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, Q3 2023
Institutional positions in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. as of Sep 30, 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
- 240
- +1 vs. Q2 2023
- Shares held
- 109.1M
- +1.01M (+0.9%) vs. Q2 2023
- Total value
- $1.64B
- +$88.5M (+5.7%) vs. Q2 2023
- New holders
- 20
- 85 more added
- Sold out
- 19
- 73 more reduced
2 institutions that held it in Q2 2023 haven't filed for Q3 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 2023: 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, Q3 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; share changes are against Q2 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 11,935,354 | $179.3M | 0.00% | +43,559+0.4% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 11,207,506 | $168.3M | 0.00% | −62,869−0.6% | Reduced |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 6,265,604 | $94.1M | 0.72% | −1,012,925−13.9% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 5,379,315 | $80.8M | 0.00% | +113,093+2.1% | Added |
| Bamco Inc | 4,450,611 | $66.8M | 0.19% | −107,592−2.4% | Reduced |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 4,421,154 | $66.4M | 1.09% | +209,828+5.0% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 3,795,305 | $57.0M | 0.02% | −83,422−2.2% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 3,530,304 | $53.0M | 0.04% | −948,350−21.2% | Reduced |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 3,528,466 | $53.0M | 0.63% | −936,350−21.0% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 3,026,556 | $45.5M | 0.00% | +1,091,380+56.4% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2,699,731 | $40.6M | 0.00% | +101,771+3.9% | Added |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 2,459,185 | $36.9M | 0.06% | +2,459,185 | New |
| Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC | 2,413,270 | $36.2M | 2.21% | +1,027,715+74.2% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 2,163,275 | $32.5M | 0.01% | −263,382−10.9% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 2,066,265 | $31.0M | 0.02% | +3,181+0.2% | Added |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 1,864,494 | $28.0M | 1.36% | −8,520−0.5% | Reduced |
| Rovida Advisors Inc. | 1,773,655 | $26.6M | 10.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,564,948 | $23.5M | 0.00% | −5,266−0.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,550,673 | $23.3M | 0.01% | +435,654+39.1% | Added |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 1,483,902 | $22.3M | 1.35% | −2430.0% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,449,652 | $21.8M | 0.01% | −677,130−31.8% | Reduced |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC | 1,383,731 | $20.8M | 2.58% | +10,672+0.8% | Added |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 1,339,783 | $20.1M | 0.84% | +3,817+0.3% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,291,382 | $19.4M | 0.01% | +41,419+3.3% | Added |
| American Capital Management Inc | 1,215,214 | $18.3M | 0.70% | −2000.0% | Reduced |
| Fred Alger Management, LLC | 1,018,838 | $15.3M | 0.09% | −29,934−2.9% | Reduced |
| Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC | 1,006,158 | $15.1M | 2.32% | −5,680−0.6% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 988,472 | $14.8M | 0.00% | +11,744+1.2% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 849,947 | $12.8M | 0.00% | +26,877+3.3% | Added |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 738,370 | $11.1M | 0.36% | +738,370 | New |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 726,759 | $10.9M | 0.01% | +713,435+5,354.5% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 712,077 | $10.7M | 0.01% | −171,273−19.4% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 649,229 | $9.75M | 0.10% | +107,929+19.9% | Added |
| Scout Investments, Inc. | 636,385 | $9.59M | 0.22% | −1,715−0.3% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 583,617 | $8.77M | 0.00% | −163,986−21.9% | Reduced |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 572,304 | $8.60M | 0.01% | +460,954+414.0% | Added |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 538,284 | $8.09M | 0.76% | +118,862+28.3% | Added |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 533,500 | $8.01M | 0.46% | −119,600−18.3% | Reduced |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill, LLC | 525,642 | $7.90M | 0.09% | −3,365−0.6% | Reduced |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 499,670 | $7.51M | 0.06% | +66,278+15.3% | Added |
| Frontier Capital Management Co LLC | 475,269 | $7.14M | 0.08% | −342,078−41.9% | Reduced |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 466,461 | $7.01M | 3.78% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Peregrine Capital Management LLC | 459,640 | $6.90M | 0.21% | −61,466−11.8% | Reduced |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 451,130 | $6.78M | 1.11% | +253,185+127.9% | Added |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 448,668 | $6.74M | 0.03% | −6,858−1.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 423,446 | $6.36M | 0.00% | −83,176−16.4% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 366,298 | $5.50M | 0.00% | −15,886−4.2% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 366,089 | $5.50M | 0.00% | +68,566+23.0% | Added |
