Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
KTOS- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Industry
- Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts
- SEC CIK
- 0001069258
In the last 90 days, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 17 sales; 631 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $7.70B in total; ARK Invest is the only superinvestor holding it.
13F holders, Q2 2026
Institutional positions in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. as of Jun 30, 2026. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works
- Institutional holders
- 631
- −75 vs. Q1 2026
- Shares held
- 153.5M
- −13.2M (−7.9%) vs. Q1 2026
- Total value
- $7.70B
- −$4.06B (−34.5%) vs. Q1 2026
- New holders
- 109
- 233 more added
- Sold out
- 184
- 225 more reduced
11 institutions that held it in Q1 2026 haven't filed for Q2 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2026: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting KTOS on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 631 | $7.70B |
| Q1 2026 | 717 | $11.8B |
| Q4 2025 | 673 | $11.5B |
| Q3 2025 | 629 | $14.1B |
| Q2 2025 | 497 | $7.77B |
| Q1 2025 | 397 | $4.66B |
| Q4 2024 | 350 | $3.48B |
| Q3 2024 | 330 | $3.02B |
| Q2 2024 | 324 | $2.59B |
| Q1 2024 | 311 | $2.42B |
| Q4 2023 | 271 | $2.34B |
| Q3 2023 | 240 | $1.64B |
| Q2 2023 | 241 | $1.55B |
| Q1 2023 | 244 | $1.48B |
| Q4 2022 | 247 | $1.11B |
| Q3 2022 | 247 | $1.08B |
| Q2 2022 | 257 | $1.50B |
| Q1 2022 | 238 | $2.17B |
| Q4 2021 | 242 | $2.07B |
| Q3 2021 | 243 | $2.41B |
| Q2 2021 | 245 | $3.04B |
| Q1 2021 | 248 | $2.94B |
Institutions, Q2 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; share changes are against Q1 2026.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 24,035,367 | $1.20B | 0.02% | −7,627,817−24.1% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 9,064,859 | $451.9M | 0.01% | +153,360+1.7% | Added |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 8,449,693 | $421.3M | 0.01% | +174,963+2.1% | Added |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 7,987,008 | $398.2M | 0.02% | −663,488−7.7% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 6,016,073 | $300.0M | 0.18% | +3,314,308+122.7% | Added |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 4,672,566 | $233.0M | 1.51% | +1,181,372+33.8% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 4,086,232 | $203.7M | 0.02% | −1,051,342−20.5% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 3,711,627 | $185.1M | 0.01% | −1,552,655−29.5% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,230,446 | $157.3M | 0.05% | −191,122−7.9% | Reduced |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 3,137,727 | $156.4M | 1.13% | +423,156+15.6% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 2,978,610 | $148.5M | 0.09% | −114,723−3.7% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,639,843 | $131.6M | 0.02% | +45,111+1.7% | Added |
| Nomura Asset Management International Inc. | 2,598,589 | $129.6M | 0.19% | −183,564−6.6% | Reduced |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 2,360,012 | $117.7M | 0.19% | +1,381,961+141.3% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 2,251,028 | $112.2M | 0.02% | −343,972−13.3% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 2,211,173 | $110.2M | 0.01% | −301,429−12.0% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 2,163,092 | $107.9M | 0.13% | −259,603−10.7% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 1,889,341 | $94.2M | 0.01% | +1,889,341 | New |
| Rovida Investment Management Ltd | 1,773,655 | $88.5M | 6.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 1,604,024 | $80.0M | 0.86% | +715,089+80.4% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 1,484,310 | $74.0M | 0.06% | −709,189−32.3% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,440,725 | $71.8M | 0.01% | −685,509−32.2% | Reduced |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 1,425,509 | $71.1M | 0.92% | +281,172+24.6% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,425,509 | $71.1M | 0.04% | +281,172+24.6% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 1,411,098 | $70.4M | 0.06% | +853,271+153.0% | Added |
| HRT Financial LP | 1,353,818 | $67.5M | 0.12% | +1,353,818 | New |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,329,951 | $66.3M | 0.01% | −131,404−9.0% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,309,524 | $65.3M | 0.01% | −206,473−13.6% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 1,296,183 | $64.6M | 0.04% | +1,089,182+526.2% | Added |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 1,291,159 | $64.4M | 0.05% | −248,229−16.1% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,240,344 | $61.8M | 0.01% | −346,517−21.8% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 1,189,816 | $59.3M | 0.01% | −92,626−7.2% | Reduced |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | 1,160,055 | $57.8M | 0.15% | +516,879+80.4% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 1,142,018 | $56.9M | 0.02% | +308,677+37.0% | Added |
| Bamco Inc | 1,077,941 | $53.7M | 0.08% | +362,546+50.7% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 1,063,406 | $53.0M | 0.00% | −398,552−27.3% | Reduced |
| American Capital Management Inc | 1,029,653 | $51.3M | 2.30% | −42,255−3.9% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 1,008,013 | $50.3M | 0.03% | +480,700+91.2% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 889,788 | $44.4M | 0.01% | −191,639−17.7% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 840,866 | $41.9M | 0.02% | −216,006−20.4% | Reduced |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 798,472 | $39.8M | 0.03% | +26,932+3.5% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 767,243 | $38.3M | 0.01% | −3,210,459−80.7% | Reduced |
