KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO KTOS
COM NEW · Common Stock · CUSIP 50077B207 · ISIN US50077B2079
U.S. military contractor
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($1.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 127.6m as of 2023-04-28, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $13.47. Options: 7 managers hold calls ($3.9m notional), 5 hold puts ($1.5m).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 247 |
| Q4 2022 | 247 |
| Q1 2023 | 244 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 120 | 112 |
| Q1 2023 | 128 | 102 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $4.7m | $2.0m | 0.43 |
| Q4 2022 | $4.0m | $994.0k | 0.25 |
| Q1 2023 | $3.9m | $1.5m | 0.38 |
Biggest buyers
| FMR LLC | Added | +1.9m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +907.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +694.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +586.0k |
| Archon Capital Management LLC | Added | +500.2k |
| BAMCO INC /NY/ | Added | +432.9k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +396.4k |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC | New | +333.4k |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | Added | +325.6k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | +285.8k |
Biggest sellers
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -740.0k |
| ARK Investment Management LLC | Reduced | -635.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -600.4k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC | Reduced | -550.2k |
| Amova Asset Management Americas, Inc. | Reduced | -286.1k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. | Reduced | -286.1k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -263.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -234.4k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | Sold out | -222.2k |
| NORGES BANK | Reduced | -174.7k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.6m116.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $742.7k55.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $633.6k47.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $407.1k30.2k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $315.0k23.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $248.0k18.4k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $804.8k59.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $612.0k45.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $55.3k4.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $31.0k2.3k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution -2.6 pts · filed 2026-07-29 | 10.1% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC), STATE STREET CORP (4.9%, 2026-02-09)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 5 | $2.0m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 7 | $2.1m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 2 | $232.1k | 8 | $1.9m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 4 | $899.5k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $103.0k | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $102.2k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-28 | Goodwin Benjamin M. SVP, Corp. Dev. & Gov. Affairs | Sold | $102.2k8.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.8m $159.6m | Added +76.3k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.3m $152.5m | Added +396.4k |
| ARK Investment Management LLC 0.66% of their portfolio | 7.1m $95.9m | Reduced -635.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.3m $71.5m | Reduced -600.4k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 4.8m $64.1m | Reduced -286.1k |
| Amova Asset Management Americas, Inc. 0.73% of their portfolio | 4.8m $63.4m | Reduced -286.1k |
| BAMCO INC /NY/ 0.19% of their portfolio | 4.7m $63.8m | Added +432.9k |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC 0.93% of their portfolio | 4.1m $55.4m | Added +167.5k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.9m $52.2m | Added +1.9m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.8m $50.6m | Added +586.0k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.8m $37.7m | Added +76.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5m $33.6m | Added +105.3k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 1.21% of their portfolio | 1.9m $25.3m | Reduced -14.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.9m $25.1m | Added +694.6k |
| Rovida Advisors Inc. 9.32% of their portfolio | 1.8m $23.9m | Unchanged |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $23.9m | Reduced -640 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $23.4m | Added +907.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $21.3m | Added +89.4k |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 1.18% of their portfolio | 1.5m $20.0m | Reduced -22.0k |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC 2.28% of their portfolio | 1.4m $18.9m | Added +19.6k |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC 0.75% of their portfolio | 1.3m $18.1m | Added +325.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $17.4m | Reduced -740.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $16.6m | Added +48.0k |
| AMERICAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.56% of their portfolio | 1.2m $16.0m | Added +3.1k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.1m $14.9m | Reduced -13.1k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $14.3m | Reduced -174.7k |
| MANAGED ASSET PORTFOLIOS, LLC 2.08% of their portfolio | 1.0m $13.7m | Added +36.4k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $13.6m | Reduced -173 |
| Archon Capital Management LLC 4.67% of their portfolio | 976.6k $13.2m | Added +500.2k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 970.0k $13.0m | Added +121.6k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 868.9k $11.7m | Reduced -44.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 837.9k $11.3m | Added +92.0k |
