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Karman Holdings

KRMN
46
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials
Winston Score
46
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Karman Holdings makes specialized components and systems used in rockets, missiles, and spacecraft. Its products include structural parts, thermal protection systems, and other hardware sold mainly to defense contractors and government agencies like the U.S. Department of Defense and NASA. The company operates in the aerospace and defense industry, focusing on technically complex parts that are hard to manufacture.

Karman earns money by selling engineered components under long-term contracts with defense primes and government customers. It operates primarily in the United States and, with a market cap around $7.6 billion, sits in the mid-cap range of the defense supply chain. Its moat comes from the technical difficulty of its products and the long qualification cycles required before a supplier can win aerospace contracts, which makes it hard for new competitors to enter. The main risk is customer concentration, since a large share of revenue depends on continued U.S. government defense and space spending.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+51.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+262.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

77.7%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~3 years

$74M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

$74M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

Karman Holdings grew revenue 51% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
42.2%
Healthy — 42.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
14.2%
Healthy — 14.2% operating margin
ROCE
1.8%
Weak — 1.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+44.2%
Fast-growing sales (44.2% YoY)
EPS YoY
+417.8%
Earnings growing fast (417.8% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
-28%
Weak — only -28% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
-5.9%
Burning cash (-5.9%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.87
Elevated debt (1.87)
Interest Cover
1.84x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.8x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
215.6x
no trend
Expensive — P/E 215.6

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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