KTOS Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own KTOS shares is 437, representing 88.5% of the company's common stock.

LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in KTOS by -38.12% restricting it's holding to 352.68 thousand shares of worth nearly $6.48M. MACQUARIE GROUP LTD also lessened -30.15% of the KTOS shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 295.89 thousand shares of worth $5.44M. PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC also shunned KTOS shares holding by -39.97% last quarter which brought its holding to 274.24 thousand shares worth $5.04M.

As per its latest 13F filing, SEI INVESTMENTS CO increased its stake in KTOS by 113.07% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 311.59 thousand shares having worth more than $5.73B. SWISS NATIONAL BANK also added 13.18% more shares of KTOS to its portfolio, raising its holding to 287.6 thousand shares of worth $5.29M. RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES also increased its KTOS shares holding by 45.94% which brought its holding to 274.51 thousand shares worth $5.05M.

The insider with the most stakes in KTOS is DEMARCO ERIC M , President & CEO at the company. Additionally, KTOS stock is highly held by President, US Division Fendley Steven S. and President, STC Division Carrai Phillip D among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.82% percent of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 40 transaction(s) in which KTOS insiders have sold stock, totaling 183.16K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include MENDOZA MARIE, CERVANTES DE BURGREEN MARIA, and ROCK STACEY G.

There have been 2 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 12836 shares

Around 8.76M Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.82% of KTOS stock.

KTOS President & CEO, DEMARCO ERIC M holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. KTOS shares owned by DEMARCO total nearly 1.06 million.

LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC is the largest institutional owner in KTOS which holds 352.68 thousand shares worth $6.48M or 0.27% of the total KTOS shares outstanding followed by SEI INVESTMENTS CO with ownership of 311.59 thousand shares representing 0.24% of the KTOS ownership. MACQUARIE GROUP LTD is the third largest stakeholder with 295.89 thousand shares or 0.23% of the ownership worth more than $5.44M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the KTOS is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of KTOS shares short is 3.90M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 151.07M shares of KTOS are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, KTOS has 147.71M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for KTOS is 3.45.