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, Q4 2025
Institutional positions in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. as of Dec 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
- 673
- +58 vs. Q3 2025
- Shares held
- 151.7M
- −974.9K (−0.6%) vs. Q3 2025
- Total value
- $11.5B
- −$2.42B (−17.4%) vs. Q3 2025
- New holders
- 135
- 222 more added
- Sold out
- 77
- 238 more reduced
14 institutions that held it in Q3 2025 haven't filed for Q4 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 28,337,937 | $2.15B | 0.04% | +4,165,915+17.2% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 16,487,162 | $1.25B | 0.02% | −94,365−0.6% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 8,190,767 | $621.8M | 0.02% | −343,507−4.0% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 4,446,230 | $337.6M | 0.02% | +148,622+3.5% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 3,997,619 | $303.5M | 0.07% | −289,807−6.8% | Reduced |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 3,454,123 | $262.2M | 1.74% | −150,205−4.2% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 3,311,095 | $251.3M | 0.02% | +124,607+3.9% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,867,500 | $217.7M | 0.07% | +159,724+5.9% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 2,852,009 | $216.5M | 0.16% | −216,854−7.1% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,826,465 | $214.6M | 0.05% | −62,404−2.2% | Reduced |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 2,745,472 | $208.4M | 2.28% | +52,319+1.9% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 2,702,309 | $205.1M | 0.02% | −343,885−11.3% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 2,632,388 | $199.8M | 0.17% | −182,686−6.5% | Reduced |
| Nomura Asset Management International Inc. | 2,581,969 | $196.0M | 0.30% | +2,581,969 | New |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 2,075,467 | $157.5M | 0.04% | +583,019+39.1% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,961,131 | $148.9M | 0.02% | −111,569−5.4% | Reduced |
| Rovida Investment Management Ltd | 1,773,655 | $134.6M | 18.32% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 1,681,675 | $127.7M | 0.19% | +141,835+9.2% | Added |
| American Capital Management Inc | 1,634,493 | $124.1M | 5.47% | −375,508−18.7% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,497,729 | $113.7M | 0.02% | −25,373−1.7% | Reduced |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 1,458,084 | $110.7M | 0.09% | +476,049+48.5% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 1,453,837 | $110.4M | 0.01% | −645,632−30.8% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,398,869 | $106.2M | 0.02% | +556,380+66.0% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 1,380,669 | $104.8M | 0.01% | +1,380,669 | New |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 1,374,059 | $104.3M | 0.10% | −127,528−8.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,351,390 | $102.6M | 0.02% | −78,471−5.5% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 1,311,083 | $99.5M | 0.02% | −135,114−9.3% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,281,687 | $97.3M | 0.06% | −188,133−12.8% | Reduced |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 1,281,687 | $97.3M | 1.12% | −186,664−12.7% | Reduced |
| Westfield Capital Management Co LP | 1,245,587 | $94.6M | 0.39% | +239,771+23.8% | Added |
| Bamco Inc | 1,209,773 | $91.8M | 0.25% | −723,116−37.4% | Reduced |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 1,179,288 | $89.5M | 1.17% | −161,776−12.1% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1,065,329 | $80.9M | 0.01% | +100,356+10.4% | Added |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 875,063 | $66.4M | 2.05% | −93,788−9.7% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 872,996 | $66.3M | 0.02% | −118,263−11.9% | Reduced |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 753,392 | $57.2M | 0.18% | −94,323−11.1% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 714,083 | $54.2M | 0.03% | +281,811+65.2% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 712,620 | $54.1M | 0.01% | −1,342,438−65.3% | Reduced |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 704,711 | $53.5M | 0.08% | −78,211−10.0% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 668,363 | $50.7M | 0.02% | −67,372−9.2% | Reduced |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 630,636 | $47.9M | 0.03% | −436,445−40.9% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 601,674 | $45.7M | 0.03% | +427,396+245.2% | Added |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 579,186 | $44.0M | 0.05% | −233,271−28.7% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 571,036 | $43.3M | 0.03% | −335,464−37.0% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 561,211 | $42.6M | 0.09% | +561,211 | New |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 522,224 | $39.6M | 1.93% | −64,559−11.0% | Reduced |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 483,721 | $38.4M | 0.06% | −129,176−21.1% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 485,445 | $36.9M | 0.00% | −110,844−18.6% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 480,449 | $36.5M | 0.03% | −53,858−10.1% | Reduced |
