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 ($42.5m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 191.8m as of 2025-04-25, 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 ≈ $70.21. Options: 23 managers hold calls ($97.7m notional), 23 hold puts ($87.7m).
Trends to Q1 2025
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 |
| Q4 2023 | 549 |
| Q1 2024 | 560 |
| Q2 2024 | 561 |
| Q3 2024 | 556 |
| Q4 2024 | 545 |
| Q1 2025 | 585 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 259 | 252 |
| Q3 2023 | 228 | 268 |
| Q4 2023 | 240 | 255 |
| Q1 2024 | 258 | 258 |
| Q2 2024 | 275 | 278 |
| Q3 2024 | 277 | 283 |
| Q4 2024 | 260 | 277 |
| Q1 2025 | 330 | 231 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | $153.3m | $167.9m | 1.10 |
| Q3 2024 | $152.0m | $112.1m | 0.74 |
| Q4 2024 | $140.6m | $128.4m | 0.91 |
| Q1 2025 | $97.7m | $87.7m | 0.90 |
Biggest buyers
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.6m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +1.2m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +1.1m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | New | +836.4k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | +695.6k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | Added | +560.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +526.6k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +459.9k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Added | +360.3k |
| BOONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +327.3k |
Biggest sellers
| Capital Research Global Investors | Reduced | -3.8m |
| Avoro Capital Advisors LLC | Sold out | -1.5m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Reduced | -1.0m |
| Vestal Point Capital, LP | Sold out | -860.0k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -666.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -649.2k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP | Reduced | -593.7k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -460.0k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ | Reduced | -415.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -369.0k |
Biggest calls
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | Reduced | $20.4m288.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $19.2m271.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $10.9m154.4k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $7.1m100.0k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | $4.3m61.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $4.3m60.7k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $3.3m46.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $3.2m44.9k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $3.1m43.6k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Reduced | $3.1m43.5k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $21.6m305.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $13.2m187.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $13.0m183.4k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | $6.3m89.0k shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | First filing | $5.7m800 shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Unchanged | $4.2m60.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $3.9m55.6k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $3.1m43.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $2.7m37.9k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $2.2m30.6k 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 Q1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $11.3m | $11.3m |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $3.9m | $450.0k |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $2.3m | $2.3m |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $10.4m | $7.1m |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $11.1m | $11.1m |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $64.3k | $64.3k |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $350.3k | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $685.9k | $184.5k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-19 | Burkhart Erin GVP, Chief Accounting Officer | Sold plan | $92.6k1.3k shares |
| 2025-03-06 | Guyer Charles Greg EVP, Chief Technical Officer | Sold | $501.4k7.0k shares |
| 2025-02-24 | Burkhart Erin GVP, Chief Accounting Officer | Sold plan | $91.9k1.3k 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, Q1 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 23.8m $1.7bn | Added +265.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 19.0m $1.3bn | Reduced -369.0k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 1.04% of their portfolio | 17.8m $1.3bn | Reduced -415.9k |
| Dodge & Cox 0.60% of their portfolio | 15.0m $1.1bn | Added +209.0k |
| VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP 2.43% of their portfolio | 10.8m $763.5m | Added +289.5k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.14% of their portfolio | 9.2m $646.9m | Reduced -3.8m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 8.5m $598.3m | Reduced -649.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 4.2m $297.4m | Reduced -292.7k |
| Elliott Investment Management L.P. 2.23% of their portfolio | 3.5m $247.4m | Unchanged |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.4m $242.0m | Added +142.5k |
| NORGES BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.3m $233.9m | Reduced -261.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 2.9m $204.0m | Added +1.6m |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.6m $47.0m | First filing |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.9m $133.4m | Added +217.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $120.0m | Reduced -28.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.7m $119.7m | Added +185.4k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.6m $112.8m | Added +1.2m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.6m $112.6m | Added +1.1m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.5m $108.3m | Added +108.8k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 1.4m $98.2m | Added +695.6k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $97.5m | Reduced -1.0m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $86.0m | Reduced -328.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $82.5m | Added +14.6k |
| Soleus Capital Management, L.P. 5.98% of their portfolio | 1.1m $76.3m | Added +77.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $75.3m | Added +9.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $73.7m | Reduced -297.5k |
