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, Q2 2025
Institutional positions in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. as of Jun 30, 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
- 497
- +102 vs. Q1 2025
- Shares held
- 167.1M
- +12.3M (+8.0%) vs. Q1 2025
- Total value
- $7.76B
- +$3.17B (+69.0%) vs. Q1 2025
- New holders
- 136
- 159 more added
- Sold out
- 34
- 139 more reduced
2 institutions that held it in Q1 2025 haven't filed for Q2 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2025: 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, Q2 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; share changes are against Q1 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 25,973,372 | $1.21B | 0.02% | +1,228,609+5.0% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 17,977,885 | $835.1M | 0.01% | +1,530,198+9.3% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 9,334,943 | $433.6M | 0.02% | −484,323−4.9% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 5,086,494 | $236.3M | 0.06% | +1,162,577+29.6% | Added |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 4,507,692 | $209.4M | 1.54% | +818,104+22.2% | Added |
| Bamco Inc | 4,084,269 | $189.7M | 0.51% | −525,277−11.4% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 3,949,763 | $183.5M | 0.01% | +301,135+8.3% | Added |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 2,988,289 | $138.8M | 0.51% | +378,668+14.5% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,961,802 | $137.6M | 0.03% | −404,089−12.0% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 2,891,501 | $134.3M | 0.03% | −82,915−2.8% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 2,868,107 | $133.2M | 0.15% | +203,443+7.6% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 2,837,005 | $131.8M | 0.02% | +434,561+18.1% | Added |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 2,755,446 | $128.0M | 1.79% | +324,140+13.3% | Added |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 2,579,481 | $119.8M | 1.58% | −1,280,958−33.2% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 2,415,428 | $112.2M | 0.01% | −1,324,108−35.4% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 2,386,833 | $110.9M | 0.03% | −80,187−3.3% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 2,381,497 | $110.6M | 0.01% | −54,550−2.2% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 2,370,085 | $110.1M | 0.09% | +533,912+29.1% | Added |
| American Capital Management Inc | 2,294,358 | $106.6M | 4.42% | −303,518−11.7% | Reduced |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 2,081,077 | $96.6M | 0.96% | +300,326+16.9% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 2,077,879 | $96.5M | 0.06% | +288,273+16.1% | Added |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 1,876,904 | $87.2M | 0.70% | +522,592+38.6% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 1,853,249 | $86.1M | 0.09% | −309,974−14.3% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,825,048 | $84.8M | 0.01% | +83,231+4.8% | Added |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 1,817,931 | $84.4M | 0.05% | +1,817,931 | New |
| Rovida Investment Management Ltd | 1,773,655 | $82.3M | 15.23% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,726,001 | $80.2M | 0.01% | +151,902+9.7% | Added |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 1,669,991 | $77.6M | 0.10% | −767,971−31.5% | Reduced |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 1,510,418 | $70.2M | 2.57% | +32,547+2.2% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 1,506,791 | $70.0M | 0.06% | +1,280,055+564.6% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,431,632 | $66.5M | 0.01% | +209,772+17.2% | Added |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 1,328,423 | $61.7M | 3.87% | −132,307−9.1% | Reduced |
| Zimmer Partners, LP | 1,225,000 | $56.9M | 1.30% | +1,225,000 | New |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 1,094,884 | $50.9M | 0.10% | +406,895+59.1% | Added |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 1,082,155 | $50.3M | 0.07% | +111,653+11.5% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 1,051,597 | $48.8M | 0.01% | −333,312−24.1% | Reduced |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 1,033,631 | $48.0M | 0.15% | −127,166−11.0% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 909,079 | $42.2M | 0.02% | −88,499−8.9% | Reduced |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 856,430 | $39.8M | 0.05% | +602,041+236.7% | Added |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 847,938 | $39.4M | 2.40% | −44,878−5.0% | Reduced |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 870,091 | $37.5M | 0.06% | +870,091 | New |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 802,732 | $37.3M | 0.01% | −451,986−36.0% | Reduced |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | 800,000 | $37.2M | 0.13% | +800,000 | New |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC | 719,050 | $33.4M | 2.44% | −348,779−32.7% | Reduced |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 690,491 | $32.1M | 0.46% | −25,149−3.5% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 652,533 | $30.3M | 0.01% | −127,395−16.3% | Reduced |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC | 600,000 | $27.9M | 0.74% | +600,000 | New |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP | 581,626 | $27.0M | 0.20% | +581,626 | New |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 566,991 | $26.3M | 0.11% | +82,276+17.0% | Added |