| Seven Grand Managers, LLC | 750,000 | $37.4M | 1.51% | +650,000+650.0% | Added |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 738,406 | $36.8M | 0.05% | −76,656−9.4% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 736,865 | $35.0M | 0.00% | −282,572−27.7% | Reduced |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 698,800 | $34.8M | 0.95% | +483,300+224.3% | Added |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 697,181 | $34.8M | 0.82% | −138,748−16.6% | Reduced |
| SEI Investments Co | 658,983 | $32.9M | 0.03% | +88,352+15.5% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 546,984 | $27.3M | 0.02% | +540,122+7,871.2% | Added |
| Cantor Fitzgerald, L. P. | 523,680 | $26.1M | 0.25% | +523,680 | New |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 523,433 | $26.1M | 0.01% | +423,252+422.5% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 507,324 | $25.3M | 0.02% | +136,345+36.8% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 503,089 | $25.1M | 0.01% | −738,055−59.5% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 466,547 | $23.3M | 0.02% | −63,638−12.0% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 443,403 | $22.1M | 0.03% | +88,734+25.0% | Added |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 443,152 | $22.1M | 0.78% | −67,504−13.2% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 437,449 | $21.8M | 0.00% | +109,935+33.6% | Added |
| Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 414,717 | $20.7M | 0.16% | −63,917−13.4% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 376,100 | $18.8M | 0.01% | +42,100+12.6% | Added |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 363,769 | $18.1M | 0.13% | +30,873+9.3% | Added |
| Baillie Gifford & Co | 362,296 | $18.1M | 0.02% | +94,733+35.4% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 362,188 | $18.1M | 0.00% | −1,772,367−83.0% | Reduced |
| Laurion Capital Management LP | 356,890 | $17.8M | 1.29% | +131,890+58.6% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 344,694 | $17.2M | 0.03% | −233,332−40.4% | Reduced |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 324,770 | $16.2M | 0.18% | +125,311+62.8% | Added |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 309,563 | $15.4M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citigroup Inc | 303,846 | $15.1M | 0.01% | +152,619+100.9% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 298,696 | $14.9M | 0.00% | −159,720−34.8% | Reduced |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 277,751 | $14.7M | 0.02% | −298,072−51.8% | Reduced |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 294,532 | $14.7M | 0.29% | +230,596+360.7% | Added |
| Stephens Inc | 286,724 | $14.3M | 0.16% | −17,635−5.8% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 277,539 | $13.8M | 0.00% | −63,584−18.6% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 272,082 | $13.6M | 0.00% | −608,490−69.1% | Reduced |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 266,719 | $13.3M | 0.02% | −462,489−63.4% | Reduced |
| Davy Global Fund Management Ltd | 262,971 | $13.1M | 0.84% | +63,020+31.5% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 261,048 | $13.0M | 0.01% | −90,925−25.8% | Reduced |
| Jain Global LLC | 250,120 | $12.5M | 0.15% | +250,120 | New |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 249,475 | $12.4M | 3.86% | +75,000+43.0% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 246,305 | $12.3M | 0.01% | −70,455−22.2% | Reduced |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 242,350 | $12.1M | 0.02% | +242,350 | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 240,086 | $12.0M | 0.00% | −16,791−6.5% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 238,583 | $11.9M | 0.01% | +218,005+1,059.4% | Added |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 237,683 | $11.9M | 0.12% | +29,868+14.4% | Added |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama | 234,135 | $11.7M | 0.04% | −32,378−12.1% | Reduced |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 233,780 | $11.7M | 0.30% | +13,378+6.1% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 231,526 | $11.5M | 0.00% | +41,893+22.1% | Added |
| Weiss Asset Management LP | 223,007 | $11.1M | 0.12% | +223,007 | New |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 217,425 | $10.8M | 0.01% | +21,360+10.9% | Added |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 215,113 | $10.7M | 0.14% | +200,358+1,357.9% | Added |
| WCM Investment Management, LLC | 220,938 | $10.4M | 0.02% | −931−0.4% | Reduced |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC | 200,000 | $9.97M | 0.20% | −400,000−66.7% | Reduced |
| Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co LLC | 197,738 | $9.86M | 0.10% | −2,279−1.1% | Reduced |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | 196,111 | $9.78M | 0.04% | −7,421−3.6% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 194,584 | $9.70M | 0.00% | −95,837−33.0% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 186,236 | $9.29M | 0.00% | +21,817+13.3% | Added |
| Peregrine Capital Management LLC | 166,429 | $8.30M | 0.27% | +7,390+4.6% | Added |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc. | 165,103 | $8.23M | 0.02% | −239,107−59.2% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 162,444 | $8.10M | 0.01% | +48,614+42.7% | Added |
| Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd | 160,333 | $7.99M | 0.01% | +29,243+22.3% | Added |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 158,684 | $7.91M | 0.02% | +51,539+48.1% | Added |