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 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korea Investment CORP | 120,300 | $3.57M | 0.01% | +120,300 | New |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 121,019 | $3.59M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 149,730 | $3.66M | 0.01% | +138,795+1,269.3% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 128,512 | $3.82M | 0.00% | +5,711+4.7% | Added |
| Castleark Management LLC | 129,170 | $3.84M | 0.13% | +129,170 | New |
| Comerica Bank | 130,697 | $3.88M | 0.02% | +4,196+3.3% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 132,414 | $3.93M | 0.01% | +114,983+659.6% | Added |
| EAM Investors, LLC | 143,087 | $4.25M | 0.73% | −27,880−16.3% | Reduced |
| Fogel Capital Management, Inc. | 145,355 | $4.32M | 2.32% | +20,840+16.7% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 147,369 | $4.38M | 0.01% | +6,390+4.5% | Added |
| D L Carlson Investment Group Inc | 149,949 | $4.45M | 0.86% | −3,514−2.3% | Reduced |
| EFG Asset Management (North America) Corp. | 151,469 | $4.49M | 0.75% | −37,807−20.0% | Reduced |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 153,704 | $4.56M | 0.01% | +153,704 | New |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 162,503 | $4.82M | 0.01% | −5,954−3.5% | Reduced |
| Canal Insurance CO | 175,000 | $5.20M | 1.23% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 177,836 | $5.28M | 0.00% | +25,010+16.4% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 190,481 | $5.66M | 0.00% | +35,098+22.6% | Added |
| MinichMacGregor Wealth Management, LLC | 192,852 | $5.73M | 1.28% | +192,852 | New |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC | 217,545 | $6.46M | 1.92% | −5,815−2.6% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 226,736 | $6.73M | 0.01% | −29,377−11.5% | Reduced |
| Register Financial Advisors LLC | 227,404 | $6.75M | 3.52% | +32,650+16.8% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 232,790 | $6.91M | 0.00% | +36,328+18.5% | Added |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC | 237,353 | $7.05M | 0.11% | −6,322−2.6% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 239,569 | $7.11M | 0.00% | −1,564−0.6% | Reduced |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 240,150 | $7.13M | 0.10% | +140,332+140.6% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 242,366 | $7.20M | 0.01% | −94,033−28.0% | Reduced |
| Garnet Equity Capital Holdings, Inc. | 251,000 | $7.45M | 4.19% | −53,650−17.6% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 253,334 | $7.52M | 0.00% | −157,147−38.3% | Reduced |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 254,389 | $7.55M | 0.01% | +167,436+192.6% | Added |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 280,412 | $8.33M | 0.13% | +94,866+51.1% | Added |
| Peregrine Capital Management LLC | 291,398 | $8.65M | 0.29% | +6,557+2.3% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 292,700 | $8.69M | 0.01% | −4,200−1.4% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 304,543 | $9.04M | 0.01% | +8,563+2.9% | Added |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 311,200 | $9.24M | 0.51% | −252,300−44.8% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 312,745 | $9.29M | 0.00% | −61,229−16.4% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 322,022 | $9.56M | 0.01% | +47,010+17.1% | Added |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 354,667 | $10.5M | 2.20% | −13,441−3.7% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 360,665 | $10.7M | 0.01% | +139,725+63.2% | Added |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 374,475 | $11.1M | 5.69% | −170,000−31.2% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 384,062 | $11.4M | 0.01% | −158,808−29.3% | Reduced |
| Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC | 385,351 | $11.4M | 1.59% | −453,841−54.1% | Reduced |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 386,613 | $11.5M | 0.17% | −18,085−4.5% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 393,614 | $11.7M | 0.00% | +41,265+11.7% | Added |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 394,263 | $11.7M | 0.02% | −36,300−8.4% | Reduced |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 410,809 | $12.2M | 0.03% | +64,955+18.8% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 456,047 | $13.5M | 0.00% | +128,861+39.4% | Added |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 484,487 | $14.4M | 0.04% | +51,222+11.8% | Added |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 484,715 | $14.4M | 0.06% | +484,715 | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 499,233 | $14.8M | 0.00% | +276,944+124.6% | Added |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 514,099 | $15.3M | 0.78% | −505,842−49.6% | Reduced |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 524,458 | $15.6M | 0.11% | +12,036+2.3% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 572,889 | $17.0M | 0.02% | −152,088−21.0% | Reduced |
| Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC | 595,526 | $17.7M | 0.57% | −2,438,674−80.4% | Reduced |
| Frontier Capital Management Co LLC | 657,440 | $19.5M | 0.21% | −338,136−34.0% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 687,989 | $20.4M | 0.04% | +233,703+51.4% | Added |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 715,640 | $21.2M | 0.34% | +123,650+20.9% | Added |
| Fred Alger Management, LLC | 729,685 | $21.7M | 0.12% | −202,970−21.8% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 771,454 | $22.9M | 0.25% | −104,326−11.9% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 779,928 | $23.2M | 0.01% | −317,271−28.9% | Reduced |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 892,816 | $26.5M | 1.88% | −93,310−9.5% | Reduced |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC | 1,067,829 | $28.2M | 2.55% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 970,502 | $28.8M | 0.05% | +377,981+63.8% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 997,578 | $29.6M | 0.02% | +987,408+9,709.0% | Added |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 1,160,797 | $34.5M | 0.12% | −438,943−27.4% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,221,860 | $36.3M | 0.01% | +24,455+2.0% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,254,718 | $37.3M | 0.01% | −336,449−21.1% | Reduced |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 1,354,312 | $40.2M | 0.39% | +738,743+120.0% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 1,384,909 | $41.1M | 0.01% | +1,384,909 | New |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 1,460,730 | $43.4M | 3.30% | +112,653+8.4% | Added |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 1,477,871 | $43.9M | 1.98% | −141,823−8.8% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,574,099 | $46.7M | 0.01% | +60,662+4.0% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,741,817 | $51.7M | 0.01% | −56,522−3.1% | Reduced |
| Rovida Investment Management Ltd | 1,773,655 | $52.6M | 15.76% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 1,780,751 | $52.8M | 0.68% | −205,637−10.4% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,789,606 | $53.1M | 0.04% | −203,630−10.2% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 1,836,173 | $54.5M | 0.05% | +1,551,374+544.7% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 2,163,223 | $64.2M | 0.07% | +1,219,585+129.2% | Added |
| Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 2,178,673 | $64.7M | 0.49% | −280,968−11.4% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 2,402,444 | $71.3M | 0.01% | +1,031,223+75.2% | Added |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 2,431,306 | $72.2M | 1.23% | +58,155+2.5% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 2,436,047 | $72.3M | 0.01% | +1,146,676+88.9% | Added |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 2,437,962 | $72.4M | 0.10% | −51,331−2.1% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 2,467,020 | $73.2M | 0.02% | −663,089−21.2% | Reduced |
| American Capital Management Inc | 2,597,876 | $77.1M | 3.14% | +24,377+0.9% | Added |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 2,609,621 | $77.5M | 0.30% | +530,599+25.5% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 2,664,664 | $79.1M | 0.10% | +1,372,514+106.2% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 2,974,416 | $88.3M | 0.02% | +2,242,229+306.2% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 3,365,891 | $99.9M | 0.02% | −906,743−21.2% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 3,648,628 | $108.4M | 0.01% | +108,024+3.1% | Added |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 3,689,588 | $109.5M | 1.10% | −228,227−5.8% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 3,739,536 | $111.0M | 0.01% | −601,259−13.9% | Reduced |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 3,860,439 | $114.6M | 1.65% | −395,950−9.3% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 3,923,917 | $116.5M | 0.03% | +807,753+25.9% | Added |
| Bamco Inc | 4,609,546 | $136.9M | 0.40% | +235,469+5.4% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 9,819,266 | $291.5M | 0.01% | +3,998,398+68.7% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 16,447,687 | $488.3M | 0.01% | +1,728,179+11.7% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 24,744,763 | $734.7M | 0.02% | +11,605,372+88.3% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −186,690−100.0% | Sold out |
| Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −90,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Main Management ETF Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −69,776−100.0% | Sold out |