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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peregrine Capital Management LLC | 159,039 | $11.2M | 0.42% | −7,029−4.2% | Reduced |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 158,844 | $11.2M | 1.77% | −31,350−16.5% | Reduced |
| Clear Street Group Inc. | 158,809 | $11.2M | 0.06% | +58,212+57.9% | Added |
| Walleye Capital LLC | 156,651 | $11.0M | 0.07% | +130,947+509.4% | Added |
| Zweig-DiMenna Associates LLC | 155,026 | $10.9M | 1.53% | −53,974−25.8% | Reduced |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 151,694 | $10.7M | 0.02% | +8,163+5.7% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 151,227 | $10.7M | 0.01% | −39,651−20.8% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 148,345 | $10.5M | 0.02% | +10,353+7.5% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 148,260 | $10.5M | 0.01% | +40,811+38.0% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 145,729 | $10.3M | 0.01% | −21,706−13.0% | Reduced |
| Appleton Partners Inc | 144,385 | $10.2M | 0.71% | −3,902−2.6% | Reduced |
| MinichMacGregor Wealth Management, LLC | 140,442 | $9.90M | 1.75% | +24,372+21.0% | Added |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 136,214 | $9.60M | 0.14% | +110,519+430.1% | Added |
| Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd | 131,090 | $9.24M | 0.01% | +131,090 | New |
| Warren Averett Asset Management, LLC | 128,221 | $9.04M | 0.07% | −11,347−8.1% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 121,280 | $8.55M | 0.02% | +5,955+5.2% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 121,132 | $8.54M | 0.02% | +9,638+8.6% | Added |
| Harvest Investment Services, LLC | 119,501 | $8.43M | 1.54% | −24,090−16.8% | Reduced |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC | 117,757 | $8.30M | 0.10% | −52,413−30.8% | Reduced |
| Fred Alger Management, LLC | 116,793 | $8.24M | 0.04% | −118,492−50.4% | Reduced |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 115,274 | $8.13M | 0.01% | −14,135−10.9% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 114,274 | $8.06M | 0.01% | −10,143−8.2% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 113,830 | $8.03M | 0.01% | +17,677+18.4% | Added |
| Man Group plc | 110,469 | $7.79M | 0.02% | +44,827+68.3% | Added |
| Canal Insurance CO | 110,000 | $7.76M | 1.67% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Castleark Management LLC | 109,634 | $7.73M | 0.26% | −43,270−28.3% | Reduced |
| Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC | 108,541 | $7.65M | 0.04% | +11,961+12.4% | Added |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 107,145 | $7.55M | 0.02% | +22,621+26.8% | Added |
| Lumbard & Kellner, LLC | 105,348 | $7.43M | 2.57% | +835+0.8% | Added |
| Legato Capital Management LLC | 104,195 | $7.35M | 0.67% | −1,622−1.5% | Reduced |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 102,773 | $7.25M | 0.04% | −245,871−70.5% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 102,112 | $7.20M | 0.00% | −49,740−32.8% | Reduced |
| Seven Grand Managers, LLC | 100,000 | $7.05M | 0.47% | −150,000−60.0% | Reduced |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 95,210 | $6.85M | 0.00% | +44,831+89.0% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 96,131 | $6.78M | 0.00% | −505,543−84.0% | Reduced |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 95,802 | $6.75M | 0.05% | −80,017−45.5% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 100,181 | $6.70M | 0.00% | +3,332+3.4% | Added |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 92,362 | $6.51M | 0.01% | +876+1.0% | Added |
| Mutual of America Capital Management LLC | 91,643 | $6.46M | 0.07% | +21,375+30.4% | Added |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC | 89,973 | $6.34M | 0.33% | −34,567−27.8% | Reduced |
| Spear Advisors LLC | 89,439 | $6.31M | 4.70% | +89,439 | New |
| Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management | 84,332 | $5.95M | 0.19% | −6,660−7.3% | Reduced |
| Agf Management Ltd | 83,208 | $5.87M | 0.03% | −143,259−63.3% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 80,283 | $5.66M | 0.00% | +80,283 | New |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 80,247 | $5.66M | 0.01% | −10,550−11.6% | Reduced |
| Amalgamated Bank | 79,253 | $5.59M | 0.04% | +8,220+11.6% | Added |
| State of Tennessee, Treasury Department | 78,216 | $5.52M | 0.02% | +6,808+9.5% | Added |
