Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
MX ˙ BMV ˙ US50077B2079
SecurityMX:KTOS / Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
InstitutionCaption Management, LLC
Latest Disclosed Ownership0 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 0
Caption Management, LLC ownership in KTOS / Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.

On November 14, 2024 - Caption Management, LLC filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 0 shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (MX:KTOS) valued at $0 USD as of September 30, 2024. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on August 14, 2024 disclosing 46,400 shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.. This represents a change in shares of -100.00% during the quarter.

Caption Management, LLC has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (KTOS) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 109,000 of underlying shares valued at $7,685,590 USD and put options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

MX:KTOS / Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 0 -46,400 -100.00 0 -100.00
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 46,400 8,400 22.11 928 32.95 0.0143
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 38,000 38,000 698 0.0106
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 0 -15,000 -100.00 0 -100.00
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 15,000 15,000 208 0.0029
2022-05-13 2022-03-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 0 -28,200 -100.00 0 -100.00
2022-02-11 2021-12-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 28,200 15,200 116.92 547 88.62 0.0061
2021-11-12 2021-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 13,000 -13,000 -50.00 290 -60.86 0.0033
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 26,000 26,000 741 0.0097
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 0 -12,706 -100.00 0 -100.00
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 12,706 12,706 199 0.0066
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 0 -120,000 -100.00 0 -100.00
2019-08-13 2019-06-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 120,000 60,000 100.00 2,747 192.86 0.1383
2019-05-14 2019-03-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 60,000 45,600 316.67 938 364.36 0.0517
2019-01-30 2018-12-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW 50077B207 14,400 14,400 202 0.0161
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 109,000 -7.63 7,686 -14.20 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 118,000 4.42 8,957 -13.24 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 113,000 10,325 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 250,000 7,422 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 100,000 2,001 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-13 2022-03-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-11 2021-12-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 50,600 -59.84 981 -65.10 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-12 2021-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 126,000 10.53 2,811 -13.43 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 114,000 3,247 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 62,000 106.67 1,195 154.80 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Call 30,000 469 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 10,000 -80.00 200 -78.24 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 50,000 919 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 50,000 694 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-13 2022-03-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-11 2021-12-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 70,000 100.00 1,358 73.88 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-12 2021-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 35,000 0.00 781 -21.66 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 35,000 997 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 30,000 0.00 578 23.24 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 30,000 0.00 469 -18.86 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-14 2019-03-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2019-01-30 2018-12-31 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 75,000 -75.00 1,057 -76.16 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-14 2018-09-30 13F KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO COM NEW Put 300,000 4,434 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.