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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, Q3 2024

Institutional positions in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. as of Sep 30, 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
330
+9 vs. Q2 2024
Shares held
128.9M
+13.4M (+11.6%) vs. Q2 2024
Total value
$3.01B
+$700.4M (+30.3%) vs. Q2 2024
New holders
50
122 more added
Sold out
41
95 more reduced

3 institutions that held it in Q2 2024 haven't filed for Q3 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2024: 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.

Institutional holdersQ3 2024: 330 institutions
Q1 2021: 248 institutionsQ2 2021: 245 institutionsQ3 2021: 243 institutionsQ4 2021: 242 institutionsQ1 2022: 238 institutionsQ2 2022: 257 institutionsQ3 2022: 247 institutionsQ4 2022: 247 institutionsQ1 2023: 244 institutionsQ2 2023: 241 institutionsQ3 2023: 240 institutionsQ4 2023: 271 institutionsQ1 2024: 311 institutionsQ2 2024: 324 institutionsQ3 2024: 330 institutionsQ4 2024: 350 institutionsQ1 2025: 397 institutionsQ2 2025: 497 institutionsQ3 2025: 629 institutionsQ4 2025: 673 institutionsQ1 2026: 717 institutionsQ2 2026: 631 institutions
Value heldQ3 2024: $3.01B
Q1 2021: $2.94BQ2 2021: $3.04BQ3 2021: $2.40BQ4 2021: $2.06BQ1 2022: $2.17BQ2 2022: $1.50BQ3 2022: $1.08BQ4 2022: $1.11BQ1 2023: $1.46BQ2 2023: $1.55BQ3 2023: $1.64BQ4 2023: $2.30BQ1 2024: $2.37BQ2 2024: $2.57BQ3 2024: $3.01BQ4 2024: $3.48BQ1 2025: $4.59BQ2 2025: $7.76BQ3 2025: $14.0BQ4 2025: $11.5BQ1 2026: $11.8BQ2 2026: $7.68B
Institutions holding KTOS and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026631$7.68B
Q1 2026717$11.8B
Q4 2025673$11.5B
Q3 2025629$14.0B
Q2 2025497$7.76B
Q1 2025397$4.59B
Q4 2024350$3.48B
Q3 2024330$3.01B
Q2 2024324$2.57B
Q1 2024311$2.37B
Q4 2023271$2.30B
Q3 2023240$1.64B
Q2 2023241$1.55B
Q1 2023244$1.46B
Q4 2022247$1.11B
Q3 2022247$1.08B
Q2 2022257$1.50B
Q1 2022238$2.17B
Q4 2021242$2.06B
Q3 2021243$2.40B
Q2 2021245$3.04B
Q1 2021248$2.94B

Institutions, Q3 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; share changes are against Q2 2024.

