Revenue Growth
Third-quarter revenue of $2.4 billion, up 8.5% year-over-year, with organic growth of 6.8%.
Margin and Profitability Expansion
Q3 EBITDA margin of 12.3%, an increase of 60 basis points year-over-year; adjusted diluted EPS of $7.27, up 17% versus prior year.
Strong Free Cash Flow
Generated $221 million of free cash flow in Q3; reaffirmed FY2026 free cash flow guidance of at least $725 million, implying 65% growth in free cash flow per share over FY2025.
Backlog and Funded Backlog Growth
Total backlog of $33.4 billion, up 6% year-over-year; funded backlog increased 19% year-over-year. Trailing twelve-month weighted average award duration just over six years.
Strategic ARKA Acquisition
Closed ARKA acquisition, adding space-based imaging sensors, agentic AI ground processing and other space capabilities; ARKA contributed ~$835 million to total backlog and ~$422 million to funded backlog, plus ~$2 billion of noncompetitive franchise programs.
Raised FY2026 Guidance
Updated revenue guidance to $9.5–$9.6 billion (total growth 10.1%–11.3%, including ~3.5 points from acquisitions) and increased EBITDA margin guidance to 11.8%–11.9%; adjusted net income guidance of $615–$630 million and adjusted EPS of $27.70–$28.38 (growth 5%–7%).
Strong Win and Pipeline Activity
Won $2.2 billion of awards in Q3; trailing twelve-month book-to-bill of 1.2x. More than $4 billion of bids under evaluation (80% new business) and plans to submit ~ $22 billion of bids over the next two quarters (75% new business).
Program and Technical Milestones
SPECTRAL achieved Milestone C and entered low-rate initial production (LRIP); Merlin counter-UAS system deployed operationally (e.g., southern border) and seeing accelerating demand and international activity.
Leverage Deleveraging Plan
Pro forma leverage of 4.2x net debt to TTM EBITDA after the acquisition, with expectation to return to the low threes within six quarters based on strong cash flow.