| SCOUT INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.18% of their portfolio | 657.1k $8.9m | Added +20.4k |
| PARADIGM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/NY 0.58% of their portfolio | 653.1k $8.8m | Reduced -115.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 621.4k $8.4m | Added +13.9k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 610.1k $8.2m | Reduced -120.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 555.8k $7.5m | Reduced -103.0k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 541.3k $7.3m | Added +176.3k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 526.6k $7.1m | Added +6.6k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 520.6k $7.0m | Added +31.6k |
| MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV 0.03% of their portfolio | 470.2k $6.3m | Added +27.7k |
| S SQUARED TECHNOLOGY, LLC 3.73% of their portfolio | 466.5k $6.3m | Unchanged |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 444.2k $6.0m | Reduced -550.2k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 421.2k $5.7m | Reduced -9.1k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 397.4k $5.4m | Added +11.5k |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC 0.63% of their portfolio | 333.4k $4.5m | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 313.7k $4.2m | Added +285.8k |
| Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. 4.54% of their portfolio | 310.0k $4.2m | Unchanged |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 299.1k $4.0m | Reduced -18.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 271.8k $3.7m | Reduced -32.3k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 271.0k $3.7m | Reduced -234.4k |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 263.1k $3.5m | Added +18.3k |
| Simplicity Solutions, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 248.8k $3.4m | Reduced -31.6k |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 248.0k $3.3m | Reduced -33.3k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 243.4k $3.3m | Reduced -39.1k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 218.7k $2.9m | Added +50.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 215.6k $2.9m | Added +2.1k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 204.0k $2.7m | Reduced -45.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 200.2k $2.7m | Added +6.8k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 197.8k $2.7m | Reduced -20.7k |
| Register Financial Advisors LLC 1.98% of their portfolio | 187.0k $2.5m | Added +62.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 174.2k $2.3m | Added +14.4k |
| ESSEX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 168.9k $2.3m | Added +66.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 167.3k $2.3m | Reduced -11.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 165.7k $2.2m | Added +2.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 163.7k $2.2m | Added +1.8k |
| Canal Insurance CO 0.58% of their portfolio | 157.0k $2.1m | Unchanged |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 156.6k $2.1m | Reduced -2.3k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 154.3k $2.1m | Unchanged |
| Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 128.8k $1.7m | Reduced -26.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 126.3k $1.7m | Reduced -4.5k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 125.7k $1.7m | Added +26.4k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 122.0k $1.6m | Added +5.9k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 119.9k $1.6m | New |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 119.8k $1.6m | Reduced -2.2k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 118.6k $1.6m | Added +23.1k |
| Ergoteles LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 112.4k $1.5m | New |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.00% of their portfolio | 110.6k $1.5m | Reduced -27.6k |
| BARD ASSOCIATES INC 0.61% of their portfolio | 109.2k $1.5m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 101.2k $1.4m | Reduced -2.0k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 100.2k $1.4m | Reduced -22.2k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 98.6k $1.3m | Added +4.6k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.9k $1.2m | Added +6.4k |
| Bouvel Investment Partners, LLC 0.66% of their portfolio | 83.3k $1.1m | Added +3.3k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 83.2k $1.1m | New |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 75.4k $1.0m | Added +3.1k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.02% of their portfolio | 72.5k $978.0k | New |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.2k $946.7k | Added +4.0k |
| Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 70.0k $943.6k | New |
| Retireful, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 69.9k $942.0k | New |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.0k $916.1k | Added +5.0k |
| Legato Capital Management LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 66.9k $902.4k | Added +16.5k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 65.5k $882.8k | Unchanged |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.8k $846.4k | Reduced -30.1k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.7k $825.7k | Added +1.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.6k $817.1k | Added +13.0k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 60.1k $810.5k | Unchanged |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 59.8k $806.7k | New |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 59.7k $804.1k | Added +1.2k |
| Arkadios Wealth Advisors 0.09% of their portfolio | 58.2k $784.5k | Reduced -1.4k |