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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 $7.68B in total; ARK Invest is the only superinvestor holding it.

13F holders, Q1 2023

Institutional positions in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. as of Mar 31, 2023. 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
244
−1 vs. Q4 2022
Shares held
108.2M
+284.3K (+0.3%) vs. Q4 2022
Total value
$1.46B
+$345.3M (+31.0%) vs. Q4 2022
New holders
36
91 more added
Sold out
37
67 more reduced

2 institutions that held it in Q4 2022 haven't filed for Q1 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 2022: 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.

Institutional holdersQ1 2023: 244 institutions
Q1 2021: 248 institutionsQ2 2021: 245 institutionsQ3 2021: 243 institutionsQ4 2021: 242 institutionsQ1 2022: 238 institutionsQ2 2022: 257 institutionsQ3 2022: 247 institutionsQ4 2022: 247 institutionsQ1 2023: 244 institutionsQ2 2023: 241 institutionsQ3 2023: 240 institutionsQ4 2023: 271 institutionsQ1 2024: 311 institutionsQ2 2024: 324 institutionsQ3 2024: 330 institutionsQ4 2024: 350 institutionsQ1 2025: 397 institutionsQ2 2025: 497 institutionsQ3 2025: 629 institutionsQ4 2025: 673 institutionsQ1 2026: 717 institutionsQ2 2026: 631 institutions
Value heldQ1 2023: $1.46B
Q1 2021: $2.94BQ2 2021: $3.04BQ3 2021: $2.40BQ4 2021: $2.06BQ1 2022: $2.17BQ2 2022: $1.50BQ3 2022: $1.08BQ4 2022: $1.11BQ1 2023: $1.46BQ2 2023: $1.55BQ3 2023: $1.64BQ4 2023: $2.30BQ1 2024: $2.37BQ2 2024: $2.57BQ3 2024: $3.01BQ4 2024: $3.48BQ1 2025: $4.59BQ2 2025: $7.76BQ3 2025: $14.0BQ4 2025: $11.5BQ1 2026: $11.8BQ2 2026: $7.68B
Institutions holding KTOS and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026631$7.68B
Q1 2026717$11.8B
Q4 2025673$11.5B
Q3 2025629$14.0B
Q2 2025497$7.76B
Q1 2025397$4.59B
Q4 2024350$3.48B
Q3 2024330$3.01B
Q2 2024324$2.57B
Q1 2024311$2.37B
Q4 2023271$2.30B
Q3 2023240$1.64B
Q2 2023241$1.55B
Q1 2023244$1.46B
Q4 2022247$1.11B
Q3 2022247$1.08B
Q2 2022257$1.50B
Q1 2022238$2.17B
Q4 2021242$2.06B
Q3 2021243$2.40B
Q2 2021245$3.04B
Q1 2021248$2.94B

Institutions, Q1 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; share changes are against Q4 2022.

