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, Q4 2023
Institutional positions in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. as of Dec 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
- 271
- +35 vs. Q3 2023
- Shares held
- 113.1M
- +4.10M (+3.8%) vs. Q3 2023
- Total value
- $2.30B
- +$657.3M (+40.1%) vs. Q3 2023
- New holders
- 56
- 89 more added
- Sold out
- 21
- 81 more reduced
4 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 12,164,826 | $246.8M | 0.01% | +229,472+1.9% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 11,713,686 | $237.7M | 0.01% | +506,180+4.5% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 6,651,546 | $135.0M | 0.01% | +1,272,231+23.7% | Added |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 5,750,122 | $116.7M | 0.69% | −515,482−8.2% | Reduced |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 4,148,280 | $84.2M | 1.23% | −272,874−6.2% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 3,990,920 | $81.0M | 0.02% | +195,615+5.2% | Added |
| Bamco Inc | 3,862,539 | $78.4M | 0.21% | −588,072−13.2% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 3,508,243 | $71.2M | 0.01% | +481,687+15.9% | Added |
| Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC | 3,190,852 | $64.7M | 3.40% | +777,582+32.2% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 3,109,206 | $63.1M | 0.05% | −421,098−11.9% | Reduced |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 3,107,368 | $63.0M | 0.61% | −421,098−11.9% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2,851,423 | $57.9M | 0.01% | +151,692+5.6% | Added |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 2,812,119 | $57.1M | 0.09% | +352,934+14.4% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 2,192,450 | $44.5M | 0.01% | +29,175+1.3% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 2,069,582 | $42.0M | 0.02% | +3,317+0.2% | Added |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 1,806,750 | $36.7M | 1.57% | −57,744−3.1% | Reduced |
| Rovida Advisors Inc. | 1,773,655 | $36.0M | 14.68% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,608,689 | $32.6M | 0.01% | +43,741+2.8% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,487,631 | $30.2M | 0.01% | +1,121,333+306.1% | Added |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 1,471,782 | $29.9M | 1.58% | −12,120−0.8% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 1,465,863 | $29.7M | 0.00% | +882,246+151.2% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,381,446 | $28.0M | 0.01% | −169,227−10.9% | Reduced |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC | 1,363,482 | $27.7M | 3.07% | −20,249−1.5% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,323,525 | $26.9M | 0.01% | −126,127−8.7% | Reduced |
| Fred Alger Management, LLC | 1,298,850 | $26.4M | 0.14% | +280,012+27.5% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,287,186 | $26.1M | 0.01% | −4,196−0.3% | Reduced |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 1,285,593 | $26.1M | 1.02% | −54,190−4.0% | Reduced |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 1,225,288 | $24.9M | 0.68% | +486,918+65.9% | Added |
| American Capital Management Inc | 1,194,072 | $24.2M | 0.83% | −21,142−1.7% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,147,322 | $23.3M | 0.01% | +297,375+35.0% | Added |
| Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC | 985,439 | $20.0M | 3.03% | −20,719−2.1% | Reduced |
| Frontier Capital Management Co LLC | 916,534 | $18.6M | 0.19% | +441,265+92.8% | Added |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 736,017 | $14.9M | 1.31% | +197,733+36.7% | Added |
| Scout Investments, Inc. | 626,566 | $12.7M | 0.32% | −9,819−1.5% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 604,229 | $12.3M | 0.11% | −45,000−6.9% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 599,673 | $12.2M | 0.01% | −112,404−15.8% | Reduced |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 569,949 | $11.6M | 0.04% | +569,949 | New |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 513,500 | $10.4M | 0.54% | −20,000−3.7% | Reduced |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 499,670 | $10.1M | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 466,461 | $9.46M | 4.59% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 456,800 | $9.27M | 0.01% | −269,959−37.1% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 434,046 | $8.81M | 0.00% | −554,426−56.1% | Reduced |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 423,604 | $8.60M | 0.01% | −148,700−26.0% | Reduced |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 412,339 | $8.37M | 0.10% | +412,339 | New |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 388,861 | $7.89M | 0.02% | −59,807−13.3% | Reduced |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 371,514 | $7.54M | 1.48% | −79,616−17.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 356,999 | $7.24M | 0.00% | −66,447−15.7% | Reduced |