| Royce & Associates LP | 556,382 | $25.8M | 0.27% | −215,072−27.9% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 555,901 | $25.8M | 0.01% | +162,287+41.2% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 530,030 | $24.6M | 0.03% | −42,859−7.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 514,331 | $23.9M | 0.00% | +58,284+12.8% | Added |
| Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 503,348 | $23.4M | 0.17% | −1,675,325−76.9% | Reduced |
| Seven Grand Managers, LLC | 500,000 | $23.2M | 2.79% | +500,000 | New |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 499,873 | $23.2M | 0.00% | +187,128+59.8% | Added |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 477,073 | $22.2M | 1.08% | −37,026−7.2% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 471,758 | $21.9M | 0.01% | −27,475−5.5% | Reduced |
| Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP | 450,000 | $20.9M | 0.32% | +450,000 | New |
| Fred Alger Management, LLC | 411,514 | $19.1M | 0.09% | −318,171−43.6% | Reduced |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP | 408,517 | $19.0M | 1.69% | +408,517 | New |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 405,789 | $18.8M | 0.03% | +83,767+26.0% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 380,956 | $17.7M | 0.02% | +20,291+5.6% | Added |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 367,518 | $17.1M | 0.03% | +367,518 | New |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 364,165 | $16.9M | 0.04% | −46,644−11.4% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 355,608 | $16.5M | 0.01% | +102,274+40.4% | Added |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 350,352 | $16.3M | 2.96% | −4,315−1.2% | Reduced |
| Burkehill Global Management, LP | 350,000 | $16.3M | 1.20% | +350,000 | New |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 340,796 | $15.8M | 0.11% | −183,662−35.0% | Reduced |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 340,026 | $15.8M | 0.18% | +99,876+41.6% | Added |
| Clough Capital Partners L P | 335,600 | $15.6M | 1.56% | +335,600 | New |
| Garnet Equity Capital Holdings, Inc. | 326,000 | $15.1M | 7.01% | +75,000+29.9% | Added |
| Frontier Capital Management Co LLC | 311,696 | $14.5M | 0.13% | −345,744−52.6% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 308,080 | $14.3M | 0.01% | −75,982−19.8% | Reduced |
| Stephens Inc | 307,838 | $14.3M | 0.20% | +278,059+933.7% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 305,469 | $14.2M | 0.01% | +926+0.3% | Added |
| Agf Management Ltd | 298,309 | $13.9M | 0.06% | +298,309 | New |
| Swiss National Bank | 292,700 | $13.6M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 282,770 | $13.1M | 0.03% | −201,717−41.6% | Reduced |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 281,063 | $13.1M | 0.03% | −113,200−28.7% | Reduced |
| JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. | 280,000 | $13.0M | 6.36% | +280,000 | New |
| National Bank of Canada | 267,618 | $12.4M | 0.01% | +267,519+270,221.2% | Added |
| Peregrine Capital Management LLC | 263,439 | $12.2M | 0.37% | −27,959−9.6% | Reduced |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 263,300 | $12.2M | 0.60% | −47,900−15.4% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 261,719 | $12.2M | 0.02% | +19,353+8.0% | Added |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 259,475 | $12.1M | 5.08% | −115,000−30.7% | Reduced |
| Laurion Capital Management LP | 250,000 | $11.6M | 1.34% | +250,000 | New |
| Monashee Investment Management LLC | 250,000 | $11.6M | 6.13% | +250,000 | New |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 245,398 | $11.4M | 0.17% | −141,215−36.5% | Reduced |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC | 240,436 | $11.2M | 0.15% | +3,083+1.3% | Added |
| Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co LLC | 232,608 | $10.8M | 0.11% | +218,836+1,589.0% | Added |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 225,305 | $10.5M | 0.15% | −55,107−19.7% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 214,935 | $9.98M | 0.00% | +143,500+200.9% | Added |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 208,382 | $9.68M | 0.02% | +54,678+35.6% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 199,964 | $9.29M | 0.00% | +9,483+5.0% | Added |
| MinichMacGregor Wealth Management, LLC | 197,983 | $9.20M | 1.97% | +5,131+2.7% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 183,298 | $8.51M | 0.00% | +71,500+64.0% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 181,855 | $8.45M | 0.00% | +4,019+2.3% | Added |
| Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC | 178,583 | $8.30M | 1.08% | −206,768−53.7% | Reduced |
| Canal Insurance CO | 175,000 | $8.13M | 1.82% | 00.0% | Unchanged |