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.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 631 | $7.68B |
| Q1 2026 | 717 | $11.8B |
| Q4 2025 | 673 | $11.5B |
| Q3 2025 | 629 | $14.0B |
| Q2 2025 | 497 | $7.76B |
| Q1 2025 | 397 | $4.59B |
| Q4 2024 | 350 | $3.48B |
| Q3 2024 | 330 | $3.01B |
| Q2 2024 | 324 | $2.57B |
| Q1 2024 | 311 | $2.37B |
| Q4 2023 | 271 | $2.30B |
| Q3 2023 | 240 | $1.64B |
| Q2 2023 | 241 | $1.55B |
| Q1 2023 | 244 | $1.46B |
| Q4 2022 | 247 | $1.11B |
| Q3 2022 | 247 | $1.08B |
| Q2 2022 | 257 | $1.50B |
| Q1 2022 | 238 | $2.17B |
| Q4 2021 | 242 | $2.06B |
| Q3 2021 | 243 | $2.40B |
| Q2 2021 | 245 | $3.04B |
| Q1 2021 | 248 | $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.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 11,836,802 | $159.6M | 0.00% | +76,263+0.6% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 11,312,186 | $152.5M | 0.00% | +396,408+3.6% | Added |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 7,112,511 | $95.9M | 0.66% | −635,846−8.2% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 5,301,889 | $71.5M | 0.00% | −600,384−10.2% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 4,752,131 | $64.1M | 0.05% | −286,058−5.7% | Reduced |
| Bamco Inc | 4,735,611 | $63.8M | 0.19% | +432,855+10.1% | Added |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 4,750,293 | $63.4M | 0.73% | −286,058−5.7% | Reduced |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 4,107,554 | $55.4M | 0.93% | +167,469+4.3% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 3,750,352 | $50.6M | 0.02% | +586,027+18.5% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 2,800,204 | $37.7M | 0.01% | +76,001+2.8% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2,496,269 | $33.6M | 0.00% | +105,335+4.4% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 1,936,941 | $26.1M | 0.00% | −60,243−3.0% | Reduced |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 1,878,598 | $25.3M | 1.21% | −13,994−0.7% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 1,861,101 | $25.1M | 0.03% | +694,593+59.5% | Added |
| Rovida Advisors Inc. | 1,773,655 | $23.9M | 9.32% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 1,771,744 | $23.9M | 0.01% | −6400.0% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,735,792 | $23.4M | 0.01% | +907,636+109.6% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,578,509 | $21.3M | 0.00% | +89,352+6.0% | Added |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 1,484,922 | $20.0M | 1.18% | −22,045−1.5% | Reduced |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC | 1,405,667 | $18.9M | 2.28% | +19,631+1.4% | Added |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 1,344,690 | $18.1M | 0.75% | +325,570+31.9% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 1,294,027 | $17.4M | 0.03% | −739,973−36.4% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,232,259 | $16.6M | 0.01% | +48,041+4.1% | Added |
| American Capital Management Inc | 1,184,726 | $16.0M | 0.56% | +3,089+0.3% | Added |
| Fred Alger Management, LLC | 1,101,700 | $14.9M | 0.08% | −13,139−1.2% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 1,061,728 | $14.3M | 0.00% | −174,665−14.1% | Reduced |
| Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC | 1,015,094 | $13.7M | 2.08% | +36,397+3.7% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 1,008,558 | $13.6M | 0.00% | −1730.0% | Reduced |
| Archon Capital Management LLC | 976,648 | $13.2M | 4.67% | +500,241+105.0% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 969,972 | $13.0M | 0.01% | +121,610+14.3% | Added |
| Frontier Capital Management Co LLC | 868,892 | $11.7M | 0.12% | −44,078−4.8% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 837,883 | $11.3M | 0.00% | +91,972+12.3% | Added |
| Scout Investments, Inc. | 657,087 | $8.86M | 0.18% | +20,446+3.2% | Added |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 653,100 | $8.80M | 0.58% | −115,000−15.0% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 621,406 | $8.38M | 0.00% | +13,899+2.3% | Added |
| Peregrine Capital Management LLC | 610,051 | $8.22M | 0.24% | −120,215−16.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 555,801 | $7.49M | 0.00% | −103,043−15.6% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 541,300 | $7.30M | 0.07% | +176,300+48.3% | Added |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill, LLC | 526,618 | $7.10M | 0.08% | +6,552+1.3% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 520,614 | $7.02M | 0.00% | +31,588+6.5% | Added |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 470,210 | $6.34M | 0.03% | +27,706+6.3% | Added |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 466,461 | $6.29M | 3.73% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 444,164 | $5.99M | 0.05% | −550,202−55.3% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 421,243 | $5.68M | 0.01% | −9,125−2.1% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 397,437 | $5.36M | 0.00% | +11,525+3.0% | Added |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC | 333,405 | $4.49M | 0.63% | +333,405 | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 313,730 | $4.23M | 0.01% | +285,777+1,022.3% | Added |
| Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. | 310,000 | $4.18M | 4.54% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 299,050 | $4.03M | 0.00% | −18,197−5.7% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 271,800 | $3.66M | 0.00% | −32,300−10.6% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 271,032 | $3.65M | 0.00% | −234,411−46.4% | Reduced |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC | 263,082 | $3.55M | 0.09% | +18,295+7.5% | Added |
| Sawtooth Solutions, LLC | 248,783 | $3.35M | 0.09% | −31,552−11.3% | Reduced |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 248,009 | $3.34M | 0.11% | −33,333−11.8% | Reduced |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 243,444 | $3.28M | 0.01% | −39,058−13.8% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 218,744 | $2.95M | 0.00% | +50,637+30.1% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 215,638 | $2.91M | 0.00% | +2,139+1.0% | Added |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D | 203,998 | $2.75M | 0.01% | −45,928−18.4% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 200,193 | $2.70M | 0.00% | +6,838+3.5% | Added |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 197,810 | $2.67M | 0.02% | −20,722−9.5% | Reduced |
| Register Financial Advisors LLC | 186,960 | $2.52M | 1.98% | +62,900+50.7% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 174,207 | $2.35M | 0.00% | +14,442+9.0% | Added |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 168,918 | $2.28M | 0.33% | +66,247+64.5% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 167,274 | $2.25M | 0.00% | −11,105−6.2% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 165,670 | $2.23M | 0.00% | +2,323+1.4% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 163,745 | $2.21M | 0.00% | +1,778+1.1% | Added |
| Canal Insurance CO | 157,000 | $2.12M | 0.58% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 156,636 | $2.11M | 0.00% | −2,293−1.4% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 154,300 | $2.08M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC | 128,840 | $1.74M | 0.05% | −26,000−16.8% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 126,330 | $1.70M | 0.00% | −4,541−3.5% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 125,676 | $1.69M | 0.00% | +26,362+26.5% | Added |
| Credit Suisse AG | 121,968 | $1.64M | 0.00% | +5,910+5.1% | Added |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 119,901 | $1.62M | 0.04% | +119,901 | New |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 119,844 | $1.62M | 0.00% | −2,207−1.8% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 118,589 | $1.60M | 0.00% | +23,113+24.2% | Added |
| Ergoteles LLC | 112,365 | $1.51M | 0.06% | +112,365 | New |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 110,566 | $1.49M | 0.00% | −27,555−19.9% | Reduced |
| Bard Associates Inc | 109,198 | $1.47M | 0.61% | −1,700−1.5% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 101,227 | $1.36M | 0.00% | −2,003−1.9% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 100,219 | $1.35M | 0.00% | −22,193−18.1% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 98,619 | $1.33M | 0.00% | +4,643+4.9% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 88,909 | $1.20M | 0.00% | +6,400+7.8% | Added |
| Bouvel Investment Partners, LLC | 83,341 | $1.12M | 0.66% | +3,291+4.1% | Added |
| HRT Financial LP | 83,180 | $1.12M | 0.01% | +83,180 | New |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 75,381 | $1.02M | 0.00% | +3,122+4.3% | Added |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | 72,516 | $978.0K | 0.02% | +72,516 | New |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 70,230 | $946.7K | 0.00% | +4,038+6.1% | Added |
| Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC | 70,000 | $943.6K | 0.48% | +70,000 | New |
| Retireful, LLC | 69,883 | $942.0K | 0.30% | +69,883 | New |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 67,968 | $916.1K | 0.00% | +5,005+7.9% | Added |
| Legato Capital Management LLC | 66,940 | $902.4K | 0.16% | +16,467+32.6% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 65,490 | $882.8K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Barclays PLC | 62,791 | $846.4K | 0.00% | −30,050−32.4% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 61,714 | $825.7K | 0.00% | +1,570+2.6% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 60,613 | $817.1K | 0.00% | +13,020+27.4% | Added |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 60,128 | $810.5K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. | 59,844 | $806.7K | 0.03% | +59,844 | New |
| American International Group, Inc. | 59,651 | $804.1K | 0.01% | +1,187+2.0% | Added |
| Arkadios Wealth Advisors | 58,196 | $784.5K | 0.09% | −1,350−2.3% | Reduced |