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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | 9,458 | $864.2K | 0.02% | +3,691+64.0% | Added |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 9,889 | $903.5K | 0.00% | +4,916+98.9% | Added |
| Wealth Quarterback LLC | 9,948 | $908.9K | 0.35% | −1,354−12.0% | Reduced |
| Americana Partners, LLC | 10,296 | $940.7K | 0.03% | +374+3.8% | Added |
| Red Mountain Financial, LLC | 10,300 | $941.1K | 0.96% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| West Michigan Advisors, LLC | 10,335 | $944.3K | 0.23% | +35+0.3% | Added |
| Benjamin Edwards Inc | 10,417 | $951.7K | 0.01% | −3,117−23.0% | Reduced |
| Cornell Pochily Investment Advisors, Inc. | 10,430 | $953.0K | 0.28% | +390+3.9% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 11,133 | $1.02M | 0.00% | −3,443−23.6% | Reduced |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 11,172 | $1.02M | 0.03% | +1,172+11.7% | Added |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 11,537 | $1.05M | 0.00% | +1,993+20.9% | Added |
| Independent Advisor Alliance | 11,649 | $1.06M | 0.03% | −206−1.7% | Reduced |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC | 13,816 | $1.07M | 0.02% | −11,019−44.4% | Reduced |
| Silver Oak Securities, Inc | 11,945 | $1.09M | 0.08% | +2,040+20.6% | Added |
| Kaizen Financial Strategies | 15,100 | $1.09M | 0.49% | −1,300−7.9% | Reduced |
| Allred Capital Management, LLC | 12,000 | $1.10M | 0.38% | −15,000−55.6% | Reduced |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 12,128 | $1.11M | 0.01% | −33,336−73.3% | Reduced |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 12,193 | $1.11M | 0.02% | +12,193 | New |
| Baader Bank INC | 14,149 | $1.12M | 0.09% | +14,149 | New |
| Ion Asset Management Ltd. | 12,285 | $1.12M | 0.14% | −5,455−30.7% | Reduced |
| Montag A & Associates Inc | 12,468 | $1.14M | 0.05% | +19+0.2% | Added |
| Whitaker-Myers Wealth Managers, LTD. | 12,485 | $1.14M | 0.25% | +12,485 | New |
| Securian Asset Management, Inc | 12,641 | $1.16M | 0.03% | +12,641 | New |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 12,733 | $1.16M | 0.01% | −3,827−23.1% | Reduced |
| Quartz Partners, LLC | 12,806 | $1.17M | 0.42% | +899+7.6% | Added |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 12,878 | $1.18M | 0.03% | +1,553+13.7% | Added |
| Copperleaf Capital, LLC | 12,969 | $1.18M | 0.57% | +12,969 | New |
| Golden State Equity Partners | 13,075 | $1.19M | 0.20% | +1,135+9.5% | Added |
| Toth Financial Advisory Corp | 13,120 | $1.20M | 0.13% | −16,230−55.3% | Reduced |
| Letson Investment Management, Inc. | 13,170 | $1.20M | 0.43% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 13,219 | $1.21M | 0.02% | +5,175+64.3% | Added |
| Salem Investment Counselors Inc | 13,275 | $1.21M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC | 13,507 | $1.23M | 0.35% | +13,507 | New |
| Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado | 13,869 | $1.27M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Kornitzer Capital Management Inc | 14,000 | $1.28M | 0.03% | −4,000−22.2% | Reduced |
| Csenge Advisory Group | 14,338 | $1.31M | 0.06% | −1,287−8.2% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 14,572 | $1.33M | 0.00% | −3,804−20.7% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 14,739 | $1.35M | 0.00% | +731+5.2% | Added |
| Veracity Capital LLC | 14,817 | $1.35M | 0.44% | −334−2.2% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 15,116 | $1.38M | 0.00% | −1,387−8.4% | Reduced |
| Paradigm Financial Partners, LLC | 15,207 | $1.39M | 0.14% | −7,199−32.1% | Reduced |
| Florida Financial Advisors, LLC | 15,216 | $1.39M | 0.43% | +15,216 | New |
| Liberty One Investment Management, LLC | 15,639 | $1.43M | 0.08% | −5,403−25.7% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 16,069 | $1.47M | 0.00% | +5,410+50.8% | Added |
| Glenmede Investment Management, LP | 16,227 | $1.48M | 0.01% | +17+0.1% | Added |
| Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC | 16,413 | $1.50M | 0.09% | +16,413 | New |
| Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital, LLC | 16,500 | $1.51M | 0.01% | −95−0.6% | Reduced |
| Nations Financial Group Inc, | 16,542 | $1.51M | 0.09% | +16,542 | New |
| Truist Financial Corp | 17,061 | $1.56M | 0.00% | −9,188−35.0% | Reduced |
