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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | 2,512,602 | $177.2M | 0.01% | −798,493−24.1% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,594,732 | $182.9M | 0.04% | −231,733−8.2% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 2,595,000 | $183.0M | 0.03% | +2,216,438+585.5% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,421,568 | $183.8M | 0.06% | −445,932−15.6% | Reduced |
| Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. | 2,649,578 | $186.8M | 2.76% | +2,649,578 | New |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 2,701,765 | $190.5M | 0.14% | −150,244−5.3% | Reduced |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 2,714,571 | $191.4M | 1.92% | −30,901−1.1% | Reduced |
| Nomura Asset Management International Inc. | 2,782,153 | $196.2M | 0.34% | +200,184+7.8% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 3,093,333 | $218.1M | 0.16% | +460,945+17.5% | Added |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 3,491,194 | $246.2M | 1.91% | +37,071+1.1% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 3,977,702 | $280.5M | 0.07% | −19,917−0.5% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 5,137,574 | $362.3M | 0.04% | +2,435,265+90.1% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 5,264,282 | $371.2M | 0.02% | +818,052+18.4% | Added |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 8,274,730 | $583.5M | 0.01% | +8,274,730 | New |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 8,650,496 | $609.9M | 0.03% | +8,650,496 | New |
| State Street Corp | 8,911,499 | $628.3M | 0.02% | +720,732+8.8% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 31,663,184 | $2.23B | 0.04% | +3,325,247+11.7% | Added |
| FengHe Fund Management Pte. Ltd. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −464,900−100.0% | Sold out |
| Garnet Equity Capital Holdings, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −275,500−100.0% | Sold out |
| Weiss Asset Management LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −249,546−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −136,524−100.0% | Sold out |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −133,063−100.0% | Sold out |
| Royce & Associates LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −126,900−100.0% | Sold out |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −118,838−100.0% | Sold out |
| Frontier Capital Management Co LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −91,909−100.0% | Sold out |
| BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −78,609−100.0% | Sold out |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −74,534−100.0% | Sold out |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −69,150−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kadensa Capital Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −50,636−100.0% | Sold out |
| HRT Financial LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −39,581−100.0% | Sold out |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −39,414−100.0% | Sold out |
| FORA Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −36,691−100.0% | Sold out |
| Concentric Capital Strategies, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −35,293−100.0% | Sold out |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −25,110−100.0% | Sold out |
| Dupree Financial Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −23,817−100.0% | Sold out |
| Clough Capital Partners L P | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −21,854−100.0% | Sold out |
| Pinnacle Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −21,657−100.0% | Sold out |
| Nations Financial Group Inc, | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20,753−100.0% | Sold out |
| MYDA Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Moran Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −18,373−100.0% | Sold out |
| Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,797−100.0% | Sold out |
| Neo Ivy Capital Management | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,479−100.0% | Sold out |
| Monetta Financial Services Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Chung Wu Investment Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,760−100.0% | Sold out |
| Two Sigma Securities, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,006−100.0% | Sold out |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,777−100.0% | Sold out |
| Total Wealth Planning & Management, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,634−100.0% | Sold out |
| Forum Financial Management, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,321−100.0% | Sold out |
| Yorktown Management & Research Co Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,200−100.0% | Sold out |
| Eschler Asset Management LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,679−100.0% | Sold out |
| Numerai GP LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,320−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kovack Advisors, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,240−100.0% | Sold out |
| Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,591−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mission Wealth Management, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,503−100.0% | Sold out |
| Diversify Advisory Services, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,541−100.0% | Sold out |
| Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,310−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kraft, Davis & Associates, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,600−100.0% | Sold out |
| Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,942−100.0% | Sold out |
| Resources Investment Advisors, LLC. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,857−100.0% | Sold out |
| RFG Advisory, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,516−100.0% | Sold out |
| Teton Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,400−100.0% | Sold out |
| Flow Traders U.S. LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,385−100.0% | Sold out |
| Fieldview Capital Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,378−100.0% | Sold out |
| Foster Group, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,223−100.0% | Sold out |
| Valeo Financial Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,087−100.0% | Sold out |
| Centaurus Financial, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,031−100.0% | Sold out |
| Sugar Maple Asset Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kercheville Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,915−100.0% | Sold out |
| Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,869−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mitchell McLeod Pugh & Williams Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,275−100.0% | Sold out |
| AlphaGrep UK Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,787−100.0% | Sold out |
| Citizens Financial Group Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,704−100.0% | Sold out |
| Sherman Porfolios, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,703−100.0% | Sold out |
| Interchange Capital Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,676−100.0% | Sold out |
| State of Wyoming | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,516−100.0% | Sold out |
| Greenline Wealth Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,335−100.0% | Sold out |
| SageView Advisory Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,062−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tucker Asset Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −990−100.0% | Sold out |
| Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −800−100.0% | Sold out |
| Modus Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −735−100.0% | Sold out |
| IFC & Insurance Marketing, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −730−100.0% | Sold out |
| USA Financial Portformulas Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −608−100.0% | Sold out |
| Wexford Capital LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −518−100.0% | Sold out |
| Torren Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −511−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ramirez Asset Management, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −500−100.0% | Sold out |
| Chesapeake Asset Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −313−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bear Mountain Capital, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −150−100.0% | Sold out |
| Darwin Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −225−100.0% | Sold out |
| Aster Capital Management (DIFC) Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −86−100.0% | Sold out |
| Brandywine Financial Group | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −50−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bayforest Capital Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −49−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bellevue Asset Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −44−100.0% | Sold out |
| Elyxium Wealth, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −36−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bank of Jackson Hole Trust | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −25−100.0% | Sold out |
| C M Bidwell & Associates Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −19−100.0% | Sold out |
| Quest Partners LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −18−100.0% | Sold out |
| Wiser Advisor Group LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −16−100.0% | Sold out |
| Optima Capital LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cape Investment Advisory, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −14−100.0% | Sold out |