| Peregrine Capital Management LLC | 352,071 | $7.14M | 0.21% | −107,569−23.4% | Reduced |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill, LLC | 350,515 | $7.11M | 0.14% | −175,127−33.3% | Reduced |
| Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. | 310,000 | $5.88M | 8.59% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Barclays PLC | 278,336 | $5.65M | 0.00% | +106,668+62.1% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 257,433 | $5.22M | 0.01% | +7,332+2.9% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 255,279 | $5.18M | 0.00% | +86,859+51.6% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 254,100 | $5.16M | 0.00% | −26,400−9.4% | Reduced |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC | 243,349 | $4.94M | 0.10% | −26,606−9.9% | Reduced |
| EAM Global Investors LLC | 241,292 | $4.90M | 1.18% | +241,292 | New |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 210,157 | $4.26M | 0.08% | −85,931−29.0% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 209,401 | $4.25M | 0.00% | +2,853+1.4% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 204,273 | $4.14M | 0.01% | +28,789+16.4% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 202,356 | $4.11M | 0.01% | +101,191+100.0% | Added |
| Register Financial Advisors LLC | 189,854 | $3.85M | 2.58% | −27,606−12.7% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 188,105 | $3.82M | 0.00% | +66,442+54.6% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 185,035 | $3.75M | 0.00% | −30,676−14.2% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 183,692 | $3.73M | 0.01% | +16,036+9.6% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 181,561 | $3.68M | 0.00% | −19,069−9.5% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 178,602 | $3.62M | 0.00% | +2,470+1.4% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 177,668 | $3.60M | 0.00% | +88,897+100.1% | Added |
| Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC | 176,717 | $3.59M | 0.21% | +22,654+14.7% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 175,096 | $3.55M | 0.00% | +17,593+11.2% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 172,414 | $3.50M | 0.00% | −24,257−12.3% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 172,100 | $3.49M | 0.00% | +22,813+15.3% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 166,779 | $3.38M | 0.00% | +17,077+11.4% | Added |
| Canal Insurance CO | 164,219 | $3.33M | 0.92% | +7,219+4.6% | Added |
| Credit Suisse AG | 163,960 | $3.33M | 0.00% | +20,915+14.6% | Added |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 160,873 | $3.26M | 0.01% | +160,873 | New |
| Vienna Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne S.A. Vienna Insurance Group | 150,000 | $3.04M | 1.40% | −10,000−6.3% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 148,429 | $3.01M | 0.00% | +45,786+44.6% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 146,238 | $2.97M | 0.00% | +19,469+15.4% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 139,226 | $2.82M | 0.00% | +3,500+2.6% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 135,828 | $2.76M | 0.00% | −4,662−3.3% | Reduced |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D | 129,128 | $2.62M | 0.01% | −30,513−19.1% | Reduced |
| GTS Securities LLC | 128,957 | $2.62M | 0.06% | +79,770+162.2% | Added |
| Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC | 128,840 | $2.61M | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Profit Investment Management, LLC | 128,544 | $2.61M | 1.49% | +128,544 | New |
| EAM Investors, LLC | 127,850 | $2.59M | 0.46% | +58,883+85.4% | Added |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 126,769 | $2.57M | 0.02% | −6,877−5.1% | Reduced |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 124,808 | $2.53M | 0.08% | −20,882−14.3% | Reduced |
| Sawtooth Solutions, LLC | 124,348 | $2.52M | 0.07% | −21,342−14.6% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 120,165 | $2.44M | 0.00% | +5,658+4.9% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 118,023 | $2.39M | 0.00% | −16,129−12.0% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 109,251 | $2.22M | 0.00% | +41,042+60.2% | Added |
| Bard Associates Inc | 103,498 | $2.10M | 0.80% | −5,050−4.7% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 100,005 | $2.03M | 0.00% | +46,355+86.4% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 99,569 | $2.02M | 0.01% | −151,249−60.3% | Reduced |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 94,440 | $1.92M | 0.04% | −49,916−34.6% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 94,353 | $1.92M | 0.00% | +24,890+35.8% | Added |
| Legato Capital Management LLC | 90,997 | $1.85M | 0.24% | −24,960−21.5% | Reduced |
| Bouvel Investment Partners, LLC | 89,585 | $1.82M | 0.85% | +2,896+3.3% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 88,244 | $1.79M | 0.00% | +30,426+52.6% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 85,230 | $1.73M | 0.00% | +35,217+70.4% | Added |