AXSOME THERAPEUTICS INC AXSM
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 05464T104 · ISIN US05464T1043
American biopharmaceutical company
- SectorHealth care
- IndustryPharmaceutical Preparations
- HeadquartersNew York, NY
- Founded2012
- Websiteaxsome.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* 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 ($1.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 50.4m as of 2025-10-27, 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 ≈ $182.32. Options: 18 managers hold calls ($166.8m notional), 15 hold puts ($116.5m).
Trends to Q4 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 189 |
| Q4 2022 | 219 |
| Q1 2023 | 198 |
| Q2 2023 | 233 |
| Q3 2023 | 229 |
| Q4 2023 | 247 |
| Q1 2024 | 261 |
| Q2 2024 | 258 |
| Q3 2024 | 281 |
| Q4 2024 | 293 |
| Q1 2025 | 355 |
| Q2 2025 | 350 |
| Q3 2025 | 356 |
| Q4 2025 | 401 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 140 | 100 |
| Q2 2024 | 109 | 130 |
| Q3 2024 | 127 | 117 |
| Q4 2024 | 141 | 129 |
| Q1 2025 | 194 | 141 |
| Q2 2025 | 203 | 149 |
| Q3 2025 | 191 | 142 |
| Q4 2025 | 203 | 156 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $111.2m | $86.5m | 0.78 |
| Q2 2025 | $66.7m | $69.3m | 1.04 |
| Q3 2025 | $87.3m | $81.5m | 0.93 |
| Q4 2025 | $166.8m | $116.5m | 0.70 |
Biggest buyers
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +472.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +282.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +256.8k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +253.7k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +252.8k |
| Deep Track Capital, LP | Added | +250.0k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | New | +188.5k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | +173.2k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +142.9k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +137.4k |
Biggest sellers
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD | Sold out | -1.1m |
| Fairmount Funds Management LLC | Sold out | -815.2k |
| BVF INC/IL | Reduced | -441.0k |
| Sofinnova Investments, Inc. | Reduced | -381.2k |
| PFM Health Sciences, LP | Reduced | -278.8k |
| ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -278.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -267.8k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -246.7k |
| RTW INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -230.9k |
| Woodline Partners LP | Reduced | -181.0k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $51.0m279.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $32.1m176.0k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $22.8m125.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $21.5m117.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $19.0m104.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $4.3m23.6k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Added | $3.7m20.0k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | New | $3.2m17.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $2.8m15.4k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | Unchanged | $1.8m10.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $57.0m311.9k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $15.9m87.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $14.6m79.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $10.0m54.8k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $4.6m25.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $4.5m24.7k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | New | $3.2m17.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $2.1m11.7k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | Unchanged | $1.8m10.0k shares |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | New | $1.2m6.8k 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 filed 2026-07-27 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $2.3m | $2.3m |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $3.3m | $2.7m |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $5.0m | $5.0m |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $2.0m | $2.0m |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $11.7m | $11.4m |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | $200.5k | 4 | $28.3m | $28.3m |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $45.1m | $45.1m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | Saad Mark E Director | Sold plan | $6.2m37.6k shares |
| 2025-12-04 | TABUTEAU HERRIOT Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold plan | $1.6m10.6k shares |
| 2025-12-03 | TABUTEAU HERRIOT Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold plan | $3.0m20.2k shares |
| 2025-12-02 | TABUTEAU HERRIOT Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold plan | $7.1m49.3k shares |
| 2025-11-05 | TABUTEAU HERRIOT Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold plan | $2.9m21.8k shares |
| 2025-11-04 | TABUTEAU HERRIOT Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold plan | $6.8m50.5k shares |
| 2025-11-03 | TABUTEAU HERRIOT Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold plan | $12.1m91.7k shares |
| 2025-10-08 | TABUTEAU HERRIOT Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold plan | $1.5m12.8k shares |
| 2025-10-07 | TABUTEAU HERRIOT Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold plan | $1.6m13.4k shares |
| 2025-10-06 | TABUTEAU HERRIOT Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold plan | $2.3m19.2k 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, Q4 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.2m $760.7m | Reduced -15.8k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.9m $714.8m | Added +122.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.5m $275.8m | Added +472.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $232.6m | Added +282.9k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $223.1m | Reduced -112.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $215.8m | Added +253.7k |
| Deep Track Capital, LP 4.79% of their portfolio | 1.1m $210.0m | Added +250.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $184.5m | Added +12.5k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.27% of their portfolio | 989.4k $180.7m | First filing |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 958.1k $175.0m | Added +15.2k |
| RTW INVESTMENTS, LP 1.62% of their portfolio | 888.0k $162.2m | Reduced -230.9k |
| ALETHEA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 59.30% of their portfolio | 668.7k $122.1m | Reduced -2.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 618.0k $112.9m | Added +256.8k |
