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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 121,132 | $8.54M | 0.02% | +9,638+8.6% | Added |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 121,280 | $8.55M | 0.02% | +5,955+5.2% | Added |
| Warren Averett Asset Management, LLC | 128,221 | $9.04M | 0.07% | −11,347−8.1% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd | 131,090 | $9.24M | 0.01% | +131,090 | New |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 136,214 | $9.60M | 0.14% | +110,519+430.1% | Added |
| MinichMacGregor Wealth Management, LLC | 140,442 | $9.90M | 1.75% | +24,372+21.0% | Added |
| Appleton Partners Inc | 144,385 | $10.2M | 0.71% | −3,902−2.6% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 145,729 | $10.3M | 0.01% | −21,706−13.0% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 148,260 | $10.5M | 0.01% | +40,811+38.0% | Added |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 148,345 | $10.5M | 0.02% | +10,353+7.5% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 151,227 | $10.7M | 0.01% | −39,651−20.8% | Reduced |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 151,694 | $10.7M | 0.02% | +8,163+5.7% | Added |
| Zweig-DiMenna Associates LLC | 155,026 | $10.9M | 1.53% | −53,974−25.8% | Reduced |
| Walleye Capital LLC | 156,651 | $11.0M | 0.07% | +130,947+509.4% | Added |
| Clear Street Group Inc. | 158,809 | $11.2M | 0.06% | +58,212+57.9% | Added |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 158,844 | $11.2M | 1.77% | −31,350−16.5% | Reduced |
| Peregrine Capital Management LLC | 159,039 | $11.2M | 0.42% | −7,029−4.2% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 163,443 | $11.5M | 0.00% | +89,917+122.3% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 164,419 | $11.6M | 0.00% | −231,710−58.5% | Reduced |
| S Squared Technology, LLC | 174,475 | $12.3M | 4.66% | −10,000−5.4% | Reduced |
| MetLife Investment Management | 186,112 | $13.1M | 0.07% | +14,576+8.5% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 189,633 | $13.4M | 0.00% | −178,312−48.5% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 196,065 | $13.8M | 0.01% | +36,130+22.6% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 197,372 | $13.9M | 0.00% | −83,258−29.7% | Reduced |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 199,459 | $14.1M | 0.18% | −24,006−10.7% | Reduced |
| Davy Global Fund Management Ltd | 199,951 | $14.1M | 1.07% | −43,605−17.9% | 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 |
| Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co LLC | 200,017 | $14.1M | 0.17% | −69,776−25.9% | Reduced |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | 203,532 | $14.4M | 0.08% | −27,324−11.8% | Reduced |
| WCM Investment Management, LLC | 221,869 | $14.5M | 0.03% | −65,313−22.7% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 207,001 | $14.6M | 0.01% | −364,035−63.7% | Reduced |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 207,815 | $14.7M | 0.20% | +7,260+3.6% | Added |
| Paradigm Capital Management Inc | 215,500 | $15.2M | 0.58% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 220,402 | $15.5M | 0.20% | +220,402 | New |
| Laurion Capital Management LP | 225,000 | $15.9M | 1.49% | +225,000 | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 256,877 | $18.1M | 0.00% | −24,190−8.6% | Reduced |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 259,811 | $18.3M | 0.97% | −34,195−11.6% | Reduced |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama | 266,513 | $18.8M | 0.06% | +63,877+31.5% | Added |
| Baillie Gifford & Co | 267,563 | $18.9M | 0.02% | −14,999−5.3% | Reduced |
| Sapient Capital LLC | 279,416 | $19.7M | 0.30% | −182,272−39.5% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 290,421 | $20.5M | 0.01% | +16,698+6.1% | Added |
| Boothbay Fund Management, LLC | 290,936 | $20.5M | 0.48% | +290,936 | New |
| Stephens Inc | 304,359 | $21.5M | 0.27% | −35,635−10.5% | Reduced |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 309,563 | $21.8M | 0.06% | +84,906+37.8% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 316,760 | $22.3M | 0.01% | +23,552+8.0% | Added |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 318,392 | $22.4M | 0.38% | +31,861+11.1% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 327,514 | $23.1M | 0.00% | −6,621−2.0% | Reduced |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 329,953 | $23.3M | 0.17% | −39,747−10.8% | Reduced |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 332,896 | $23.5M | 0.20% | +11,180+3.5% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 334,000 | $23.6M | 0.01% | +1,200+0.4% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 341,123 | $24.1M | 