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, Q1 2025
Institutional positions in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. as of Mar 31, 2025. 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
- 397
- +51 vs. Q4 2024
- Shares held
- 154.8M
- +24.3M (+18.6%) vs. Q4 2024
- Total value
- $4.59B
- +$1.15B (+33.3%) vs. Q4 2024
- New holders
- 88
- 143 more added
- Sold out
- 37
- 113 more reduced
4 institutions that held it in Q4 2024 haven't filed for Q1 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; share changes are against Q4 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 24,744,763 | $734.7M | 0.02% | +11,605,372+88.3% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 16,447,687 | $488.3M | 0.01% | +1,728,179+11.7% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 9,819,266 | $291.5M | 0.01% | +3,998,398+68.7% | Added |
| Bamco Inc | 4,609,546 | $136.9M | 0.40% | +235,469+5.4% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 3,923,917 | $116.5M | 0.03% | +807,753+25.9% | Added |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 3,860,439 | $114.6M | 1.65% | −395,950−9.3% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 3,739,536 | $111.0M | 0.01% | −601,259−13.9% | Reduced |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 3,689,588 | $109.5M | 1.10% | −228,227−5.8% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 3,648,628 | $108.4M | 0.01% | +108,024+3.1% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 3,365,891 | $99.9M | 0.02% | −906,743−21.2% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 2,974,416 | $88.3M | 0.02% | +2,242,229+306.2% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 2,664,664 | $79.1M | 0.10% | +1,372,514+106.2% | Added |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 2,609,621 | $77.5M | 0.30% | +530,599+25.5% | Added |
| American Capital Management Inc | 2,597,876 | $77.1M | 3.14% | +24,377+0.9% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 2,467,020 | $73.2M | 0.02% | −663,089−21.2% | Reduced |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 2,437,962 | $72.4M | 0.10% | −51,331−2.1% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 2,436,047 | $72.3M | 0.01% | +1,146,676+88.9% | Added |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 2,431,306 | $72.2M | 1.23% | +58,155+2.5% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 2,402,444 | $71.3M | 0.01% | +1,031,223+75.2% | Added |
| Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 2,178,673 | $64.7M | 0.49% | −280,968−11.4% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 2,163,223 | $64.2M | 0.07% | +1,219,585+129.2% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 1,836,173 | $54.5M | 0.05% | +1,551,374+544.7% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,789,606 | $53.1M | 0.04% | −203,630−10.2% | Reduced |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 1,780,751 | $52.8M | 0.68% | −205,637−10.4% | Reduced |
| Rovida Investment Management Ltd | 1,773,655 | $52.6M | 15.76% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,741,817 | $51.7M | 0.01% | −56,522−3.1% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,574,099 | $46.7M | 0.01% | +60,662+4.0% | Added |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 1,477,871 | $43.9M | 1.98% | −141,823−8.8% | Reduced |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 1,460,730 | $43.4M | 3.30% | +112,653+8.4% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 1,384,909 | $41.1M | 0.01% | +1,384,909 | New |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 1,354,312 | $40.2M | 0.39% | +738,743+120.0% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,254,718 | $37.3M | 0.01% | −336,449−21.1% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,221,860 | $36.3M | 0.01% | +24,455+2.0% | Added |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 1,160,797 | $34.5M | 0.12% | −438,943−27.4% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 997,578 | $29.6M | 0.02% | +987,408+9,709.0% | Added |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 970,502 | $28.8M | 0.05% | +377,981+63.8% | Added |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC | 1,067,829 | $28.2M | 2.55% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 892,816 | $26.5M | 1.88% | −93,310−9.5% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 779,928 | $23.2M | 0.01% | −317,271−28.9% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 771,454 | $22.9M | 0.25% | −104,326−11.9% | Reduced |
| Fred Alger Management, LLC | 729,685 | $21.7M | 0.12% | −202,970−21.8% | Reduced |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 715,640 | $21.2M | 0.34% | +123,650+20.9% | Added |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 687,989 | $20.4M | 0.04% | +233,703+51.4% | Added |
| Frontier Capital Management Co LLC | 657,440 | $19.5M | 0.21% | −338,136−34.0% | Reduced |
| Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC | 595,526 | $17.7M | 0.57% | −2,438,674−80.4% | Reduced |