| DNB Asset Management AS 0.32% of their portfolio | 991.5k $70.1m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Palo Alto Investors LP 13.34% of their portfolio | 991.2k $70.1m | Reduced -76.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 927.7k $65.6m | Added +66.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 895.8k $63.3m | Added +459.9k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.23% of their portfolio | 836.4k $59.1m | New |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.04% of their portfolio | 835.8k $59.1m | Reduced -14.1k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.10% of their portfolio | 809.1k $57.2m | Added +197.5k |
| Man Group plc 0.17% of their portfolio | 804.3k $56.9m | Added +301.7k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 759.4k $53.7m | Added +526.6k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.10% of their portfolio | 755.3k $53.4m | Added +59.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 733.5k $51.8m | Added +225.6k |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ 0.31% of their portfolio | 715.0k $50.5m | Reduced -451 |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 675.3k $47.7m | Added +267.1k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 669.5k $47.3m | Added +39.5k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.27% of their portfolio | 607.9k $43.0m | Added +27.6k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.09% of their portfolio | 605.6k $42.8m | Added +560.4k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.26% of their portfolio | 586.8k $41.5m | Added +126.8k |
| AXA S.A. 0.13% of their portfolio | 572.2k $40.4m | Added +633 |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.06% of their portfolio | 570.8k $40.3m | Added +329 |
| EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD HOLDING S.A. 0.70% of their portfolio | 563.5k $39.8m | Unchanged |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.04% of their portfolio | 554.5k $39.2m | Reduced -1.7k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 545.8k $38.6m | Added +270.3k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 541.5k $38.3m | Added +303.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.03% of their portfolio | 537.5k $38.0m | Reduced -300 |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.16% of their portfolio | 521.3k $36.9m | Added +164.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 501.2k $35.4m | Reduced -3.6k |
| Camber Capital Management LP 2.21% of their portfolio | 500.0k $35.3m | Added +50.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 494.8k $35.0m | Reduced -176.3k |
| NOVO HOLDINGS A/S 2.63% of their portfolio | 490.0k $34.6m | Unchanged |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.03% of their portfolio | 481.6k $34.0m | Added +7.1k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 467.3k $33.0m | Added +360.3k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 467.2k $33.0m | Reduced -2.8k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 455.5k $32.2m | Added +1.5k |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 405.7k $27.4m | Added +6.4k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.08% of their portfolio | 395.8k $28.0m | Added +129.3k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LTD 0.08% of their portfolio | 384.2k $27.2m | Reduced -28.1k |
| Eagle Health Investments LP 7.02% of their portfolio | 382.6k $27.0m | Reduced -36.6k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 376.9k $26.6m | Added +317.2k |
| Bellevue Group AG 0.58% of their portfolio | 368.4k $26.0m | Added +39.4k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 364.1k $25.7m | Reduced -85.7k |
| PGGM Investments 0.33% of their portfolio | 349.6k $24.7m | Added +105.9k |
| Motley Fool Wealth Management, LLC 1.46% of their portfolio | 349.0k $24.7m | Added +1.3k |
| BOONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 7.87% of their portfolio | 327.3k $23.1m | New |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 326.0k $23.0m | Added +130.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 319.0k $22.5m | Added +61.6k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 305.4k $21.6m | Added +2.9k |
| Tredje AP-fonden 0.19% of their portfolio | 286.7k $20.3m | Added +63.0k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.02% of their portfolio | 285.3k $20.3m | Added +600 |
| Clearline Capital LP 2.00% of their portfolio | 281.1k $19.9m | Reduced -96.4k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.04% of their portfolio | 280.2k $19.8m | Reduced -159 |
| Parkman Healthcare Partners LLC 2.32% of their portfolio | 277.3k $19.6m | New |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 276.2k $19.5m | Added +2.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 273.8k $19.4m | Reduced -55.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 269.1k $19.0m | Added +50.6k |
| Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB 2.15% of their portfolio | 265.0k $18.7m | Added +14.4k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 262.9k $18.6m | Added +251.8k |
| WORLDQUANT MILLENNIUM ADVISORS LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 238.1k $16.8m | Reduced -40.0k |
| C WorldWide Group Holding A/S 0.21% of their portfolio | 237.9k $16.8m | Reduced -66.0k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.06% of their portfolio | 232.0k $16.4m | Added +229 |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 218.1k $15.4m | New |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 214.9k $15.2m | Added +47.0k |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.09% of their portfolio | 210.5k $14.9m | Reduced -5.1k |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.04% of their portfolio | 208.5k $14.7m | Added +9.7k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.17% of their portfolio | 207.2k $14.6m | Reduced -11.9k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 201.5k $14.2m | Added +113.8k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 197.5k $14.0m | Reduced -12.7k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.03% of their portfolio | 192.1k $13.6m | Reduced -6.0k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.04% of their portfolio | 186.9k $12.2m | Added +53.9k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 172.0k $12.2m | Added +118.1k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.01% of their portfolio | 168.1k $11.9m | Reduced -50.9k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 165.8k $11.7m | Added +22.7k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 165.4k $11.7m | New |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 164.6k $11.6m | Added +104.3k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.02% of their portfolio | 161.8k $11.4m | Added +2.8k |