0.01% | +87,645+34.6% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 351,973 | $24.8M | 0.02% | +50,738+16.8% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 354,669 | $25.0M | 0.03% | +51,877+17.1% | Added |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 366,154 | $25.8M | 0.16% | +232,807+174.6% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 370,979 | $26.2M | 0.02% | +31,543+9.3% | Added |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 382,466 | $27.0M | 0.04% | −196,720−34.0% | Reduced |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP | 390,924 | $27.6M | 1.99% | −1,108−0.3% | Reduced |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc. | 404,210 | $28.5M | 0.08% | +331,130+453.1% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 458,416 | $32.3M | 0.00% | −27,029−5.6% | Reduced |
| Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 478,634 | $33.7M | 0.25% | +82,791+20.9% | Added |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 510,656 | $36.0M | 1.75% | −11,568−2.2% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 527,313 | $37.2M | 0.03% | +270,812+105.6% | Added |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 529,022 | $37.3M | 0.12% | −224,370−29.8% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 530,185 | $37.4M | 0.03% | +49,736+10.4% | Added |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 575,823 | $39.0M | 0.07% | +92,102+19.0% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 557,827 | $39.3M | 0.05% | +350,400+168.9% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 570,631 | $40.2M | 0.04% | +142,000+33.1% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 578,026 | $40.8M | 0.09% | +16,815+3.0% | Added |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC | 600,000 | $42.3M | 1.17% | +400,000+200.0% | Added |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | 643,176 | $45.4M | 0.13% | +603,892+1,537.2% | Added |
| Bamco Inc | 715,395 | $50.4M | 0.15% | −494,378−40.9% | Reduced |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 729,208 | $51.4M | 0.08% | +309,743+73.8% | Added |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 771,540 | $54.4M | 0.04% | +140,904+22.3% | Added |
| Zimmer Partners, LP | 783,148 | $55.2M | 1.35% | +693,148+770.2% | Added |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 815,062 | $57.5M | 0.09% | +485,847+147.6% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 833,341 | $58.8M | 0.02% | +164,978+24.7% | Added |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 835,929 | $58.9M | 1.87% | −39,134−4.5% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 880,572 | $62.1M | 0.02% | +7,576+0.9% | Added |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 888,935 | $62.7M | 0.86% | −290,353−24.6% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1,019,437 | $66.5M | 0.00% | −45,892−4.3% | Reduced |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 978,051 | $69.0M | 0.11% | +273,340+38.8% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,056,872 | $74.5M | 0.04% | +342,789+48.0% | Added |
| American Capital Management Inc | 1,071,908 | $75.6M | 4.06% | −562,585−34.4% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 1,081,427 | $76.3M | 0.01% | −229,656−17.5% | Reduced |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 1,144,337 | $80.7M | 1.14% | −137,350−10.7% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,144,337 | $80.7M | 0.05% | −137,350−10.7% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,241,144 | $87.5M | 0.02% | −834,323−40.2% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 1,282,442 | $90.4M | 0.02% | +1,282,442 | New |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,461,355 | $103.0M | 0.01% | +62,486+4.5% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 1,461,958 | $103.1M | 0.01% | +8,121+0.6% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,515,997 | $106.9M | 0.02% | +164,607+12.2% | Added |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 1,539,388 | $108.5M | 0.09% | +81,304+5.6% | Added |
| Westfield Capital Management Co LP | 1,563,146 | $110.2M | 0.46% | +317,559+25.5% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 1,586,861 | $111.9M | 0.02% | +89,132+6.0% | Added |
| Rovida Investment Management Ltd | 1,773,655 | $125.0M | 15.68% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Northern Trust Corp | 2,126,234 | $149.9M | 0.02% | +165,103+8.4% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 2,134,555 | $150.5M | 0.02% | +1,421,935+199.5% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 2,193,499 | $154.7M | 0.16% | +819,440+59.6% | Added |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 2,422,695 | $170.8M | 0.23% | +741,020+44.1% | Added |