| FengHe Fund Management Pte. Ltd. | 464,900 | $35.3M | 1.99% | +464,900 | New |
| Sapient Capital LLC | 461,688 | $35.1M | 0.49% | −7,395−1.6% | Reduced |
| SEI Investments Co | 428,631 | $32.5M | 0.03% | +68,002+18.9% | Added |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 419,465 | $31.8M | 0.05% | +139,614+49.9% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 396,129 | $30.1M | 0.01% | −17,385−4.2% | Reduced |
| Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 395,843 | $30.0M | 0.24% | +56,922+16.8% | Added |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP | 392,032 | $29.8M | 2.17% | −22,430−5.4% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 378,562 | $28.7M | 0.01% | +153,282+68.0% | Added |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 369,700 | $28.1M | 0.19% | −541,597−59.4% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 367,945 | $27.9M | 0.00% | +108,656+41.9% | Added |
| Burkehill Global Management, LP | 350,000 | $26.6M | 1.75% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 348,644 | $26.5M | 0.15% | +76,929+28.3% | Added |
| Stephens Inc | 339,994 | $25.8M | 0.32% | −13,938−3.9% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 339,436 | $25.8M | 0.02% | +258+0.1% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 334,135 | $25.4M | 0.01% | +2,780+0.8% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 332,800 | $25.3M | 0.02% | +6,400+2.0% | Added |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 329,215 | $25.0M | 0.04% | −17,582−5.1% | Reduced |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 321,716 | $24.4M | 0.23% | −51,097−13.7% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 302,792 | $23.0M | 0.03% | −7,135−2.3% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 301,235 | $22.9M | 0.02% | −19,775−6.2% | Reduced |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 294,006 | $22.3M | 1.20% | −302,100−50.7% | Reduced |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 293,208 | $22.3M | 0.01% | +27,167+10.2% | Added |
| WCM Investment Management, LLC | 287,182 | $21.8M | 0.04% | +83,703+41.1% | Added |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 286,531 | $21.8M | 0.33% | −61,969−17.8% | Reduced |
| Baillie Gifford & Co | 282,562 | $21.4M | 0.02% | +74,096+35.5% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 281,067 | $21.3M | 0.00% | −13,894−4.7% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 280,630 | $21.3M | 0.00% | −163,678−36.8% | Reduced |
| Garnet Equity Capital Holdings, Inc. | 275,500 | $20.9M | 10.41% | −48,600−15.0% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 273,723 | $20.8M | 0.01% | +134,814+97.1% | Added |
| Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co LLC | 269,793 | $20.5M | 0.22% | −3,100−1.1% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 256,501 | $19.5M | 0.01% | +94,905+58.7% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 253,478 | $19.2M | 0.01% | −11,962−4.5% | Reduced |
| Seven Grand Managers, LLC | 250,000 | $19.0M | 1.45% | −250,000−50.0% | Reduced |
| Weiss Asset Management LP | 249,546 | $18.9M | 0.27% | +100,809+67.8% | Added |
| Davy Global Fund Management Ltd | 243,556 | $18.5M | 1.28% | +8,038+3.4% | Added |
| Fred Alger Management, LLC | 235,285 | $17.9M | 0.07% | −19,932−7.8% | Reduced |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | 230,856 | $17.5M | 0.10% | +230,856 | New |
| Agf Management Ltd | 226,467 | $17.2M | 0.07% | −71,842−24.1% | Reduced |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 224,657 | $17.1M | 0.06% | +7,605+3.5% | Added |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 223,465 | $17.0M | 0.22% | −11,287−4.8% | Reduced |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 215,500 | $16.4M | 0.69% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Zweig-DiMenna Associates LLC | 209,000 | $15.9M | 1.13% | +650+0.3% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 207,427 | $15.7M | 0.02% | +113,402+120.6% | Added |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama | 202,636 | $15.4M | 0.05% | −1,447−0.7% | Reduced |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 200,555 | $15.2M | 0.18% | +6,317+3.3% | Added |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC | 200,000 | $15.2M | 0.68% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citigroup Inc | 190,878 | $14.5M | 0.01% | +8,389+4.6% | Added |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 190,194 | $14.4M | 2.20% | −53,861−22.1% | Reduced |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 184,475 | $14.0M | 5.42% | −15,000−7.5% | Reduced |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 175,819 | $13.3M | 0.09% | +302+0.2% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 171,536 | $13.0M | 0.06% | −8,956−5.0% | Reduced |