Institutions holding KTOS in Q1 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Vanguard Group Inc11,836,802$159.6M0.00%+76,263+0.6%Added
BlackRock Inc.11,312,186$152.5M0.00%+396,408+3.6%Added
ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest7,112,511$95.9M0.66%−635,846−8.2%Reduced
State Street Corp5,301,889$71.5M0.00%−600,384−10.2%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.4,752,131$64.1M0.05%−286,058−5.7%Reduced
Bamco Inc4,735,611$63.8M0.19%+432,855+10.1%Added
Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc.4,750,293$63.4M0.73%−286,058−5.7%Reduced
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC4,107,554$55.4M0.93%+167,469+4.3%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP3,750,352$50.6M0.02%+586,027+18.5%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC2,800,204$37.7M0.01%+76,001+2.8%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,496,269$33.6M0.00%+105,335+4.4%Added
FMR LLC1,936,941$26.1M0.00%−60,243−3.0%Reduced
Emerald Advisers, LLC1,878,598$25.3M1.21%−13,994−0.7%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC1,861,101$25.1M0.03%+694,593+59.5%Added
Rovida Advisors Inc.1,773,655$23.9M9.32%00.0%Unchanged
Franklin Resources Inc1,771,744$23.9M0.01%−6400.0%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc1,735,792$23.4M0.01%+907,636+109.6%Added
Northern Trust Corp1,578,509$21.3M0.00%+89,352+6.0%Added
Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust1,484,922$20.0M1.18%−22,045−1.5%Reduced
ARS Investment Partners, LLC1,405,667$18.9M2.28%+19,631+1.4%Added
Granite Investment Partners, LLC1,344,690$18.1M0.75%+325,570+31.9%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.1,294,027$17.4M0.03%−739,973−36.4%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc1,232,259$16.6M0.01%+48,041+4.1%Added
American Capital Management Inc1,184,726$16.0M0.56%+3,089+0.3%Added
Fred Alger Management, LLC1,101,700$14.9M0.08%−13,139−1.2%Reduced
Norges Bank1,061,728$14.3M0.00%−174,665−14.1%Reduced
Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC1,015,094$13.7M2.08%+36,397+3.7%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co1,008,558$13.6M0.00%−1730.0%Reduced
Archon Capital Management LLC976,648$13.2M4.67%+500,241+105.0%Added
Neuberger Berman Group LLC969,972$13.0M0.01%+121,610+14.3%Added
Frontier Capital Management Co LLC868,892$11.7M0.12%−44,078−4.8%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.837,883$11.3M0.00%+91,972+12.3%Added
Scout Investments, Inc.657,087$8.86M0.18%+20,446+3.2%Added
Paradigm Capital Management Inc653,100$8.80M0.58%−115,000−15.0%Reduced
Morgan Stanley621,406$8.38M0.00%+13,899+2.3%Added
Peregrine Capital Management LLC610,051$8.22M0.24%−120,215−16.5%Reduced
Bank of America Corp555,801$7.49M0.00%−103,043−15.6%Reduced
Royce & Associates LP541,300$7.30M0.07%+176,300+48.3%Added
Segall Bryant & Hamill, LLC526,618$7.10M0.08%+6,552+1.3%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp520,614$7.02M0.00%+31,588+6.5%Added
Mercer Global Advisors Inc470,210$6.34M0.03%+27,706+6.3%Added
S Squared Technology, LLC466,461$6.29M3.73%00.0%Unchanged
Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC444,164$5.99M0.05%−550,202−55.3%Reduced
Voya Investment Management LLC421,243$5.68M0.01%−9,125−2.1%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc397,437$5.36M0.00%+11,525+3.0%Added
Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC333,405$4.49M0.63%+333,405New
Balyasny Asset Management LLC313,730$4.23M0.01%+285,777+1,022.3%Added
Firsthand Capital Management, Inc.310,000$4.18M4.54%00.0%Unchanged
Wellington Management Group LLP299,050$4.03M0.00%−18,197−5.7%Reduced
Swiss National Bank271,800$3.66M0.00%−32,300−10.6%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC271,032$3.65M0.00%−234,411−46.4%Reduced
Advisors Capital Management, LLC263,082$3.55M0.09%+18,295+7.5%Added
Sawtooth Solutions, LLC248,783$3.35M0.09%−31,552−11.3%Reduced
Bleakley Financial Group, LLC248,009$3.34M0.11%−33,333−11.8%Reduced
State of Wisconsin Investment Board243,444$3.28M0.01%−39,058−13.8%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp218,744$2.95M0.00%+50,637+30.1%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc215,638$2.91M0.00%+2,139+1.0%Added
State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D203,998$2.75M0.01%−45,928−18.4%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers200,193$2.70M0.00%+6,838+3.5%Added
Guggenheim Capital LLC197,810$2.67M0.02%−20,722−9.5%Reduced
Register Financial Advisors LLC186,960$2.52M1.98%+62,900+50.7%Added
Legal & General Group Plc174,207$2.35M0.00%+14,442+9.0%Added
Essex Investment Management Co LLC168,918$2.28M0.33%+66,247+64.5%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co167,274$2.25M0.00%−11,105−6.2%Reduced
UBS Group AG165,670$2.23M0.00%+2,323+1.4%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund163,745$2.21M0.00%+1,778+1.1%Added
Canal Insurance CO157,000$2.12M0.58%00.0%Unchanged
California State Teachers Retirement System156,636$2.11M0.00%−2,293−1.4%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.154,300$2.08M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC128,840$1.74M0.05%−26,000−16.8%Reduced
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA126,330$1.70M0.00%−4,541−3.5%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co125,676$1.69M0.00%+26,362+26.5%Added
Credit Suisse AG121,968$1.64M0.00%+5,910+5.1%Added
Trexquant Investment LP119,901$1.62M0.04%+119,901New
Susquehanna International Group, LLP119,844$1.62M0.00%−2,207−1.8%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG118,589$1.60M0.00%+23,113+24.2%Added
Ergoteles LLC112,365$1.51M0.06%+112,365New
Macquarie Group Ltd110,566$1.49M0.00%−27,555−19.9%Reduced
Bard Associates Inc109,198$1.47M0.61%−1,700−1.5%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.101,227$1.36M0.00%−2,003−1.9%Reduced
Citigroup Inc100,219$1.35M0.00%−22,193−18.1%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc98,619$1.33M0.00%+4,643+4.9%Added
SEI Investments Co88,909$1.20M0.00%+6,400+7.8%Added
Bouvel Investment Partners, LLC83,341$1.12M0.66%+3,291+4.1%Added
HRT Financial LP83,180$1.12M0.01%+83,180New
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.75,381$1.02M0.00%+3,122+4.3%Added
Tudor Investment Corp Et Al72,516$978.0K0.02%+72,516New
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc70,230$946.7K0.00%+4,038+6.1%Added
Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC70,000$943.6K0.48%+70,000New
Retireful, LLC69,883$942.0K0.30%+69,883New
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.67,968$916.1K0.00%+5,005+7.9%Added
Legato Capital Management LLC66,940$902.4K0.16%+16,467+32.6%Added
MetLife Investment Management65,490$882.8K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Barclays PLC62,791$846.4K0.00%−30,050−32.4%Reduced
HSBC Holdings PLC61,714$825.7K0.00%+1,570+2.6%Added
First Trust Advisors LP60,613$817.1K0.00%+13,020+27.4%Added
Kennedy Capital Management, Inc.60,128$810.5K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Graham Capital Management, L.P.59,844$806.7K0.03%+59,844New
American International Group, Inc.59,651$804.1K0.01%+1,187+2.0%Added
Arkadios Wealth Advisors58,196$784.5K0.09%−1,350−2.3%Reduced