| Archon Capital Management LLC | 317,461 | $4.77M | 2.14% | −659,187−67.5% | Reduced |
| Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. | 310,000 | $4.66M | 6.71% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 296,088 | $4.45M | 0.09% | +242,047+447.9% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 280,500 | $4.21M | 0.00% | +4,700+1.7% | Added |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC | 269,955 | $4.05M | 0.10% | −1,741−0.6% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 250,818 | $3.77M | 0.02% | +218,908+686.0% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 250,101 | $3.76M | 0.01% | +6,907+2.8% | Added |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC | 239,925 | $3.60M | 0.57% | −188,825−44.0% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 228,783 | $3.44M | 0.00% | +141,621+162.5% | Added |
| Register Financial Advisors LLC | 217,460 | $3.27M | 2.39% | +10,800+5.2% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 215,711 | $3.24M | 0.00% | −1,372−0.6% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 206,548 | $3.10M | 0.00% | −17,799−7.9% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 200,630 | $3.01M | 0.00% | −182,994−47.7% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 196,671 | $2.95M | 0.00% | −27,462−12.3% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 176,132 | $2.65M | 0.00% | +1,905+1.1% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 175,484 | $2.64M | 0.01% | −62,110−26.1% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 171,668 | $2.58M | 0.00% | +123,792+258.6% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 168,420 | $2.53M | 0.00% | +13,475+8.7% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 167,656 | $2.52M | 0.01% | +7,293+4.5% | Added |
| Vienna Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne S.A. Vienna Insurance Group | 160,000 | $2.40M | 1.07% | +160,000 | New |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D | 159,641 | $2.40M | 0.01% | −22,690−12.4% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 157,503 | $2.37M | 0.00% | +67,181+74.4% | Added |
| Canal Insurance CO | 157,000 | $2.36M | 0.68% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 154,213 | $2.32M | 0.06% | +106,896+225.9% | Added |
| Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC | 154,063 | $2.31M | 0.15% | +154,063 | New |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 149,702 | $2.25M | 0.00% | −265−0.2% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 149,287 | $2.24M | 0.00% | −13,917−8.5% | Reduced |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 145,690 | $2.19M | 0.08% | −1,256−0.9% | Reduced |
| Sawtooth Solutions, LLC | 145,690 | $2.19M | 0.07% | −1,112−0.8% | Reduced |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 144,356 | $2.17M | 0.05% | +84,228+140.1% | Added |
| Credit Suisse AG | 143,045 | $2.15M | 0.00% | −2,586−1.8% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 140,490 | $2.11M | 0.00% | −12,674−8.3% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 135,726 | $2.04M | 0.00% | −5,974−4.2% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 134,152 | $2.01M | 0.00% | +116,978+681.1% | Added |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 133,646 | $2.01M | 0.01% | +41,986+45.8% | Added |
| Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC | 128,840 | $1.94M | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SEI Investments Co | 126,769 | $1.90M | 0.00% | +41,916+49.4% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 121,663 | $1.83M | 0.00% | −9,507−7.2% | Reduced |
| Legato Capital Management LLC | 115,957 | $1.74M | 0.25% | −23,585−16.9% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 114,507 | $1.72M | 0.00% | +40,798+55.4% | Added |
| Bard Associates Inc | 108,548 | $1.63M | 0.67% | −300−0.3% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 102,643 | $1.54M | 0.00% | −19,611−16.0% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 102,403 | $1.54M | 0.01% | +11,912+13.2% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 101,165 | $1.52M | 0.00% | +12,343+13.9% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 88,771 | $1.33M | 0.00% | +72,123+433.2% | Added |
| Bouvel Investment Partners, LLC | 86,689 | $1.30M | 0.70% | −94−0.1% | Reduced |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 83,911 | $1.26M | 0.01% | −90,477−51.9% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 80,199 | $1.20M | 0.00% | +9,969+14.2% | Added |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 80,155 | $1.20M | 0.02% | +52,773+192.7% | Added |
| Northside Capital Management, LLC | 79,662 | $1.20M | 0.28% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ursa Fund Management, LLC | 73,000 | $1.10M | 6.65% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 69,463 | $1.04M | 0.00% | +2,498+3.7% | Added |