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, Q3 2025
Institutional positions in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. as of Sep 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
- 629
- +142 vs. Q2 2025
- Shares held
- 152.9M
- −14.0M (−8.4%) vs. Q2 2025
- Total value
- $14.0B
- +$6.22B (+80.3%) vs. Q2 2025
- New holders
- 202
- 181 more added
- Sold out
- 60
- 189 more reduced
10 institutions that held it in Q2 2025 haven't filed for Q3 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 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, Q3 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; share changes are against Q2 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 24,172,022 | $2.21B | 0.04% | −1,801,350−6.9% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 16,581,527 | $1.52B | 0.02% | −1,396,358−7.8% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 8,534,274 | $779.8M | 0.03% | −800,669−8.6% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 4,297,608 | $392.7M | 0.03% | +347,845+8.8% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 4,287,426 | $391.7M | 0.10% | −799,068−15.7% | Reduced |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 3,604,328 | $329.3M | 1.96% | −903,364−20.0% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 3,186,488 | $291.1M | 0.02% | +804,991+33.8% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 3,068,863 | $280.4M | 0.21% | +698,778+29.5% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 3,046,194 | $278.3M | 0.04% | +209,189+7.4% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,888,869 | $263.9M | 0.06% | −72,933−2.5% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 2,815,074 | $257.2M | 0.24% | −53,033−1.8% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,707,776 | $247.4M | 0.08% | +2,525,921+1,389.0% | Added |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 2,693,153 | $246.1M | 2.91% | −62,293−2.3% | Reduced |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 2,357,024 | $215.4M | 0.73% | −631,265−21.1% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 2,099,469 | $191.8M | 0.01% | −315,959−13.1% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 2,072,700 | $189.4M | 0.02% | +247,652+13.6% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 2,055,058 | $187.8M | 0.02% | +1,909,845+1,315.2% | Added |
| American Capital Management Inc | 2,010,001 | $183.7M | 7.32% | −284,357−12.4% | Reduced |
| Bamco Inc | 1,932,889 | $176.6M | 0.47% | −2,151,380−52.7% | Reduced |
| Rovida Investment Management Ltd | 1,773,655 | $162.0M | 18.37% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 1,539,840 | $140.7M | 0.23% | +444,956+40.6% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,523,102 | $139.2M | 0.02% | −202,899−11.8% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 1,501,587 | $137.2M | 0.14% | −351,662−19.0% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,492,448 | $136.4M | 0.03% | −894,385−37.5% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,469,820 | $134.3M | 0.08% | −608,059−29.3% | Reduced |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 1,468,351 | $134.1M | 1.30% | −612,726−29.4% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 1,446,197 | $132.1M | 0.03% | −1,445,304−50.0% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,429,861 | $130.6M | 0.02% | −1,771−0.1% | Reduced |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 1,341,064 | $122.5M | 1.59% | −1,238,417−48.0% | Reduced |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 1,113,933 | $101.8M | 0.12% | +257,503+30.1% | Added |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 1,067,081 | $97.5M | 0.06% | −750,850−41.3% | Reduced |
| Westfield Capital Management Co LP | 1,005,816 | $91.9M | 0.39% | +1,005,816 | New |
| Nuveen, LLC | 991,259 | $90.6M | 0.02% | −60,338−5.7% | Reduced |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 982,035 | $89.7M | 0.07% | +982,035 | New |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 968,851 | $88.5M | 2.84% | −541,567−35.9% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 964,973 | $88.2M | 0.01% | +465,100+93.0% | Added |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 911,297 | $83.3M | 0.60% | −965,607−51.4% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 906,500 | $82.8M | 0.07% | +906,500 | New |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 847,715 | $77.5M | 0.23% | −185,916−18.0% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 842,489 | $77.0M | 0.01% | +39,757+5.0% | Added |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 812,457 | $74.2M | 0.09% | −857,534−51.3% | Reduced |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 782,922 | $71.5M | 0.10% | −299,233−27.7% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 735,735 | $67.2M | 0.02% | +83,202+12.8% | Added |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 612,897 | $57.0M | 0.09% | −257,194−29.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 596,289 | $54.5M | 0.00% | +81,958+15.9% | Added |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 596,106 | $54.5M | 2.95% | −732,317−55.1% | Reduced |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 586,783 | $53.6M | 2.77% | −261,155−30.8% | Reduced |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC | 537,905 | $49.1M | 3.25% | −181,145−25.2% | Reduced |