| EVENTIDE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.63% of their portfolio | 571.2k $104.2m | Reduced -175.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.08% of their portfolio | 549.1k $100.3m | Added +252.8k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 495.5k $90.5m | Not comparable |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 491.2k $89.7m | Added +81.6k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.13% of their portfolio | 468.0k $85.5m | Added +173.2k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.08% of their portfolio | 436.1k $79.6m | Added +73.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 402.7k $73.5m | Added +20.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 390.4k $71.3m | Reduced -19.1k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.10% of their portfolio | 367.6k $67.1m | Reduced -77.4k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC 0.73% of their portfolio | 366.2k $66.9m | Added +6.2k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 363.1k $66.3m | Reduced -5.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 355.3k $64.9m | Added +142.9k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 349.2k $63.8m | Added +50.9k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 342.6k $62.6m | Added +57.0k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.09% of their portfolio | 325.4k $59.4m | Reduced -186 |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.06% of their portfolio | 320.6k $58.5m | Reduced -57.5k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.07% of their portfolio | 315.4k $57.6m | Reduced -14.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.04% of their portfolio | 304.4k $55.6m | Added +114.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 300.9k $55.0m | Added +76.8k |
| Nationale-Nederlanden Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne S.A. 4.52% of their portfolio | 278.8k $50.9m | Reduced -47.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 255.1k $46.6m | Added +1.8k |
| ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC 0.95% of their portfolio | 253.1k $46.2m | Reduced -278.7k |
| PFM Health Sciences, LP 4.65% of their portfolio | 251.6k $45.9m | Reduced -278.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 233.2k $42.6m | Reduced -267.8k |
| Man Group plc 0.08% of their portfolio | 228.6k $41.8m | Reduced -59.3k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 220.5k $40.3m | Reduced -2.9k |
| Vestal Point Capital, LP 1.41% of their portfolio | 210.0k $38.4m | Added +60.0k |
| First Turn Management, LLC 4.32% of their portfolio | 206.9k $37.8m | Added +54.3k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 204.1k $37.3m | Added +62.1k |
| Tri Locum Partners LP 4.78% of their portfolio | 201.6k $36.8m | Reduced -90.5k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 188.5k $34.4m | New |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.09% of their portfolio | 188.3k $34.4m | Reduced -20.8k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 173.3k $31.7m | Added +59.3k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 170.0k $31.0m | Added +20.0k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 164.9k $30.1m | Reduced -32.4k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 157.7k $28.8m | Added +31.3k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 155.0k $28.3m | Unchanged |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 150.9k $27.6m | Reduced -181.0k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 150.1k $24.8m | Reduced -8.6k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 149.4k $27.3m | Added +105.2k |
| PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC 0.50% of their portfolio | 148.9k $27.2m | Unchanged |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 145.6k $26.6m | Added +137.4k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 138.2k $25.2m | Reduced -20.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 137.3k $25.1m | Added +6.4k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.02% of their portfolio | 133.9k $23.7m | Added +1.2k |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.03% of their portfolio | 131.0k $23.9m | Reduced -548 |
| Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB 1.96% of their portfolio | 114.8k $21.0m | Reduced -58.0k |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 112.1k $16.7m | Reduced -7.6k |
| Voleon Capital Management LP 0.43% of their portfolio | 110.2k $20.1m | Added +93.4k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 0.61% of their portfolio | 108.1k $19.7m | Reduced -860 |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 103.4k $18.9m | Reduced -15.2k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 103.2k $18.8m | Added +38.8k |
| DNB Asset Management AS 0.06% of their portfolio | 101.1k $18.5m | Reduced -879 |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 99.9k $18.2m | Reduced -8.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 98.3k $17.9m | Added +1.6k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 97.4k $17.8m | Added +2.8k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.17% of their portfolio | 94.0k $17.2m | Added +38.0k |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP 1.22% of their portfolio | 91.6k $16.7m | Added +42.9k |
| M&G PLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 90.3k $16.5m | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.7k $16.4m | Added +34.4k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 87.3k $15.9m | Added +30.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.2k $15.9m | Added +558 |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC 0.92% of their portfolio | 84.9k $15.5m | Reduced -3.7k |
| Cannell & Spears LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 84.2k $15.4m | Added +3 |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 76.9k $14.0m | Added +4.8k |
| Cormorant Asset Management, LP 0.78% of their portfolio | 75.0k $13.7m | Reduced -25.0k |
| IRIDIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC/CT 4.96% of their portfolio | 73.8k $13.5m | Reduced -9.8k |
| Summit Financial, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 70.6k $12.9m | Reduced -6.9k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 69.5k $12.7m | Reduced -21.7k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 68.9k $12.6m | Added +2.1k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.02% of their portfolio | 68.9k $12.6m | Added +956 |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 0.60% of their portfolio | 67.6k $12.3m | Added +2.1k |
| AXIOM INVESTORS LLC /DE 0.10% of their portfolio | 63.4k $11.6m | Added +14.1k |
| IFP Advisors, Inc 0.26% of their portfolio | 62.4k $11.4m | Reduced -865 |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 60.1k $11.0m | Added +59.6k |
| Privium Fund Management B.V. 1.91% of their portfolio | 56.9k $10.4m | Added +4.1k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.29% of their portfolio | 56.4k $10.3m | Added +38.0k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 56.0k $10.2m | Reduced -1.1k |
| Atika Capital Management LLC 1.41% of their portfolio | 55.5k $10.1m | Added +6.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.1k $9.7m | Reduced -9.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 52.2k $9.5m | Reduced -8.5k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 49.1k $9.0m | Added +39.6k |
| BALDWIN WEALTH PARTNERS LLC/MA 0.57% of their portfolio | 48.6k $8.9m | Unchanged |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.6k $8.7m | Reduced -527 |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 47.4k $8.7m | New |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.02% of their portfolio | 46.8k $8.6m | Reduced -3.2k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 46.6k $8.5m | Reduced -17.9k |