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 2024
Institutional positions in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. as of Dec 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
- 350
- +25 vs. Q3 2024
- Shares held
- 131.8M
- +4.04M (+3.2%) vs. Q3 2024
- Total value
- $3.48B
- +$493.6M (+16.5%) vs. Q3 2024
- New holders
- 64
- 130 more added
- Sold out
- 39
- 98 more reduced
5 institutions that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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.
| 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 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 14,719,508 | $388.3M | 0.01% | +701,216+5.0% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 13,139,391 | $346.6M | 0.01% | +105,569+0.8% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 5,820,868 | $153.6M | 0.01% | +5140.0% | Added |
| Bamco Inc | 4,374,077 | $115.4M | 0.30% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 4,340,795 | $114.5M | 0.01% | +307,907+7.6% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 4,272,634 | $112.7M | 0.03% | −78,848−1.8% | Reduced |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 4,256,389 | $112.3M | 1.50% | −27,919−0.7% | Reduced |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 3,917,815 | $103.4M | 0.86% | −57,213−1.4% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 3,540,604 | $93.4M | 0.01% | −15,940−0.4% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 3,130,109 | $82.6M | 0.02% | +203,245+6.9% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 3,116,164 | $82.2M | 0.02% | +317,305+11.3% | Added |
| Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC | 3,034,200 | $80.0M | 2.48% | −185,174−5.8% | Reduced |
| American Capital Management Inc | 2,573,499 | $67.9M | 2.53% | −121,449−4.5% | Reduced |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 2,489,293 | $65.7M | 0.08% | −72,742−2.8% | Reduced |
| Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 2,459,641 | $64.9M | 0.50% | −287,389−10.5% | Reduced |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 2,373,151 | $62.6M | 0.92% | −739,821−23.8% | Reduced |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 2,079,022 | $54.8M | 0.21% | +172,030+9.0% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,993,236 | $52.6M | 0.04% | −369,231−15.6% | Reduced |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 1,986,388 | $52.4M | 0.57% | −369,762−15.7% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,798,339 | $47.4M | 0.01% | +35,223+2.0% | Added |
| Rovida Investment Management Ltd | 1,773,655 | $46.8M | 14.63% | +1,773,655 | New |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 1,619,694 | $42.7M | 1.66% | −121,557−7.0% | Reduced |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 1,599,740 | $42.2M | 0.13% | +934,455+140.5% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,591,167 | $42.0M | 0.01% | −76,878−4.6% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,513,437 | $39.9M | 0.01% | +14,588+1.0% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,371,221 | $36.2M | 0.01% | +188,403+15.9% | Added |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 1,348,077 | $35.6M | 2.39% | −428,663−24.1% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 1,317,270 | $34.7M | 0.01% | −177,109−11.9% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 1,292,150 | $34.1M | 0.04% | +402,588+45.3% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 1,289,371 | $34.0M | 0.00% | +138,387+12.0% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,197,405 | $31.6M | 0.01% | −25,618−2.1% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 1,097,199 | $28.9M | 0.01% | +1,097,199 | New |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC | 1,067,829 | $28.2M | 2.54% | −193,001−15.3% | Reduced |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 1,019,941 | $26.9M | 1.16% | +2,236+0.2% | Added |
| Frontier Capital Management Co LLC | 995,576 | $26.3M | 0.25% | +14,386+1.5% | Added |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 986,126 | $26.0M | 1.58% | −401,782−28.9% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 943,638 | $24.9M | 0.03% | +767,345+435.3% | Added |
| Fred Alger Management, LLC | 932,655 | $24.6M | 0.12% | −135,511−12.7% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 875,780 | $23.1M | 0.21% | +249,690+39.9% | Added |
| Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC | 839,192 | $22.1M | 3.28% | +84,431+11.2% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 732,187 | $19.3M | 0.00% | +496,667+210.9% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 724,977 | $19.1M | 0.02% | −56,376−7.2% | Reduced |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 615,569 | $16.2M | 0.13% | −112,292−15.4% | Reduced |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 592,521 | $15.6M | 0.02% | +592,521 | New |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 591,990 | $15.6M | 0.23% | +591,990 | New |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 563,500 | $14.9M | 0.69% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 544,475 | $14.4M | 5.97% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citigroup Inc | 542,870 | $14.3M | 0.01% | +243,064+81.1% | Added |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 512,422 | $13.5M | 0.09% | −5,041−1.0% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 454,286 | $12.0M | 0.03% | +83,235+22.4% | Added |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 433,265 | $11.4M | 0.03% | +162,444+60.0% | Added |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 430,563 | $11.4M | 0.03% | +11,800+2.8% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 410,481 | $10.8M | 0.01% | +137,381+50.3% | Added |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 404,698 | $10.7M | 0.14% | +404,698 | New |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 373,974 | $9.87M | 0.00% | +124,193+49.7% | Added |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 368,108 | $9.71M | 1.75% | −34,423−8.6% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 352,349 | $9.29M | 0.00% | +81,298+30.0% | Added |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 345,854 | $9.12M | 0.02% | −18,039−5.0% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 336,399 | $8.87M | 0.01% | +114,700+51.7% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 327,186 | $8.63M | 0.00% | −61,641−15.9% | Reduced |
| Garnet Equity Capital Holdings, Inc. | 304,650 | $8.04M | 4.83% | −33,850−10.0% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 296,900 | $7.83M | 0.01% | +3,900+1.3% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 295,980 | $7.81M | 0.01% | +44,048+17.5% | Added |
| Peregrine Capital Management LLC | 284,841 | $7.51M | 0.22% | −29,672−9.4% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 284,799 | $7.51M | 0.01% | −33,752−10.6% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 275,012 | $7.25M | 0.01% | +130,408+90.2% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 256,113 | $6.76M | 0.01% | −21,148−7.6% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 250,557 | $6.61M | 0.00% | +164,711+191.9% | Added |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC | 243,675 | $6.43M | 0.10% | −4,734−1.9% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 241,133 | $6.36M | 0.00% | +35,433+17.2% | Added |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC | 223,360 | $5.89M | 1.42% | +2,275+1.0% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 222,289 | $5.86M | 0.00% | +9,559+4.5% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 220,940 | $5.83M | 0.01% | −3,202−1.4% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 196,462 | $5.18M | 0.00% | −242,441−55.2% | Reduced |
| Register Financial Advisors LLC | 194,754 | $5.14M | 2.58% | +5,550+2.9% | Added |
| EFG Asset Management (North America) Corp. | 189,276 | $4.99M | 0.68% | +70,293+59.1% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 186,690 | $4.92M | 0.01% | −240,599−56.3% | Reduced |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 185,546 | $4.89M | 0.07% | +108,660+141.3% | Added |
| Canal Insurance CO | 175,000 | $4.62M | 1.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| EAM Global Investors LLC | 174,214 | $4.60M | 0.82% | +174,214 | New |
| EAM Investors, LLC | 170,967 | $4.51M | 0.64% | +170,967 | New |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 168,457 | $4.44M | 0.01% | −15,375−8.4% | Reduced |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. | 163,345 | $4.31M | 0.26% | −4,515−2.7% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 155,383 | $4.10M | 0.00% | −14,101−8.3% | Reduced |
| D L Carlson Investment Group Inc | 153,463 | $4.05M | 0.72% | −2,247−1.4% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 152,826 | $4.03M | 0.00% | +1,600+1.1% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 140,979 | $3.72M | 0.00% | −852−0.6% | Reduced |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 133,937 | $3.53M | 0.11% | −4,749−3.4% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 132,117 | $3.49M | 0.00% | +30,220+29.7% | Added |
| Comerica Bank | 126,501 | $3.34M | 0.01% | +8,234+7.0% | Added |
| Fogel Capital Management, Inc. | 124,515 | $3.28M | 1.65% | +430+0.3% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 122,801 | $3.24M | 0.00% | −62,922−33.9% | Reduced |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 121,019 | $3.19M | 0.01% | +15,932+15.2% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 120,792 | $3.19M | 0.01% | +120,792 | New |
| Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC | 118,797 | $3.13M | 0.17% | −38,809−24.6% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 118,237 | $3.12M | 0.00% | +16,577+16.3% | Added |
| Profit Investment Management, LLC | 109,751 | $2.90M | 2.32% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Legato Capital Management LLC | 102,532 | $2.70M | 0.35% | −12,748−11.1% | Reduced |
| Lumbard & Kellner, LLC | 100,769 | $2.66M | 1.14% | +100,769 | New |
| MYDA Advisors LLC | 100,000 | $2.64M | 0.75% | +80,000+400.0% | Added |