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, Q1 2024
Institutional positions in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. as of Mar 31, 2024. 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
- 311
- +43 vs. Q4 2023
- Shares held
- 129.0M
- +16.0M (+14.1%) vs. Q4 2023
- Total value
- $2.37B
- +$77.8M (+3.4%) vs. Q4 2023
- New holders
- 70
- 113 more added
- Sold out
- 27
- 83 more reduced
3 institutions that held it in Q4 2023 haven't filed for Q1 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; share changes are against Q4 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Capital Management, LLC | 79,662 | $1.46M | 0.26% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| 1492 Capital Management LLC | 81,902 | $1.51M | 0.84% | +81,902 | New |
| Harvest Investment Services, LLC | 83,835 | $1.54M | 0.62% | +83,835 | New |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP | 89,295 | $1.64M | 0.04% | +89,295 | New |
| Bouvel Investment Partners, LLC | 89,528 | $1.65M | 0.71% | −57−0.1% | Reduced |
| Legato Capital Management LLC | 90,997 | $1.67M | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 93,796 | $1.72M | 0.04% | −644−0.7% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 95,814 | $1.76M | 0.00% | −503,859−84.0% | Reduced |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 98,299 | $1.81M | 0.01% | +97,172+8,622.2% | Added |
| Discovery Capital Management, LLC | 100,000 | $1.84M | 0.25% | +100,000 | New |
| Bard Associates Inc | 100,173 | $1.84M | 0.66% | −3,325−3.2% | Reduced |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 106,042 | $1.95M | 0.01% | −20,727−16.4% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 107,689 | $1.98M | 0.00% | −12,476−10.4% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 110,299 | $2.03M | 0.00% | −61,801−35.9% | Reduced |
| Fogel Capital Management, Inc. | 110,830 | $2.05M | 1.21% | +110,830 | New |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 116,026 | $2.13M | 0.01% | +35,790+44.6% | Added |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 116,197 | $2.14M | 0.04% | +116,197 | New |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 121,017 | $2.22M | 0.00% | −51,397−29.8% | Reduced |
| Profit Investment Management, LLC | 128,544 | $2.36M | 1.33% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 142,005 | $2.61M | 0.08% | +17,197+13.8% | Added |
| Simplicity Wealth,LLC | 142,005 | $2.61M | 0.06% | +142,005 | New |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 142,326 | $2.62M | 0.00% | +3,100+2.2% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 145,405 | $2.67M | 0.00% | +9,577+7.1% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 146,045 | $2.68M | 0.00% | +28,022+23.7% | Added |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D | 150,222 | $2.76M | 0.01% | +21,094+16.3% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 151,115 | $2.78M | 0.00% | −23,981−13.7% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 155,158 | $2.85M | 0.00% | −11,621−7.0% | Reduced |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 155,277 | $2.85M | 0.05% | −54,880−26.1% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 160,840 | $2.96M | 0.00% | −117,496−42.2% | Reduced |
| Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC | 161,255 | $2.96M | 0.17% | −15,462−8.7% | Reduced |
| Canal Insurance CO | 164,219 | $3.02M | 0.78% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Credit Suisse AG | 171,720 | $3.16M | 0.00% | +7,760+4.7% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 174,441 | $3.21M | 0.00% | −10,594−5.7% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 177,400 | $3.26M | 0.00% | +115,938+188.6% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 178,752 | $3.29M | 0.00% | −2,809−1.5% | Reduced |
| Garnet Equity Capital Holdings, Inc. | 180,000 | $3.31M | 2.80% | +180,000 | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 181,877 | $3.34M | 0.00% | +3,275+1.8% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 185,298 | $3.41M | 0.01% | −18,975−9.3% | Reduced |
| Register Financial Advisors LLC | 190,604 | $3.50M | 1.82% | +750+0.4% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 207,847 | $3.82M | 0.00% | +59,418+40.0% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 211,459 | $3.89M | 0.00% | +117,106+124.1% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 214,190 | $3.93M | 0.01% | +30,498+16.6% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 228,059 | $4.19M | 0.01% | +25,703+12.7% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 228,967 | $4.21M | 0.00% | +19,566+9.3% | Added |
| Vienna Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne S.A. Vienna Insurance Group | 230,000 | $4.23M | 1.66% | +80,000+53.3% | Added |
| Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. | 235,000 | $4.32M | 7.04% | −75,000−24.2% | Reduced |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC | 238,973 | $4.39M | 0.08% | −4,376−1.8% | Reduced |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 239,703 | $4.41M | 0.01% | +239,703 | New |