| SEI Investments Co | 572,889 | $17.0M | 0.02% | −152,088−21.0% | Reduced |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 524,458 | $15.6M | 0.11% | +12,036+2.3% | Added |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 514,099 | $15.3M | 0.78% | −505,842−49.6% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 499,233 | $14.8M | 0.00% | +276,944+124.6% | Added |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 484,715 | $14.4M | 0.06% | +484,715 | New |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 484,487 | $14.4M | 0.04% | +51,222+11.8% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 456,047 | $13.5M | 0.00% | +128,861+39.4% | Added |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 410,809 | $12.2M | 0.03% | +64,955+18.8% | Added |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 394,263 | $11.7M | 0.02% | −36,300−8.4% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 393,614 | $11.7M | 0.00% | +41,265+11.7% | Added |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 386,613 | $11.5M | 0.17% | −18,085−4.5% | Reduced |
| Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC | 385,351 | $11.4M | 1.59% | −453,841−54.1% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 384,062 | $11.4M | 0.01% | −158,808−29.3% | Reduced |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 374,475 | $11.1M | 5.69% | −170,000−31.2% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 360,665 | $10.7M | 0.01% | +139,725+63.2% | Added |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 354,667 | $10.5M | 2.20% | −13,441−3.7% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 322,022 | $9.56M | 0.01% | +47,010+17.1% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 312,745 | $9.29M | 0.00% | −61,229−16.4% | Reduced |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 311,200 | $9.24M | 0.51% | −252,300−44.8% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 304,543 | $9.04M | 0.01% | +8,563+2.9% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 292,700 | $8.69M | 0.01% | −4,200−1.4% | Reduced |
| Peregrine Capital Management LLC | 291,398 | $8.65M | 0.29% | +6,557+2.3% | Added |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 280,412 | $8.33M | 0.13% | +94,866+51.1% | Added |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 254,389 | $7.55M | 0.01% | +167,436+192.6% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 253,334 | $7.52M | 0.00% | −157,147−38.3% | Reduced |
| Garnet Equity Capital Holdings, Inc. | 251,000 | $7.45M | 4.19% | −53,650−17.6% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 242,366 | $7.20M | 0.01% | −94,033−28.0% | Reduced |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 240,150 | $7.13M | 0.10% | +140,332+140.6% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 239,569 | $7.11M | 0.00% | −1,564−0.6% | Reduced |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC | 237,353 | $7.05M | 0.11% | −6,322−2.6% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 232,790 | $6.91M | 0.00% | +36,328+18.5% | Added |
| Register Financial Advisors LLC | 227,404 | $6.75M | 3.52% | +32,650+16.8% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 226,736 | $6.73M | 0.01% | −29,377−11.5% | Reduced |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC | 217,545 | $6.46M | 1.92% | −5,815−2.6% | Reduced |
| MinichMacGregor Wealth Management, LLC | 192,852 | $5.73M | 1.28% | +192,852 | New |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 190,481 | $5.66M | 0.00% | +35,098+22.6% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 177,836 | $5.28M | 0.00% | +25,010+16.4% | Added |
| Canal Insurance CO | 175,000 | $5.20M | 1.23% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 162,503 | $4.82M | 0.01% | −5,954−3.5% | Reduced |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 153,704 | $4.56M | 0.01% | +153,704 | New |
| EFG Asset Management (North America) Corp. | 151,469 | $4.49M | 0.75% | −37,807−20.0% | Reduced |
| D L Carlson Investment Group Inc | 149,949 | $4.45M | 0.86% | −3,514−2.3% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 147,369 | $4.38M | 0.01% | +6,390+4.5% | Added |
| Fogel Capital Management, Inc. | 145,355 | $4.32M | 2.32% | +20,840+16.7% | Added |
| EAM Investors, LLC | 143,087 | $4.25M | 0.73% | −27,880−16.3% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 132,414 | $3.93M | 0.01% | +114,983+659.6% | Added |
| Comerica Bank | 130,697 | $3.88M | 0.02% | +4,196+3.3% | Added |
| Castleark Management LLC | 129,170 | $3.84M | 0.13% | +129,170 | New |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 128,512 | $3.82M | 0.00% | +5,711+4.7% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 149,730 | $3.66M | 0.01% | +138,795+1,269.3% | Added |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 121,019 | $3.59M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Korea Investment CORP | 120,300 | $3.57M | 0.01% | +120,300 | New |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 117,582 | $3.49M | 0.00% | −655−0.6% | Reduced |
| Profit Investment Management, LLC | 116,822 | $3.47M | 3.22% | +7,071+6.4% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 115,327 | $3.42M | 0.00% | −135,230−54.0% | Reduced |