| Fogel Capital Management, Inc. | 77,948 | $5.50M | 2.51% | +3,548+4.8% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 76,158 | $5.37M | 0.00% | +2,700+3.7% | Added |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP | 74,867 | $5.28M | 0.02% | −29,651−28.4% | Reduced |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC | 74,235 | $5.23M | 1.32% | +11,935+19.2% | Added |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 73,863 | $5.21M | 0.09% | +21,298+40.5% | Added |
| Moore Capital Management, LP | 71,298 | $5.03M | 0.18% | +71,298 | New |
| Bard Associates Inc | 70,598 | $4.98M | 1.25% | −100−0.1% | Reduced |
| Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. | 69,852 | $4.93M | 0.17% | +6,950+11.0% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 69,373 | $4.89M | 0.01% | +3,546+5.4% | Added |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 69,165 | $4.88M | 0.01% | +11,661+20.3% | Added |
| Register Financial Advisors LLC | 67,954 | $4.79M | 1.77% | +2,020+3.1% | Added |
| FWL Investment Management, LLC | 67,697 | $4.77M | 1.05% | +26,465+64.2% | Added |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 66,211 | $4.67M | 0.13% | +66,211 | New |
| Rockline Wealth Management, LLC | 65,480 | $4.62M | 1.00% | −1,325−2.0% | Reduced |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 63,936 | $4.51M | 0.09% | +63,936 | New |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 63,373 | $4.47M | 0.01% | +38,440+154.2% | Added |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 59,566 | $4.18M | 0.02% | +1,203+2.1% | Added |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D | 59,141 | $4.17M | 0.02% | −49−0.1% | Reduced |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP | 59,140 | $4.17M | 0.03% | +51,653+689.9% | Added |
| Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky | 57,112 | $4.03M | 0.03% | +5,000+9.6% | Added |
| D L Carlson Investment Group Inc | 55,787 | $3.93M | 0.68% | −1,667−2.9% | Reduced |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 55,071 | $3.88M | 0.01% | +30,619+125.2% | Added |
| Smithfield Trust Co | 53,725 | $3.79M | 0.17% | +53,725 | New |
| Louisiana State Employees Retirement System | 53,500 | $3.77M | 0.07% | +6,800+14.6% | Added |
| EFG International AG | 53,171 | $3.75M | 0.08% | −14,892−21.9% | Reduced |
| Dorsey Wright & Associates | 51,568 | $3.64M | 0.45% | +51,568 | New |
| Future Fund LLC | 51,136 | $3.61M | 1.27% | +33,051+182.8% | Added |
| Spirepoint Private Client, LLC | 50,541 | $3.56M | 0.34% | +46,569+1,172.4% | Added |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 50,380 | $3.55M | 0.03% | −14,099−21.9% | Reduced |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC | 49,573 | $3.50M | 0.01% | +7,921+19.0% | Added |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 49,310 | $3.48M | 0.03% | +4,396+9.8% | Added |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 48,956 | $3.45M | 0.11% | +4,238+9.5% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 47,566 | $3.32M | 0.00% | +31,031+187.7% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 46,888 | $3.31M | 0.00% | −85,714−64.6% | Reduced |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 46,429 | $3.27M | 0.04% | +1,207+2.7% | Added |
| Arizona State Retirement System | 46,377 | $3.27M | 0.02% | −1,342−2.8% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys | 46,256 | $3.26M | 0.02% | +4,005+9.5% | Added |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 45,814 | $3.23M | 0.04% | +11,775+34.6% | Added |
| Arkadios Wealth Advisors | 45,437 | $3.20M | 0.05% | +600+1.3% | Added |
| Fifth Third Bancorp | 44,568 | $3.14M | 0.01% | +43,232+3,235.9% | Added |
| State of Michigan Retirement System | 44,400 | $3.13M | 0.02% | +4,500+11.3% | Added |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | 44,030 | $3.10M | 1.40% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 43,241 | $3.05M | 0.00% | +23,108+114.8% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 42,746 | $3.01M | 0.00% | +19,726+85.7% | Added |
| Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd. | 42,514 | $3.00M | 0.01% | +42,514 | New |
| New Age Alpha Advisors, LLC | 41,946 | $2.96M | 0.14% | −1,065−2.5% | Reduced |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 41,595 | $2.93M | 0.01% | +596+1.5% | Added |
| Moody Aldrich Partners LLC | 41,475 | $2.92M | 0.53% | −40,855−49.6% | Reduced |
| Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company, LLC | 41,359 | $2.92M | 0.04% | +3,583+9.5% | Added |
| Bouvel Investment Partners, LLC | 40,819 | $2.88M | 0.84% | −22,285−35.3% | Reduced |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 40,220 | $2.84M | 0.01% | +6,763+20.2% | Added |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 39,622 | $2.79M | 0.01% | +3,854+10.8% | Added |
| Truvestments Capital LLC | 39,613 | $2.79M | 0.50% | +421+1.1% | Added |