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 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 286,531 | $21.8M | 0.33% | −61,969−17.8% | Reduced |
| WCM Investment Management, LLC | 287,182 | $21.8M | 0.04% | +83,703+41.1% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 293,208 | $22.3M | 0.01% | +27,167+10.2% | Added |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 294,006 | $22.3M | 1.20% | −302,100−50.7% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 301,235 | $22.9M | 0.02% | −19,775−6.2% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 302,792 | $23.0M | 0.03% | −7,135−2.3% | Reduced |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 321,716 | $24.4M | 0.23% | −51,097−13.7% | Reduced |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 329,215 | $25.0M | 0.04% | −17,582−5.1% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 332,800 | $25.3M | 0.02% | +6,400+2.0% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 334,135 | $25.4M | 0.01% | +2,780+0.8% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 339,436 | $25.8M | 0.02% | +258+0.1% | Added |
| Stephens Inc | 339,994 | $25.8M | 0.32% | −13,938−3.9% | Reduced |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 348,644 | $26.5M | 0.15% | +76,929+28.3% | Added |
| Burkehill Global Management, LP | 350,000 | $26.6M | 1.75% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 367,945 | $27.9M | 0.00% | +108,656+41.9% | Added |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 369,700 | $28.1M | 0.19% | −541,597−59.4% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 378,562 | $28.7M | 0.01% | +153,282+68.0% | Added |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP | 392,032 | $29.8M | 2.17% | −22,430−5.4% | Reduced |
| Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 395,843 | $30.0M | 0.24% | +56,922+16.8% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 396,129 | $30.1M | 0.01% | −17,385−4.2% | Reduced |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 419,465 | $31.8M | 0.05% | +139,614+49.9% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 428,631 | $32.5M | 0.03% | +68,002+18.9% | Added |
| Sapient Capital LLC | 461,688 | $35.1M | 0.49% | −7,395−1.6% | Reduced |
| FengHe Fund Management Pte. Ltd. | 464,900 | $35.3M | 1.99% | +464,900 | New |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 480,449 | $36.5M | 0.03% | −53,858−10.1% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 485,445 | $36.9M | 0.00% | −110,844−18.6% | Reduced |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 483,721 | $38.4M | 0.06% | −129,176−21.1% | Reduced |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 522,224 | $39.6M | 1.93% | −64,559−11.0% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 561,211 | $42.6M | 0.09% | +561,211 | New |
| Millennium Management LLC | 571,036 | $43.3M | 0.03% | −335,464−37.0% | Reduced |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 579,186 | $44.0M | 0.05% | −233,271−28.7% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 601,674 | $45.7M | 0.03% | +427,396+245.2% | Added |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 630,636 | $47.9M | 0.03% | −436,445−40.9% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 668,363 | $50.7M | 0.02% | −67,372−9.2% | Reduced |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 704,711 | $53.5M | 0.08% | −78,211−10.0% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 712,620 | $54.1M | 0.01% | −1,342,438−65.3% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 714,083 | $54.2M | 0.03% | +281,811+65.2% | Added |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 753,392 | $57.2M | 0.18% | −94,323−11.1% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 872,996 | $66.3M | 0.02% | −118,263−11.9% | Reduced |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 875,063 | $66.4M | 2.05% | −93,788−9.7% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1,065,329 | $80.9M | 0.01% | +100,356+10.4% | Added |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 1,179,288 | $89.5M | 1.17% | −161,776−12.1% | Reduced |
| Bamco Inc | 1,209,773 | $91.8M | 0.25% | −723,116−37.4% | Reduced |
| Westfield Capital Management Co LP | 1,245,587 | $94.6M | 0.39% | +239,771+23.8% | Added |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 1,281,687 | $97.3M | 1.12% | −186,664−12.7% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,281,687 | $97.3M | 0.06% | −188,133−12.8% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 1,311,083 | $99.5M | 0.02% | −135,114−9.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,351,390 | $102.6M | 0.02% | −78,471−5.5% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 1,374,059 | $104.3M | 0.10% | −127,528−8.5% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 1,380,669 | $104.8M | 0.01% | +1,380,669 | New |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,398,869 | $106.2M | 0.02% | +556,380+66.0% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 1,453,837 | $110.4M | 0.01% | −645,632−30.8% | Reduced |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 1,458,084 | $110.7M | 0.09% | +476,049+48.5% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,497,729 | $113.7M | 0.02% | −25,373−1.7% | Reduced |
| American Capital Management Inc | 1,634,493 | $124.1M | 5.47% | −375,508−18.7% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 1,681,675 | $127.7M | 0.19% | +141,835+9.2% | Added |
| Rovida Investment Management Ltd | 1,773,655 | $134.6M | 18.32% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,961,131 | $148.9M | 0.02% | −111,569−5.4% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 2,075,467 | $157.5M | 0.04% | +583,019+39.1% | Added |
| Nomura Asset Management International Inc. | 2,581,969 | $196.0M | 0.30% | +2,581,969 | New |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 2,632,388 | $199.8M | 0.17% | −182,686−6.5% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 2,702,309 | $205.1M | 0.02% | −343,885−11.3% | Reduced |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 2,745,472 | $208.4M | 2.28% | +52,319+1.9% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,826,465 | $214.6M | 0.05% | −62,404−2.2% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 2,852,009 | $216.5M | 0.16% | −216,854−7.1% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,867,500 | $217.7M | 0.07% | +159,724+5.9% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 3,311,095 | $251.3M | 0.02% | +124,607+3.9% | Added |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 3,454,123 | $262.2M | 1.74% | −150,205−4.2% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 3,997,619 | $303.5M | 0.07% | −289,807−6.8% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 4,446,230 | $337.6M | 0.02% | +148,622+3.5% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 8,190,767 | $621.8M | 0.02% | −343,507−4.0% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 16,487,162 | $1.25B | 0.02% | −94,365−0.6% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 28,337,937 | $2.15B | 0.04% | +4,165,915+17.2% | Added |
| Vinland Capital Management Gestora de Recursos LTDA. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,215−100.0% | Sold out |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,113,933−100.0% | Sold out |
| Winton Group Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −128,900−100.0% | Sold out |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −102,143−100.0% | Sold out |
| Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −52,500−100.0% | Sold out |
| Profit Investment Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −40,536−100.0% | Sold out |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −37,488−100.0% | Sold out |
| Pinnbrook Capital Management LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −32,877−100.0% | Sold out |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −27,021−100.0% | Sold out |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −19,685−100.0% | Sold out |
| Massar Capital Management, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,976−100.0% | Sold out |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,780−100.0% | Sold out |
| Qsemble Capital Management, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,512−100.0% | Sold out |
| Calamos Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,368−100.0% | Sold out |
| Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −16,413−100.0% | Sold out |
| Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,507−100.0% | Sold out |
| Whitaker-Myers Wealth Managers, LTD. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,485−100.0% | Sold out |
| Baader Bank INC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −14,149−100.0% | Sold out |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,193−100.0% | Sold out |
| Inceptionr LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,274−100.0% | Sold out |
| GMT Capital Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,948−100.0% | Sold out |
| Scientech Research LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,527−100.0% | Sold out |
| Josh Arnold Investment Consultant, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,775−100.0% | Sold out |
| New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,751−100.0% | Sold out |
| Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,192−100.0% | Sold out |
| Marex Group plc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,120−100.0% | Sold out |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,083−100.0% | Sold out |