| Hilltop Holdings Inc. | 17,126 | $1.56M | 0.08% | +2,528+17.3% | Added |
| BancFirst Trust & Investment Management | 17,961 | $1.58M | 0.60% | −6,428−26.4% | Reduced |
| Calamos Advisors LLC | 17,368 | $1.59M | 0.01% | +17,368 | New |
| Harold Davidson & Associates Inc. | 17,431 | $1.59M | 0.72% | +17,431 | New |
| Qsemble Capital Management, LP | 17,512 | $1.60M | 0.16% | +17,512 | New |
| JustInvest LLC | 17,600 | $1.61M | 0.02% | +3,915+28.6% | Added |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 17,630 | $1.61M | 0.00% | −265,140−93.8% | Reduced |
| Belpointe Asset Management LLC | 17,699 | $1.62M | 0.06% | −209−1.2% | Reduced |
| Steel Peak Wealth Management LLC | 17,710 | $1.62M | 0.05% | −6,552−27.0% | Reduced |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 17,780 | $1.62M | 0.03% | +17,780 | New |
| Moran Wealth Management, LLC | 17,785 | $1.63M | 0.05% | +35+0.2% | Added |
| CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. | 17,785 | $1.63M | 0.01% | +17,785 | New |
| Massar Capital Management, LP | 17,976 | $1.64M | 0.59% | +17,976 | New |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue | 18,000 | $1.64M | 0.02% | −80,033−81.6% | Reduced |
| AXA Investment Managers S.A. | 18,127 | $1.66M | 0.00% | +18,127 | New |
| Chesapeake Capital Corp | 18,165 | $1.66M | 1.49% | +18,165 | New |
| Catalyst Funds Management Pty Ltd | 18,300 | $1.67M | 0.25% | +18,300 | New |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 18,431 | $1.68M | 0.05% | −3,837−17.2% | Reduced |
| Fiduciary Alliance LLC | 18,471 | $1.69M | 0.11% | +5,461+42.0% | Added |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 19,331 | $1.77M | 0.01% | +6,396+49.4% | Added |
| Sanctuary Advisors, LLC | 19,504 | $1.78M | 0.01% | −2,122−9.8% | Reduced |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 19,685 | $1.80M | 0.01% | −43,633−68.9% | Reduced |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | 19,895 | $1.82M | 0.03% | −56,340−73.9% | Reduced |
| Mission Wealth Management, LP | 20,005 | $1.83M | 0.04% | +20,005 | New |
| Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC | 20,151 | $1.84M | 0.14% | +29+0.1% | Added |
| Man Group plc | 20,265 | $1.85M | 0.00% | +20,265 | New |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 20,360 | $1.86M | 0.04% | −42,166−67.4% | Reduced |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 20,426 | $1.87M | 0.00% | −2,053−9.1% | Reduced |
| Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al | 20,900 | $1.91M | 0.01% | +7,600+57.1% | Added |
| Waterloo Capital, L.P. | 20,924 | $1.91M | 0.14% | −14,246−40.5% | Reduced |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 20,975 | $1.92M | 0.06% | −62,799−75.0% | Reduced |
| Heritage Trust Co | 20,990 | $1.92M | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Petra Financial Advisors Inc | 21,212 | $1.94M | 1.13% | +355+1.7% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 21,748 | $1.97M | 0.00% | +6,994+47.4% | Added |
| Assetmark, Inc | 21,933 | $2.00M | 0.00% | +3,680+20.2% | Added |
| Gabelli Funds LLC | 21,960 | $2.01M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | 22,480 | $2.05M | 0.01% | +22,480 | New |
| Xponance, Inc. | 23,518 | $2.15M | 0.02% | +11,703+99.1% | Added |
| Dupree Financial Group, LLC | 23,652 | $2.16M | 0.82% | +23,652 | New |
| Polen Capital Management LLC | 23,719 | $2.17M | 0.01% | −10,812−31.3% | Reduced |
| Algert Global LLC | 23,730 | $2.17M | 0.04% | +23,730 | New |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 23,835 | $2.18M | 0.01% | +9,501+66.3% | Added |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 23,913 | $2.18M | 0.00% | +1,715+7.7% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 24,002 | $2.19M | 0.01% | −7,672−24.2% | Reduced |
| Gables Capital Management Inc. | 24,250 | $2.22M | 0.95% | −500−2.0% | Reduced |
| Financial Sense Advisors, Inc. | 24,390 | $2.23M | 0.41% | +24,390 | New |
| Marietta Investment Partners LLC | 24,700 | $2.26M | 0.44% | +18,360+289.6% | Added |
| Teacher Retirement System of Texas | 24,895 | $2.27M | 0.01% | −1,066−4.1% | Reduced |
| Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC | 25,000 | $2.28M | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Morris Retirement Advisors, LLC | 25,037 | $2.29M | 1.00% | +275+1.1% | Added |
| Pinnacle Wealth Management, LLC | 25,332 | $2.31M | 1.56% | +25,332 | New |