First Trust Advisors’s Kratos Defense & Security Solutions KTOS Stock Holding History
Bought
Maintained
Sold
| Quarter | Market Value | Status | Shares |
Change in Stake | Trade Value | Portfolio Weight | Portfolio Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2026
Q1 | $191M | Sell |
2,701,765
-150,244
| -5% | -$14.4M | 0.14% | 185 |
|
|
2025
Q4 | $216M | Sell |
2,852,009
-216,854
| -7% | -$17.8M | 0.16% | 153 |
|
|
2025
Q3 | $280M | Buy |
3,068,863
+698,778
| +29% | +$44.7M | 0.21% | 112 |
|
|
2025
Q2 | $110M | Buy |
2,370,085
+533,912
| +29% | +$19.3M | 0.09% | 272 |
|
|
2025
Q1 | $54.5M | Buy |
1,836,173
+1,551,374
| +545% | +$47.1M | 0.05% | 510 |
|
|
2024
Q4 | $7.51M | Sell |
284,799
-33,752
| -11% | -$865K | 0.01% | 1167 |
|
|
2024
Q3 | $7.42M | Buy |
318,551
+61,076
| +24% | +$1.32M | 0.01% | 1151 |
|
|
2024
Q2 | $5.15M | Buy |
257,475
+111,430
| +76% | +$2.18M | 0.01% | 1255 |
|
|
2024
Q1 | $2.68M | Buy |
146,045
+28,022
| +24% | +$510K | ﹤0.01% | 1606 |
|
|
2023
Q4 | $2.39M | Sell |
118,023
-16,129
| -12% | -$296K | ﹤0.01% | 1641 |
|
|
2023
Q3 | $2.01M | Buy |
134,152
+116,978
| +681% | +$1.74M | ﹤0.01% | 1683 |
|
|
2023
Q2 | $246K | Sell |
17,174
-43,439
| -72% | -$588K | ﹤0.01% | 2271 |
|
|
2023
Q1 | $817K | Buy |
60,613
+13,020
| +27% | +$155K | ﹤0.01% | 2016 |
|
|
2022
Q4 | $491K | Buy |
47,593
+12,149
| +34% | +$121K | ﹤0.01% | 2198 |
|
|
2022
Q3 | $360K | Buy |
35,444
+6,688
| +23% | +$89.6K | ﹤0.01% | 2303 |
|
|
2022
Q2 | $399K | Buy |
28,756
+7,609
| +36% | +$118K | ﹤0.01% | 2251 |
|
|
2022
Q1 | $433K | Sell |
21,147
-1,708
| -7% | -$31.2K | ﹤0.01% | 2287 |
|
|
2021
Q4 | $443K | Sell |
22,855
-34,858
| -60% | -$736K | ﹤0.01% | 2317 |
|
|
2021
Q3 | $1.29M | Buy |
57,713
+15,244
| +36% | +$377K | ﹤0.01% | 1945 |
|
|
2021
Q2 | $1.21M | Sell |
42,469
-69,681
| -62% | -$1.84M | ﹤0.01% | 2010 |
|
|
2021
Q1 | $3.06M | Buy |
112,150
+39,913
| +55% | +$1.12M | ﹤0.01% | 1542 |
|
|
2020
Q4 | $1.98M | Buy |
72,237
+13,578
| +23% | +$297K | ﹤0.01% | 1579 |
|
|
2020
Q3 | $1.13M | Sell |
58,659
-32,193
| -35% | -$595K | ﹤0.01% | 1696 |
|
|
2020
Q2 | $1.42M | Buy |
90,852
+77,570
| +584% | +$1.24M | ﹤0.01% | 1561 |
|
|
2020
Q1 | $184K | Sell |
13,282
-39,910
| -75% | -$688K | ﹤0.01% | 2220 |
|
|
2019
Q4 | $958K | Sell |
53,192
-94,505
| -64% | -$1.75M | ﹤0.01% | 1900 |
|
|
2019
Q3 | $2.75M | Buy |
147,697
+21,126
| +17% | +$443K | 0.01% | 1349 |
|
|
2019
Q2 | $2.9M | Buy |
+126,571
| New | +$2.39M | 0.01% | 1357 |
|
|
2018
Q4 | – | Sell |
-148,999
| Closed | -$2.2M | – | 2446 |
|
|
2018
Q3 | $2.2M | Buy |
148,999
+74,332
| +100% | +$982K | ﹤0.01% | 1611 |
|
|
2018
Q2 | $859K | Buy |
74,667
+53,131
| +247% | +$585K | ﹤0.01% | 1993 |
|
|
2018
Q1 | $222K | Sell |
21,536
-127,245
| -86% | -$1.42M | ﹤0.01% | 2226 |
|
|
2017
Q4 | $1.58M | Buy |
+148,781
| New | +$1.7M | ﹤0.01% | 1653 |
|
|
2013
Q3 | – | Sell |
-65,781
| Closed | -$426K | – | 2285 |
|
|
2013
Q2 | $426K | Buy |
+65,781
| New | +$370K | ﹤0.01% | 1881 |
|
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First Trust Advisors's KTOS Position: Q1 2026 in Review
First Trust Advisors reduced its Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) stake by 5.3% in Q1 2026, selling an estimated $14.4M and leaving 2,701,765 shares worth $191M. The position accounts for 0.14% of the portfolio, ranked #185.
First Trust Advisors first reported a position in KTOS in Q2 2013 and has held it in 33 quarters since. The position peaked at $280M in Q3 2025. 711 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold KTOS as of Q1 2026.
- First Trust Advisors held 2,701,765 shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions worth $191M as of Q1 2026.
- First Trust Advisors sold 150,244 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares in Q1 2026, an estimated $14.4M.
- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions made up 0.14% of First Trust Advisors's portfolio in Q1 2026, its #185 holding.
- First Trust Advisors first reported a position in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in Q2 2013 and has held it in 33 quarters since.
- First Trust Advisors's Kratos Defense & Security Solutions position peaked at $280M in Q3 2025.
- 711 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Kratos Defense & Security Solutions as of Q1 2026.
Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q1 2026, filed 13 May 2026.