Institutions holding KTOS in Q3 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Holocene Advisors, LP46,793$1.09M0.00%+46,793New
AQR Capital Management LLC46,954$1.09M0.00%+9,838+26.5%Added
Neuberger Berman Group LLC47,105$1.10M0.00%−3,548−7.0%Reduced
LGL Partners, LLC50,006$1.17M0.16%+50.0%Added
L & S Advisors Inc52,355$1.22M0.13%+52,355New
Arkadios Wealth Advisors55,630$1.30M0.07%00.0%Unchanged
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.56,800$1.32M0.00%−375,726−86.9%Reduced
Verition Fund Management LLC58,703$1.37M0.01%+41,070+232.9%Added
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.68,597$1.60M0.00%+4,060+6.3%Added
Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC68,840$1.60M0.04%+3,000+4.6%Added
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans68,960$1.61M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC70,767$1.65M0.02%+4,247+6.4%Added
Vident Advisory, LLC70,857$1.65M0.04%+379+0.5%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC71,435$1.66M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Main Management ETF Advisors, LLC76,048$1.77M0.08%+76,048New
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The76,383$1.78M0.00%−1,133−1.5%Reduced
La Banque Postale Asset Management SA76,886$1.79M0.03%+76,886New
Corebridge Financial, Inc.79,114$1.84M0.01%−489−0.6%Reduced
Pathstone Holdings, LLC81,876$1.91M0.01%+8,799+12.0%Added
1492 Capital Management LLC82,329$1.92M0.96%+549+0.7%Added
Dark Forest Capital Management LP85,027$1.98M0.25%+72,038+554.6%Added
MetLife Investment Management85,409$1.99M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Deutsche Bank AG85,846$2.00M0.00%+19,353+29.1%Added
Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio86,115$2.01M0.01%−12,124−12.3%Reduced
State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D87,847$2.05M0.01%+1,060+1.2%Added
Bouvel Investment Partners, LLC88,616$2.06M0.78%−916−1.0%Reduced
Oppenheimer & Co Inc90,753$2.11M0.03%−72,816−44.5%Reduced
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.97,557$2.27M0.00%−1,623−1.6%Reduced
Bard Associates Inc97,848$2.28M0.78%−825−0.8%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd97,861$2.28M0.00%−10,130−9.4%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company101,660$2.37M0.00%−6,338−5.9%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC101,897$2.37M0.00%+30,510+42.7%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA102,760$2.39M0.00%−42,827−29.4%Reduced
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.105,087$2.45M0.01%−5,443−4.9%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.106,719$2.49M0.00%+103,278+3,001.4%Added
Profit Investment Management, LLC109,751$2.56M2.01%−60,350−35.5%Reduced
HRT Financial LP110,509$2.57M0.01%+110,509New
Legato Capital Management LLC115,280$2.69M0.33%+24,283+26.7%Added
Comerica Bank118,267$2.76M0.01%+13,732+13.1%Added
EFG Asset Management (North America) Corp.118,983$2.77M0.46%+44,684+60.1%Added
Fogel Capital Management, Inc.124,085$2.89M1.49%−2,200−1.7%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC132,056$3.08M0.00%+116,991+776.6%Added
Bleakley Financial Group, LLC138,686$3.23M0.10%+4,804+3.6%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System141,831$3.30M0.00%−4,311−2.9%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund144,604$3.37M0.00%−15,800−9.9%Reduced
Ghisallo Capital Management LLC150,000$3.50M0.17%00.0%Unchanged
Alliancebernstein L.P.151,226$3.52M0.00%−21,990−12.7%Reduced
D L Carlson Investment Group Inc155,710$3.63M0.66%+155,710New
Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC157,606$3.67M0.20%−1,751−1.1%Reduced
Hodges Capital Management Inc.167,860$3.91M0.25%−223,162−57.1%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada169,484$3.95M0.00%+32,873+24.1%Added
Canal Insurance CO175,000$4.08M0.96%−25,000−12.5%Reduced
Voya Investment Management LLC176,293$4.11M0.00%−1,300−0.7%Reduced
Jane Street Group, LLC181,594$4.23M0.01%−90,811−33.3%Reduced
State of Wisconsin Investment Board183,832$4.28M0.01%+4,117+2.3%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc185,723$4.33M0.00%+3,648+2.0%Added
Register Financial Advisors LLC189,204$4.41M2.26%+600+0.3%Added
Firsthand Capital Management, Inc.200,000$4.66M9.19%+195,000+3,900.0%Added
Archon Capital Management LLC204,442$4.76M8.93%−99,000−32.6%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc205,700$4.79M0.00%+63,800+45.0%Added
Legal & General Group Plc212,730$4.96M0.00%+28,044+15.2%Added
Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC221,085$5.15M1.30%+168,205+318.1%Added
Susquehanna International Group, LLP221,699$5.17M0.01%−4,111−1.8%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers224,142$5.22M0.00%−5,917−2.6%Reduced
UBS Group AG235,520$5.49M0.00%+56,486+31.6%Added
Advisors Capital Management, LLC248,409$5.79M0.09%+3,945+1.6%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co249,781$5.82M0.00%+3,770+1.5%Added
Stifel Financial Corp251,932$5.87M0.01%−20,565−7.5%Reduced
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.270,821$6.31M0.02%+270,821New
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc271,051$6.32M0.00%+20,311+8.1%Added
Barclays PLC273,100$6.36M0.00%+192,667+239.5%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC277,261$6.46M0.01%+277,196+426,455.4%Added
Swiss National Bank293,000$6.83M0.00%−2,000−0.7%Reduced
Citigroup Inc299,806$6.99M0.01%+107,530+55.9%Added
Peregrine Capital Management LLC314,513$7.33M0.22%−34,119−9.8%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP318,551$7.42M0.01%+61,076+23.7%Added
Garnet Equity Capital Holdings, Inc.338,500$7.89M5.12%−31,500−8.5%Reduced
Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd.371,051$8.65M0.02%+143,486+63.1%Added
Mercer Global Advisors Inc363,893$9.03M0.02%−21,077−5.5%Reduced
Bank of America Corp388,827$9.06M0.00%+25,675+7.1%Added
Essex Investment Management Co LLC402,531$9.38M1.63%−5,087−1.2%Reduced
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC418,763$9.76M0.02%+36,100+9.4%Added
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd427,289$9.96M0.02%+120,346+39.2%Added
Norges Bank438,903$10.2M0.00%−245,784−35.9%Reduced
Raymond James & Associates477,524$11.1M0.01%+63,473+15.3%Added
Scout Investments, Inc.462,725$11.6M0.31%−74,901−13.9%Reduced
Marshall Wace, LLP502,359$11.7M0.02%+220,306+78.1%Added
Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC517,463$12.1M0.08%−3,388−0.7%Reduced
S Squared Technology, LLC544,475$12.7M5.41%00.0%Unchanged
Paradigm Capital Management Inc563,500$13.1M0.58%00.0%Unchanged
Royce & Associates LP626,090$14.6M0.13%+11,380+1.9%Added
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC665,285$15.5M0.05%+86,567+15.0%Added
Driehaus Capital Management LLC727,861$17.0M0.15%+6,318+0.9%Added
Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC754,761$17.6M2.48%+16,696+2.3%Added
SEI Investments Co781,353$18.2M0.02%+289,962+59.0%Added
Van Eck Associates Corp889,562$21.4M0.03%+145,462+19.5%Added
Frontier Capital Management Co LLC981,190$22.9M0.22%+128,351+15.0%Added
Granite Investment Partners, LLC1,017,705$23.7M1.02%−84,666−7.7%Reduced
Fred Alger Management, LLC1,068,166$24.9M0.12%−51,080−4.6%Reduced
Morgan Stanley1,150,984$26.8M0.00%−233,790−16.9%Reduced