Kratos Defense & Security Solutions KTOS Institutional Ownership

NASDAQ KTOS

$37.87 -0.87 (-2.25%)

As of: Oct 22, 2026 · 12:49 PM EDT

Institutions by Trading Activity

623 Institutions

Increased 337 54.1%

Unchanged 64 10.3%

Reduced 222 35.6%

Ownership Statistics

13F · as of 30 Jun, 2026

Institutional Ownership

81.18%

▼-7.72 pp QoQ

Shares Held by Institutions

153.11Mn

of 188.60Mn outstanding

▼-8.09% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

188.60Mn

35.49Mn held outside 13F filers

Institutional Investors

623

filed 13F for Jun 2026

▼-82 vs prior quarter

Net Shares Added (QoQ)

-13.48Mn

distributed since last quarter

Value of Holdings

$5.97Bn

reported market value

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Ownership Summary

Updated Oct 11, 2026

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) counted 622 institutional investors among its 13F-reported shareholders for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

These investors held 81.18% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' outstanding shares at the end of Q2 2026, down from 88.90% in Q1 2026.
Total holdings of KTOS shares fell 8.09% from Q1 2026, and the holder count rose 27.72% from Q2 2025.
Of the 622 holders, 337 added to their positions, 221 reduced their stakes and 64 left their positions unchanged in Q2 2026.
In total, institutional investors held 153.11Mn shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions at the end of Q2 2026, down 13.48Mn from the prior quarter and down 9.98Mn from a year earlier.
BlackRock, Inc. held the largest position in KTOS at 24.04Mn shares as of June 30, 2026, or 12.74% of shares outstanding.
The biggest increases in KTOS positions during Q2 2026 came from First Trust Advisors LP (+3.31Mn shares), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (+1.38Mn shares), ARK Investment Management LLC (+1.18Mn shares), Millennium Management LLC (+1.09Mn shares) and Susquehanna International Group, LLP (+853.27K shares).
The largest position reductions in KTOS for Q2 2026 were by BlackRock, Inc. (-7.63Mn shares), Franklin Templeton Inc (-3.21Mn shares), T. Rowe Price Associates Inc (-1.77Mn shares), Geode Capital Management, LLC (-1.55Mn shares) and Invesco Ltd. (-1.05Mn shares).
Per Business Quant data, the 10 largest holders of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions at the end of Q2 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (24.04Mn shares), State Street Corp (9.06Mn shares), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (8.45Mn shares), Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC (7.99Mn shares), First Trust Advisors LP (6.02Mn shares), ARK Investment Management LLC (4.67Mn shares), Invesco Ltd. (4.09Mn shares), Geode Capital Management, LLC (3.71Mn shares), Hood River Capital Management LLC (3.14Mn shares) and Van Eck Associates Corp (2.98Mn shares).

Form 13F Holdings

624 Institutional Holders

Report period 30 Jun, 2026

Total shares held 153.11Mn

Of outstanding 81.18%

#	Institution	CIK	Shares Held	% of Outstanding	Change (QoQ)	Change (%)	Value (USD)
1	BlackRock, Inc.	0002012383	24,035,367	12.74%	▼7,627,817	-24.09%	$1.20Bn
2	State Street Corp	0000093751	9,064,859	4.81%	▲153,360	+1.72%	$451.94Mn
3	VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	0002100119	8,449,693	4.48%	▲174,963	+2.11%	$421.30Mn
4	VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC	0002100121	7,987,008	4.23%	▼663,488	-7.67%	$398.23Mn
5	FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP	0001125816	6,016,073	3.19%	▲3,314,308	+122.67%	$299.96Mn
6	ARK Investment Management LLC	0001697748	4,672,566	2.48%	▲1,181,372	+33.84%	$232.97Mn
7	Invesco Ltd.	0000914208	4,086,232	2.17%	▼1,051,342	-20.46%	$203.74Mn
8	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	0001214717	3,711,627	1.97%	▼1,552,655	-29.49%	$185.11Mn
9	Hood River Capital Management LLC	0001578177	3,137,727	1.66%	▲423,156	+15.59%	$156.45Mn
10	VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP	0000869178	2,978,610	1.58%	▼114,723	-3.71%	$148.51Mn
11	DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP	0000354204	2,639,843	1.40%	▲45,111	+1.74%	$131.62Mn
12	NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC.	0000921739	2,598,589	1.38%	▼183,564	-6.60%	$129.57Mn
13	Artisan Partners Limited Partnership	0001466153	2,360,012	1.25%	▲1,381,961	+141.30%	$117.67Mn
14	WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP	0000902219	2,251,028	1.19%	▼343,972	-13.26%	$112.24Mn
15	ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.	0001109448	2,230,446	1.18%	▼191,122	-7.89%	$157.27Mn
16	Morgan Stanley	0000895421	2,211,173	1.17%	▼301,429	-12.00%	$110.25Mn
17	MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.	0001705339	2,163,092	1.15%	▼259,603	-10.72%	$107.85Mn
18	NORGES BANK	0001374170	1,889,341	1.00%	▲1,889,341	0.00%	$94.20Mn
19	Rovida Investment Management Ltd	0002053064	1,773,655	0.94%	0	0.00%	$88.45Mn
20	Stephens Investment Management Group LLC	0001314440	1,604,024	0.85%	▲715,089	+80.44%	$79.98Mn

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