
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Liquidity/assets is 36.22%, above the examined Malaysia 33% limit; this is not an official classification.

Market-cap denominator methods
MSCI M-Series, S&P and Dow Jones methods differ
Financial
Not calculated
Overall
Fails

A properly licensed and reproducible historical market-cap series is not stored; the MSCI receivables-plus-cash screen fails.

Business-activity disclosure

Kratos designs unmanned systems, satellite communications, propulsion and defense electronics for government and military customers; defense manufacturing is generally permissible.

Limitation: The filing does not provide a universal prohibited-revenue numerator or a school-neutral ethical ruling on defense end use.

Purification

The filing discloses $4.5 million of nonoperating interest income (1.21% of revenue); treatment is disclosed for transparency, but no scholar-approved purification percentage is asserted.

Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
  • Amounts are USD millions from Kratos's March 29, 2026 Form 10-Q.
  • No conventional interest-bearing debt balance is reported; the filing's debt section contains only issuance-cost disclosure, so debt is set to zero rather than inferred from operating liabilities.
  • Cash is $1,464.3 million. Receivables combine accounts receivable of $194.5 million and unbilled receivables of $334.1 million.
  • Nonoperating interest income of $4.5 million is 1.21% of quarterly revenue; this is a disclosed line, not a purification ruling.
  • Defense technology and unmanned systems are generally treated as permissible, but contract/customer ethics and end-use remain qualitative.

This is a reproducible financial screen, not a fatwa. A failed total-assets screen can coexist with a pass under a market-cap methodology. ZakatInvest keeps the qualitative assessment separate so numerical thresholds do not erase material context.

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