Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
Hedge Funds Holdings

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.‘s stocks are currently a part of 227 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 83.29% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 104.86M shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -1.21% or -1.28M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 36.56% (83) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 30.84% (70) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 17.18% (39) closed the holdings completely. 37 hedge funds are new holders of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. stock in Q1 2022, it is 16.3% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2017 138
Q3 2017 165
Q4 2017 173
Q1 2018 170
Q2 2018 160
Q3 2018 182
Q4 2018 181
Q1 2019 213
Q2 2019 205
Q3 2019 221
Q4 2019 220
Q1 2020 212
Q2 2020 227
Q3 2020 208
Q4 2020 231
Q1 2021 242
Q2 2021 236
Q3 2021 234
Q4 2021 234
Q1 2022 227

Hedge funds changes in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions positions (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in positions
Q2 2017 314442192
Q3 2017 485139207
Q4 2017 416436320
Q1 2018 306740312
Q2 2018 1649512420
Q3 2018 3750491432
Q4 2018 324768313
Q1 2019 5175581613
Q2 2019 36686839-6
Q3 2019 488754320
Q4 2019 3473723011
Q1 2020 328060400
Q2 2020 488757323
Q3 2020 25826543-7
Q4 2020 4960782222
Q1 2021 4069972610
Q2 2021 357386402
Q3 2021 367879374
Q4 2021 378178362
Q1 2022 37837039-2

Hedge funds changes in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock options (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2017 4,233,000 3,748,000
Q3 2017 4,416,000 7,255,000
Q4 2017 4,085,000 7,409,000
Q1 2018 8,625,000 17,937,000
Q2 2018 14,063,000 13,017,000
Q3 2018 13,639,000 42,945,000
Q4 2018 6,468,000 7,206,000
Q1 2019 15,159,000 8,439,000
Q2 2019 43,751,000 10,179,000
Q3 2019 11,598,000 10,869,000
Q4 2019 6,464,000 9,811,000
Q1 2020 10,321,000 5,405,000
Q2 2020 21,394,000 6,212,000
Q3 2020 26,369,000 12,969,000
Q4 2020 29,493,000 10,930,000
Q1 2021 44,635,000 15,783,000
Q2 2021 43,347,000 19,242,000
Q3 2021 28,881,000 17,730,000
Q4 2021 16,801,000 12,319,000
Q1 2022 20,156,000 6,688,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
VANGUARD GROUP INC 117.47M 11.56M 0.004%
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 104.78M 10.31M 0.004%
ARK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC Cathie Wood 83.20M 8.18M 0.580%
STATE STREET CORP 55.40M 5.45M 0.004%
NIKKO ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS, INC. 50.81M 4.98M 0.649%
SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. 50.63M 4.98M 0.042%
BAMCO INC /NY/ 41.78M 4.11M 0.135%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 30.55M 3.00M 0.012%
STEPHENS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 28.31M 2.78M 0.537%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 23.48M 2.31M 0.004%
AMERICAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 20.92M 2.05M 0.826%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 19.92M 1.96M 0.011%
EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 19.50M 1.91M 1.006%
FMR LLC 18.93M 1.86M 0.002%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 18.46M 1.81M 0.007%
ROVIDA ADVISORS INC. 18.18M 1.79M 8.468%
HOOD RIVER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 15.79M 1.55M 0.604%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 15.68M 1.54M 0.004%
EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 15.49M 1.52M 0.979%
D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. David E. Shaw 13.53M 1.33M 0.016%
GRANITE INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC 12.67M 1.24M 0.550%
FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 12.23M 1.20M 0.062%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 11.82M 1.16M 0.003%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 11.38M 1.12M 0.004%
NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 10.83M 1.04M 0.011%
MANAGED ASSET PORTFOLIOS, LLC 10.36M 1.01M 1.838%
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 10.21M 1.00M 0.004%
SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 9.72M 956.94K 0.080%
ARS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC 9.40M 925.63K 1.293%
MORGAN STANLEY 9.36M 921.59K 0.001%
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Israel Englander 9.30M 915.76K 0.005%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 9.11M 897.21K 0.002%
PARADIGM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/NY 8.41M 828.1K 0.605%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 7.07M 696.56K 0.002%
INVESCO LTD. 7.06M 695.59K 0.002%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 6.84M 673.19K 0.001%
PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 6.19M 609.95K 0.201%
SCOUT INVESTMENTS, INC. 5.29M 521.04K 0.110%
SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 4.91M 484.01K 0.059%
RANGER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 4.91M 483.38K 0.386%
S SQUARED TECHNOLOGY, LLC 4.73M 466.46K 3.467%
MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV 4.52M 445.57K 0.027%
HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC 4.43M 435.98K 0.331%
FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 3.40M 335.47K 0.040%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 3.17M 312.94K 0.001%
FIRSTHAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 3.15M 310K 2.870%
HRT FINANCIAL LP 3.12M 307.47K 0.034%
SWISS NATIONAL BANK 3.01M 296.4K 0.002%
STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 2.94M 290.10K 0.009%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.75M 271.29K 0.000%