| American Century Companies Inc | 241,576 | $4.44M | 0.00% | +63,908+36.0% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 263,740 | $4.85M | 0.01% | +6,307+2.4% | Added |
| Twinbeech Capital LP | 267,638 | $4.92M | 0.10% | +267,638 | New |
| UBS Group AG | 271,017 | $4.98M | 0.00% | +15,738+6.2% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 274,239 | $5.04M | 0.00% | −182,561−40.0% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 274,512 | $5.05M | 0.00% | +86,407+45.9% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 287,600 | $5.29M | 0.00% | +33,500+13.2% | Added |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 295,889 | $5.44M | 0.01% | −127,715−30.1% | Reduced |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC | 300,000 | $5.51M | 0.63% | +300,000 | New |
| SEI Investments Co | 311,594 | $5.73M | 0.01% | +165,356+113.1% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 329,519 | $6.06M | 0.00% | −27,480−7.7% | Reduced |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 352,683 | $6.48M | 0.02% | −217,266−38.1% | Reduced |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 356,135 | $6.55M | 1.29% | −15,379−4.1% | Reduced |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 356,163 | $6.55M | 0.01% | +195,290+121.4% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 368,492 | $6.77M | 0.01% | +283,262+332.4% | Added |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. | 370,000 | $6.80M | 0.43% | +370,000 | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 380,355 | $6.99M | 0.02% | +380,355 | New |
| Peregrine Capital Management LLC | 382,344 | $7.03M | 0.20% | +30,273+8.6% | Added |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 430,623 | $7.91M | 0.05% | −69,047−13.8% | Reduced |
| Archon Capital Management LLC | 450,487 | $8.28M | 3.91% | +413,026+1,102.5% | Added |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 476,121 | $8.75M | 0.09% | +63,782+15.5% | Added |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 477,061 | $8.77M | 0.02% | +88,200+22.7% | Added |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | 518,606 | $9.53M | 0.06% | +518,606 | New |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 519,475 | $9.55M | 4.38% | +53,014+11.4% | Added |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 563,500 | $10.4M | 0.50% | +50,000+9.7% | Added |
| Scout Investments, Inc. | 589,149 | $10.8M | 0.27% | −37,417−6.0% | Reduced |
| Element Capital Management LLC | 609,246 | $11.2M | 7.40% | +609,246 | New |
| Royce & Associates LP | 610,917 | $11.2M | 0.10% | +6,688+1.1% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 660,811 | $12.1M | 0.00% | +226,765+52.2% | Added |
| Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC | 850,310 | $15.6M | 2.27% | −135,129−13.7% | Reduced |
| Frontier Capital Management Co LLC | 900,416 | $16.5M | 0.15% | −16,118−1.8% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,028,810 | $18.9M | 0.00% | −118,512−10.3% | Reduced |
| Fred Alger Management, LLC | 1,179,833 | $21.7M | 0.11% | −119,017−9.2% | Reduced |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 1,238,477 | $22.8M | 0.87% | −47,116−3.7% | Reduced |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC | 1,244,754 | $22.9M | 2.28% | −118,728−8.7% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 1,250,894 | $23.0M | 0.00% | −214,969−14.7% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,406,513 | $25.9M | 0.01% | +119,327+9.3% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,418,388 | $26.1M | 0.01% | +94,863+7.2% | Added |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 1,433,058 | $26.3M | 1.37% | −38,724−2.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,485,862 | $27.3M | 0.01% | +104,416+7.6% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,532,701 | $28.2M | 0.01% | +45,070+3.0% | Added |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 1,584,691 | $29.1M | 2.22% | +848,674+115.3% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,724,190 | $31.7M | 0.01% | +115,501+7.2% | Added |
| Rovida Advisors Inc. | 1,773,655 | $32.6M | 11.32% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 1,830,548 | $33.6M | 1.35% | +23,798+1.3% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 1,997,121 | $36.7M | 0.01% | −72,461−3.5% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 2,028,589 | $37.3M | 0.01% | −163,861−7.5% | Reduced |
| American Capital Management Inc | 2,281,299 | $41.9M | 1.34% | +1,087,227+91.1% | Added |
| Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 2,512,372 | $46.2M | 0.36% | +2,512,372 | New |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 2,556,787 | $47.0M | 1.05% | +1,331,499+108.7% | Added |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 2,725,300 | $50.1M | 0.07% | −86,819−3.1% | Reduced |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 3,107,414 | $57.1M | 0.57% | +460.0% | Added |