What if you invested $1,000 in Kratos Defense in 2010? (Inflation-Adjusted)

KTOS · Industrial · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

Kratos Defense turned $1,000 into $7,375 between 2010 and today. Impressive on paper, but inflation over that span came to 53% (BLS CPI-U). Adjusted for that erosion in purchasing power, your real gain in constant 2010 dollars is $4,821, which works out to a +10.2% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$7,375

+637.5% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$4,821

+382.1% real total return

Real annualized return

+10.2%

vs. +13.1% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 2010: 53% (1 dollar in 2010 = $1.53 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in Kratos Defense since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2010 $)
2010	$1,000	$1,000
2011	$1,474	$1,416
2012	$716	$674
2013	$464	$427
2014	$760	$691
2015	$511	$464
2016	$335	$300
2017	$866	$759
2018	$1,200	$1,019
2019	$1,629	$1,352
2020	$1,929	$1,576
2021	$2,791	$2,171
2022	$1,762	$1,256
2023	$1,204	$826
2024	$1,780	$1,187
2025	$3,509	$2,293
2026	$10,832	$7,080

Inflation adjustment uses BLS CPI-U annual data, deflated to 2026 dollars. Nominal stock data from Yahoo Finance (split-adjusted closing prices). Real values are expressed in constant 2010 purchasing-power dollars. For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. See our methodology and full disclaimer.