| HRT Financial LP | 537,705 | $49.1M | 0.18% | +537,705 | New |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 534,307 | $48.8M | 0.04% | +153,351+40.3% | Added |
| Seven Grand Managers, LLC | 500,000 | $45.7M | 3.71% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sapient Capital LLC | 469,083 | $41.4M | 0.64% | +469,083 | New |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 444,308 | $40.6M | 0.01% | +294,765+197.1% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 432,272 | $39.5M | 0.02% | −476,807−52.4% | Reduced |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP | 414,462 | $37.9M | 2.90% | +5,945+1.5% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 413,514 | $37.8M | 0.01% | +57,906+16.3% | Added |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 372,813 | $34.1M | 0.33% | +32,787+9.6% | Added |
| Royce & Associates LP | 371,802 | $34.0M | 0.34% | −184,580−33.2% | Reduced |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 368,284 | $33.7M | 0.11% | +360,315+4,521.5% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 360,629 | $33.0M | 0.04% | −169,401−32.0% | Reduced |
| Stephens Inc | 353,932 | $32.3M | 0.41% | +46,094+15.0% | Added |
| Burkehill Global Management, LP | 350,000 | $32.0M | 1.82% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 348,500 | $31.8M | 0.46% | −341,991−49.5% | Reduced |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 346,797 | $31.7M | 0.05% | −17,368−4.8% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 339,178 | $31.0M | 0.03% | +33,709+11.0% | Added |
| Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 338,921 | $31.0M | 0.22% | −164,427−32.7% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 331,355 | $30.3M | 0.01% | −224,546−40.4% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 326,400 | $29.8M | 0.02% | +33,700+11.5% | Added |
| Garnet Equity Capital Holdings, Inc. | 324,100 | $29.6M | 12.99% | −1,900−0.6% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 321,010 | $29.3M | 0.02% | +214,674+201.9% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 309,927 | $28.3M | 0.04% | −95,862−23.6% | Reduced |
| Agf Management Ltd | 298,309 | $27.3M | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 294,961 | $27.0M | 0.01% | −176,797−37.5% | Reduced |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 279,851 | $25.6M | 0.05% | +274,190+4,843.5% | Added |
| Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co LLC | 272,893 | $24.9M | 0.25% | +40,285+17.3% | Added |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 271,715 | $24.8M | 0.14% | +179,806+195.6% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 266,041 | $24.3M | 0.01% | +266,041 | New |
| LPL Financial LLC | 265,440 | $24.3M | 0.01% | +82,142+44.8% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 259,289 | $23.7M | 0.00% | +59,325+29.7% | Added |
| Comerica Bank | 258,911 | $23.7M | 0.09% | +147,031+131.4% | Added |
| Fred Alger Management, LLC | 255,217 | $23.3M | 0.09% | −156,297−38.0% | Reduced |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 244,055 | $22.3M | 3.41% | −106,297−30.3% | Reduced |
| Davy Global Fund Management Ltd | 235,518 | $21.5M | 1.46% | +115,831+96.8% | Added |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 234,752 | $21.4M | 0.28% | −10,646−4.3% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 229,975 | $21.0M | 0.01% | +229,975 | New |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 225,280 | $20.6M | 0.00% | +225,280 | New |
| Clough Capital Partners L P | 224,001 | $20.5M | 1.82% | −111,599−33.3% | Reduced |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 217,052 | $19.8M | 0.07% | +52,100+31.6% | Added |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 215,500 | $19.7M | 0.85% | −47,800−18.2% | Reduced |
| Baillie Gifford & Co | 208,466 | $19.0M | 0.01% | +208,466 | New |
| Zweig-DiMenna Associates LLC | 208,350 | $19.0M | 1.48% | +52,350+33.6% | Added |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama | 204,083 | $18.6M | 0.06% | +204,083 | New |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC | 200,000 | $18.3M | 0.60% | −400,000−66.7% | Reduced |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 199,475 | $18.2M | 6.93% | −60,000−23.1% | Reduced |
| WCM Investment Management, LLC | 203,479 | $17.9M | 0.04% | +203,479 | New |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 194,238 | $17.7M | 0.22% | −31,067−13.8% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 182,489 | $16.7M | 0.01% | −125,591−40.8% | Reduced |
| Peregrine Capital Management LLC | 181,124 | $16.5M | 0.50% | −82,315−31.2% | Reduced |
| Castleark Management LLC | 180,954 | $16.5M | 0.46% | +6,788+3.9% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 180,492 | $16.5M | 0.08% | +82,390+84.0% | Added |