BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC BMRN
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 09061G101 · ISIN US09061G1013
- SectorHealth care
- IndustryPharmaceutical Preparations
- HeadquartersNovato, CA
- Founded1997
- Websitebiomarin.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 ($20.0m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 188.4m as of 2023-10-30, 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 ≈ $88.50. Options: 27 managers hold calls ($139.2m notional), 19 hold puts ($86.9m).
Trends to Q3 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 551 |
| Q4 2022 | 579 |
| Q1 2023 | 553 |
| Q2 2023 | 559 |
| Q3 2023 | 521 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 266 | 251 |
| Q1 2023 | 260 | 267 |
| Q2 2023 | 259 | 252 |
| Q3 2023 | 228 | 268 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $184.9m | $116.7m | 0.63 |
| Q1 2023 | $237.9m | $123.4m | 0.52 |
| Q2 2023 | $148.1m | $158.0m | 1.07 |
| Q3 2023 | $139.2m | $86.9m | 0.62 |
Biggest buyers
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +2.9m |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | +2.8m |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Added | +1.7m |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | +793.9k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Added | +592.6k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +591.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +505.0k |
| NATIXIS | Added | +436.7k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | Added | +434.2k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Added | +411.5k |
Biggest sellers
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -1.3m |
| Carmignac Gestion | Reduced | -1.1m |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Reduced | -738.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Reduced | -596.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -535.6k |
| Redmile Group, LLC | Sold out | -489.2k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -455.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -407.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -385.7k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | Reduced | -372.8k |
Biggest calls
| PFM Health Sciences, LP | New | $18.9m213.1k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | $18.0m203.9k shares |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | $16.3m184.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $11.5m130.4k shares |
| LMR Partners LLP | Unchanged | $9.7m110.0k shares |
| DeepCurrents Investment Group LLC | Unchanged | $7.8m884 shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Unchanged | $6.1m694 shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $5.6m63.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $5.4m60.7k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $5.3m60.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $28.9m326.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $10.1m114.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $10.0m112.5k shares |
| Ikarian Capital, LLC | Reduced | $9.0m1.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $4.0m45.7k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $3.7m41.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $3.6m41.1k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Reduced | $3.5m39.4k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | Unchanged | $3.1m35.0k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | New | $2.2m24.3k 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 -1.7 pts · filed 2026-01-21 | 9.1% |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 13G · institution filed 2025-08-14 | 8.2% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC), VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP (4.3%, 2025-11-14)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.3m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $5.5m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 6 | $10.1m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $8.1m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | $314.5k | 3 | $2.5m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $12.6m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $11.3m | $11.3m |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $3.9m | $450.0k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-16 | Ajer Jeffrey Robert EVP, Chief Commercial Officer | Sold plan | $450.0k5.0k shares |
| 2023-08-10 | FUCHS HENRY J President, Worldwide R&D | Sold | $1.1m12.0k shares |
| 2023-08-09 | Guyer Charles Greg EVP, Chief Technical Officer | Sold | $500.1k5.4k shares |
| 2023-08-08 | Davis George Eric EVP, Chief Legal Officer | Sold | $983.6k11.0k shares |
| 2023-08-08 | BIENAIME JEAN JACQUES Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold | $529.7k6.0k shares |
| 2023-08-07 | BIENAIME JEAN JACQUES Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold | $352.4k4.0k 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, Q3 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 1.37% of their portfolio | 18.4m $1.6bn | Added +22.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 17.7m $1.6bn | Reduced -40.5k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 14.6m $1.3bn | Added +591.7k |
| Dodge & Cox 0.84% of their portfolio | 14.2m $1.3bn | Reduced -136.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 6.5m $571.5m | Added +505.0k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.15% of their portfolio | 6.0m $532.5m | Reduced -738.1k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 5.6m $493.1m | Added +2.9m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.15% of their portfolio | 5.2m $456.9m | Added +275.4k |
| VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP 1.51% of their portfolio | 4.2m $373.0m | Added +58.7k |
| Avoro Capital Advisors LLC 5.31% of their portfolio | 3.9m $340.6m | Reduced -150.0k |
| BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP 1.94% of their portfolio | 3.8m $337.1m | Unchanged |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 3.4m $303.0m | Added +34.9k |
| NORGES BANK 0.05% of their portfolio | 3.0m $269.3m | Added +6.8k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 2.72% of their portfolio | 2.8m $251.4m | New |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.8m $244.1m | Added +51.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.6m $231.7m | Added +7.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.4m $211.9m | Reduced -1.3m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.4m $211.9m | Added +207.7k |
| PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 2.3m $206.9m | Unchanged |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.21% of their portfolio | 1.9m $171.8m | First filing |
| Palo Alto Investors LP 15.33% of their portfolio | 1.8m $162.0m | Unchanged |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.8m $160.6m | Added +1.7m |
| ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC 3.07% of their portfolio | 1.6m $142.9m | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.4m $123.8m | Reduced -596.3k |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ 0.87% of their portfolio | 1.3m $115.8m | Added +126.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $115.4m | Added +33.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $107.9m | Added +43.7k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $107.6m | Reduced -1.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $106.6m | Reduced -86.8k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.2m $102.9m | Reduced -4.6k |
| Manning & Napier Group, LLC 1.25% of their portfolio | 1.1m $100.8m | Added +1.2k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 979.6k $86.7m | Reduced -455.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.23% of their portfolio | 910.4k $80.6m | Added +793.9k |
| SCOUT INVESTMENTS, INC. 1.80% of their portfolio | 903.1k $78.6m | Reduced -31.5k |
| DNB Asset Management AS 0.45% of their portfolio | 856.7k $75.8m | Added +168.1k |
| Amundi 0.03% of their portfolio | 773.0k $66.7m | Added +341.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 761.5k $67.4m | Reduced -124.7k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 756.3k $66.9m | Reduced -100.7k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 713.8k $63.2m | Added +166.2k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.18% of their portfolio | 648.5k $57.4m | Added +206.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 633.1k $56.0m | Reduced -14.6k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.10% of their portfolio | 610.9k $53.2m | Added +592.6k |
| KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION/OH 0.26% of their portfolio | 610.9k $54.1m | Added +20.9k |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH 0.93% of their portfolio | 608.1k $53.9m | Added +18.5k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 607.1k $53.9m | Added +434.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.04% of their portfolio | 603.8k $53.4m | Reduced -73.7k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 589.3k $52.1m | Added +411.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.16% of their portfolio | 588.9k $52.1m | Added +400.1k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 581.8k $51.5m | Reduced -150.9k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 576.5k $51.0m | Reduced -14.7k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 573.5k $50.7m | Reduced -176.6k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 566.2k $50.1m | Reduced -270.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 526.3k $46.6m | Added +956 |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.08% of their portfolio | 524.1k $46.4m | Reduced -385.7k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 523.4k $46.3m | Added +17.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 514.0k $45.5m | Added +84.8k |
| Swedbank AB 0.08% of their portfolio | 507.0k $44.9m | Unchanged |
| NATIXIS 0.35% of their portfolio | 498.7k $44.1m | Added +436.7k |
| PFM Health Sciences, LP 2.11% of their portfolio | 498.3k $44.1m | Added +148.0k |
| Motley Fool Wealth Management, LLC 2.50% of their portfolio | 489.0k $43.3m | Added +159.4k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 487.4k $43.1m | Reduced -14.1k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.09% of their portfolio | 473.4k $41.9m | Added +92.7k |
| NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO 0.05% of their portfolio | 468.8k $41.5m | Added +34.1k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 456.2k $40.4m | Added +138.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 448.6k $39.7m | Reduced -535.6k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.23% of their portfolio | 438.1k $38.8m | Reduced -19 |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.42% of their portfolio | 431.5k $38.2m | Reduced -85.9k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 431.4k $38.2m | Reduced -1.8k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.07% of their portfolio | 409.0k $36.2m | Reduced -20.4k |
| NOVO HOLDINGS A/S 2.62% of their portfolio | 400.0k $35.4m | Unchanged |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LTD 0.16% of their portfolio | 382.1k $33.8m | Added +92.0k |
| Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB 3.63% of their portfolio | 380.0k $33.6m | Unchanged |
| AXA S.A. 0.11% of their portfolio | 363.3k $32.1m | Reduced -22.9k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.23% of their portfolio | 350.0k $31.0m | Reduced -75.0k |
| Bellevue Group AG 0.50% of their portfolio | 349.9k $31.0m | Reduced -10.7k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.22% of their portfolio | 348.5k $30.8m | Reduced -69.5k |
| Employees Retirement System of Texas 0.45% of their portfolio | 344.0k $30.4m | Unchanged |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 337.7k $29.9m | Reduced -6.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.04% of their portfolio | 331.3k $29.3m | Added +29.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 314.7k $27.8m | Reduced -122.7k |
| AMI ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP 1.72% of their portfolio | 314.6k $27.8m | New |
| Camber Capital Management LP 0.95% of their portfolio | 300.0k $26.5m | New |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.06% of their portfolio | 298.4k $26.6m | Reduced -20.2k |
| National Pension Service 0.04% of their portfolio | 293.3k $25.8m | Added +2.5k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 292.8k $26.5m | Added +220.5k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 284.3k $25.2m | Reduced -13.2k |
| THORNBURG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.40% of their portfolio | 276.1k $24.4m | Added +18.8k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.06% of their portfolio | 272.9k $24.1m | Added +145.7k |
| Rock Springs Capital Management LP 0.63% of their portfolio | 264.5k $23.4m | Unchanged |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 264.0k $23.4m | Reduced -66.5k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 261.8k $23.2m | Added +208.8k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.03% of their portfolio | 260.6k $23.1m | Reduced -1.6k |
| C WorldWide Group Holding A/S 0.31% of their portfolio | 253.9k $22.5m | Added +40.0k |
| KBC Group NV 0.09% of their portfolio | 250.0k $22.1m | Reduced -37.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 248.8k $22.0m | Added +8.2k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 248.4k $22.0m | Reduced -3.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 245.3k $21.7m | Reduced -24.7k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 240.6k $21.3m | Added +40.0k |
| LBP AM SA 0.46% of their portfolio | 235.5k $20.8m | Reduced -732 |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.05% of their portfolio | 221.5k $19.6m | Added +298 |