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 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo & Company | 172,100 | $3.49M | 0.00% | +22,813+15.3% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 172,414 | $3.50M | 0.00% | −24,257−12.3% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 175,096 | $3.55M | 0.00% | +17,593+11.2% | Added |
| Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC | 176,717 | $3.59M | 0.21% | +22,654+14.7% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 177,668 | $3.60M | 0.00% | +88,897+100.1% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 178,602 | $3.62M | 0.00% | +2,470+1.4% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 181,561 | $3.68M | 0.00% | −19,069−9.5% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 183,692 | $3.73M | 0.01% | +16,036+9.6% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 185,035 | $3.75M | 0.00% | −30,676−14.2% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 188,105 | $3.82M | 0.00% | +66,442+54.6% | Added |
| Register Financial Advisors LLC | 189,854 | $3.85M | 2.58% | −27,606−12.7% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 202,356 | $4.11M | 0.01% | +101,191+100.0% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 204,273 | $4.14M | 0.01% | +28,789+16.4% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 209,401 | $4.25M | 0.00% | +2,853+1.4% | Added |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 210,157 | $4.26M | 0.08% | −85,931−29.0% | Reduced |
| EAM Global Investors LLC | 241,292 | $4.90M | 1.18% | +241,292 | New |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC | 243,349 | $4.94M | 0.10% | −26,606−9.9% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 254,100 | $5.16M | 0.00% | −26,400−9.4% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 255,279 | $5.18M | 0.00% | +86,859+51.6% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 257,433 | $5.22M | 0.01% | +7,332+2.9% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 278,336 | $5.65M | 0.00% | +106,668+62.1% | Added |
| Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. | 310,000 | $5.88M | 8.59% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill, LLC | 350,515 | $7.11M | 0.14% | −175,127−33.3% | Reduced |
| Peregrine Capital Management LLC | 352,071 | $7.14M | 0.21% | −107,569−23.4% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 356,999 | $7.24M | 0.00% | −66,447−15.7% | Reduced |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 371,514 | $7.54M | 1.48% | −79,616−17.6% | Reduced |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 388,861 | $7.89M | 0.02% | −59,807−13.3% | Reduced |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 412,339 | $8.37M | 0.10% | +412,339 | New |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 423,604 | $8.60M | 0.01% | −148,700−26.0% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 434,046 | $8.81M | 0.00% | −554,426−56.1% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 456,800 | $9.27M | 0.01% | −269,959−37.1% | Reduced |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 466,461 | $9.46M | 4.59% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 499,670 | $10.1M | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 513,500 | $10.4M | 0.54% | −20,000−3.7% | Reduced |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 569,949 | $11.6M | 0.04% | +569,949 | New |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 599,673 | $12.2M | 0.01% | −112,404−15.8% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 604,229 | $12.3M | 0.11% | −45,000−6.9% | Reduced |
| Scout Investments, Inc. | 626,566 | $12.7M | 0.32% | −9,819−1.5% | Reduced |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 736,017 | $14.9M | 1.31% | +197,733+36.7% | Added |
| Frontier Capital Management Co LLC | 916,534 | $18.6M | 0.19% | +441,265+92.8% | Added |
| Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC | 985,439 | $20.0M | 3.03% | −20,719−2.1% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,147,322 | $23.3M | 0.01% | +297,375+35.0% | Added |
| American Capital Management Inc | 1,194,072 | $24.2M | 0.83% | −21,142−1.7% | Reduced |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 1,225,288 | $24.9M | 0.68% | +486,918+65.9% | Added |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 1,285,593 | $26.1M | 1.02% | −54,190−4.0% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,287,186 | $26.1M | 0.01% | −4,196−0.3% | Reduced |
| Fred Alger Management, LLC | 1,298,850 | $26.4M | 0.14% | +280,012+27.5% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,323,525 | $26.9M | 0.01% | −126,127−8.7% | Reduced |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC | 1,363,482 | $27.7M | 3.07% | −20,249−1.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,381,446 | $28.0M | 0.01% | −169,227−10.9% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 1,465,863 | $29.7M | 0.00% | +882,246+151.2% | Added |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 1,471,782 | $29.9M | 1.58% | −12,120−0.8% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,487,631 | $30.2M | 0.01% | +1,121,333+306.1% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,608,689 | $32.6M | 0.01% | +43,741+2.8% | Added |
| Rovida Advisors Inc. | 1,773,655 | $36.0M | 14.68% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 1,806,750 | $36.7M | 1.57% | −57,744−3.1% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 2,069,582 | $42.0M | 0.02% | +3,317+0.2% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 2,192,450 | $44.5M | 0.01% | +29,175+1.3% | Added |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 2,812,119 | $57.1M | 0.09% | +352,934+14.4% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2,851,423 | $57.9M | 0.01% | +151,692+5.6% | Added |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 3,107,368 | $63.0M | 0.61% | −421,098−11.9% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 3,109,206 | $63.1M | 0.05% | −421,098−11.9% | Reduced |
| Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC | 3,190,852 | $64.7M | 3.40% | +777,582+32.2% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 3,508,243 | $71.2M | 0.01% | +481,687+15.9% | Added |
| Bamco Inc | 3,862,539 | $78.4M | 0.21% | −588,072−13.2% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 3,990,920 | $81.0M | 0.02% | +195,615+5.2% | Added |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 4,148,280 | $84.2M | 1.23% | −272,874−6.2% | Reduced |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 5,750,122 | $116.7M | 0.69% | −515,482−8.2% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 6,651,546 | $135.0M | 0.01% | +1,272,231+23.7% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 11,713,686 | $237.7M | 0.01% | +506,180+4.5% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 12,164,826 | $246.8M | 0.01% | +229,472+1.9% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −366,089−100.0% | Sold out |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −154,213−100.0% | Sold out |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −80,155−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ursa Fund Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −73,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −67,899−100.0% | Sold out |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −64,946−100.0% | Sold out |
| Gsa Capital Partners LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −51,800−100.0% | Sold out |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −44,429−100.0% | Sold out |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −33,249−100.0% | Sold out |
| Warren Averett Asset Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −24,174−100.0% | Sold out |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,536−100.0% | Sold out |
| Blair William & Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,700−100.0% | Sold out |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,041−100.0% | Sold out |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −733−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cutler Group LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −722−100.0% | Sold out |
| Costello Asset Management, INC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −280−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cary Street Partner Investment Advisory LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −166−100.0% | Sold out |
| WR Wealth Planners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −166−100.0% | Sold out |
| Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −147−100.0% | Sold out |
| Brown Brothers Harriman & Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −100−100.0% | Sold out |
| Baker Avenue Asset Management, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −40−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mastrapasqua Asset Management Inc | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Pathstone Family Office, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Advisor Partners II, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Steward Financial Group LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |