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, Q1 2026
Institutional positions in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. as of Mar 31, 2026. 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
- 717
- +52 vs. Q4 2025
- Shares held
- 166.8M
- +33.0M (+24.7%) vs. Q4 2025
- Total value
- $11.8B
- +$1.60B (+15.8%) vs. Q4 2025
- New holders
- 136
- 312 more added
- Sold out
- 84
- 194 more reduced
8 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; share changes are against Q4 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 31,663,184 | $2.23B | 0.04% | +3,325,247+11.7% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 8,911,499 | $628.3M | 0.02% | +720,732+8.8% | Added |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 8,650,496 | $609.9M | 0.03% | +8,650,496 | New |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 8,274,730 | $583.5M | 0.01% | +8,274,730 | New |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 5,264,282 | $371.2M | 0.02% | +818,052+18.4% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 5,137,574 | $362.3M | 0.04% | +2,435,265+90.1% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 3,977,702 | $280.5M | 0.07% | −19,917−0.5% | Reduced |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 3,491,194 | $246.2M | 1.91% | +37,071+1.1% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 3,093,333 | $218.1M | 0.16% | +460,945+17.5% | Added |
| Nomura Asset Management International Inc. | 2,782,153 | $196.2M | 0.34% | +200,184+7.8% | Added |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 2,714,571 | $191.4M | 1.92% | −30,901−1.1% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 2,701,765 | $190.5M | 0.14% | −150,244−5.3% | Reduced |
| Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. | 2,649,578 | $186.8M | 2.76% | +2,649,578 | New |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,421,568 | $183.8M | 0.06% | −445,932−15.6% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 2,595,000 | $183.0M | 0.03% | +2,216,438+585.5% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,594,732 | $182.9M | 0.04% | −231,733−8.2% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 2,512,602 | $177.2M | 0.01% | −798,493−24.1% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 2,422,695 | $170.8M | 0.23% | +741,020+44.1% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 2,193,499 | $154.7M | 0.16% | +819,440+59.6% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 2,134,555 | $150.5M | 0.02% | +1,421,935+199.5% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 2,126,234 | $149.9M | 0.02% | +165,103+8.4% | Added |
| Rovida Investment Management Ltd | 1,773,655 | $125.0M | 15.68% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,586,861 | $111.9M | 0.02% | +89,132+6.0% | Added |
| Westfield Capital Management Co LP | 1,563,146 | $110.2M | 0.46% | +317,559+25.5% | Added |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 1,539,388 | $108.5M | 0.09% | +81,304+5.6% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,515,997 | $106.9M | 0.02% | +164,607+12.2% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 1,461,958 | $103.1M | 0.01% | +8,121+0.6% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,461,355 | $103.0M | 0.01% | +62,486+4.5% | Added |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 1,282,442 | $90.4M | 0.02% | +1,282,442 | New |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,241,144 | $87.5M | 0.02% | −834,323−40.2% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,144,337 | $80.7M | 0.05% | −137,350−10.7% | Reduced |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 1,144,337 | $80.7M | 1.14% | −137,350−10.7% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 1,081,427 | $76.3M | 0.01% | −229,656−17.5% | Reduced |
| American Capital Management Inc | 1,071,908 | $75.6M | 4.06% | −562,585−34.4% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,056,872 | $74.5M | 0.04% | +342,789+48.0% | Added |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 978,051 | $69.0M | 0.11% | +273,340+38.8% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1,019,437 | $66.5M | 0.00% | −45,892−4.3% | Reduced |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 888,935 | $62.7M | 0.86% | −290,353−24.6% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 880,572 | $62.1M | 0.02% | +7,576+0.9% | Added |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 835,929 | $58.9M | 1.87% | −39,134−4.5% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 833,341 | $58.8M | 0.02% | +164,978+24.7% | Added |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 815,062 | $57.5M | 0.09% | +485,847+147.6% | Added |
| Zimmer Partners, LP | 783,148 | $55.2M | 1.35% | +693,148+770.2% | Added |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 771,540 | $54.4M | 0.04% | +140,904+22.3% | Added |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 729,208 | $51.4M | 0.08% | +309,743+73.8% | Added |
| Bamco Inc | 715,395 | $50.4M | 0.15% | −494,378−40.9% | Reduced |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | 643,176 | $45.4M | 0.13% | +603,892+1,537.2% | Added |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC | 600,000 | $42.3M | 1.17% | +400,000+200.0% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 578,026 | $40.8M | 0.09% | +16,815+3.0% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 570,631 | $40.2M | 0.04% | +142,000+33.1% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 557,827 | $39.3M | 0.05% | +350,400+168.9% | Added |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 575,823 | $39.0M | 0.07% | +92,102+19.0% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 530,185 | $37.4M | 0.03% | +49,736+10.4% | Added |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 529,022 | $37.3M | 0.12% | −224,370−29.8% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 527,313 | $37.2M | 0.03% | +270,812+105.6% | Added |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 510,656 | $36.0M | 1.75% | −11,568−2.2% | Reduced |
| Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 478,634 | $33.7M | 0.25% | +82,791+20.9% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 458,416 | $32.3M | 0.00% | −27,029−5.6% | Reduced |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc. | 404,210 | $28.5M | 0.08% | +331,130+453.1% | Added |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP | 390,924 | $27.6M | 1.99% | −1,108−0.3% | Reduced |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 382,466 | $27.0M | 0.04% | −196,720−34.0% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 370,979 | $26.2M | 0.02% | +31,543+9.3% | Added |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 366,154 | $25.8M | 0.16% | +232,807+174.6% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 354,669 | $25.0M | 0.03% | +51,877+17.1% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 351,973 | $24.8M | 0.02% | +50,738+16.8% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 341,123 | $24.1M | 0.01% | +87,645+34.6% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 334,000 | $23.6M | 0.01% | +1,200+0.4% | Added |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 332,896 | $23.5M | 0.20% | +11,180+3.5% | Added |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 329,953 | $23.3M | 0.17% | −39,747−10.8% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 327,514 | $23.1M | 0.00% | −6,621−2.0% | Reduced |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 318,392 | $22.4M | 0.38% | +31,861+11.1% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 316,760 | $22.3M | 0.01% | +23,552+8.0% | Added |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 309,563 | $21.8M | 0.06% | +84,906+37.8% | Added |
| Stephens Inc | 304,359 | $21.5M | 0.27% | −35,635−10.5% | Reduced |
| Boothbay Fund Management, LLC | 290,936 | $20.5M | 0.48% | +290,936 | New |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 290,421 | $20.5M | 0.01% | +16,698+6.1% | Added |
| Sapient Capital LLC | 279,416 | $19.7M | 0.30% | −182,272−39.5% | Reduced |
| Baillie Gifford & Co | 267,563 | $18.9M | 0.02% | −14,999−5.3% | Reduced |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama | 266,513 | $18.8M | 0.06% | +63,877+31.5% | Added |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 259,811 | $18.3M | 0.97% | −34,195−11.6% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 256,877 | $18.1M | 0.00% | −24,190−8.6% | Reduced |
| Laurion Capital Management LP | 225,000 | $15.9M | 1.49% | +225,000 | New |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 220,402 | $15.5M | 0.20% | +220,402 | New |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 215,500 | $15.2M | 0.58% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 207,815 | $14.7M | 0.20% | +7,260+3.6% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 207,001 | $14.6M | 0.01% | −364,035−63.7% | Reduced |
| WCM Investment Management, LLC | 221,869 | $14.5M | 0.03% | −65,313−22.7% | Reduced |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | 203,532 | $14.4M | 0.08% | −27,324−11.8% | Reduced |
| Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co LLC | 200,017 | $14.1M | 0.17% | −69,776−25.9% | Reduced |
| Burkehill Global Management, LP | 200,000 | $14.1M | 0.70% | −150,000−42.9% | Reduced |
| HBK Investments L P | 200,000 | $14.1M | 0.18% | +200,000 | New |
| Davy Global Fund Management Ltd | 199,951 | $14.1M | 1.07% | −43,605−17.9% | Reduced |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 199,459 | $14.1M | 0.18% | −24,006−10.7% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 197,372 | $13.9M | 0.00% | −83,258−29.7% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 196,065 | $13.8M | 0.01% | +36,130+22.6% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 189,633 | $13.4M | 0.00% | −178,312−48.5% | Reduced |
| MetLife Investment Management | 186,112 | $13.1M | 0.07% | +14,576+8.5% | Added |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 174,475 | $12.3M | 4.66% | −10,000−5.4% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 164,419 | $11.6M | 0.00% | −231,710−58.5% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 163,443 | $11.5M | 0.00% | +89,917+122.3% | Added |