AZENTA INC AZTA
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 114340102 · ISIN US1143401024
Life science company
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustrySpecial Industry Machinery, NEC
- HeadquartersBurlington, MA
- Websiteazenta.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 ($972.9k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 48.9m as of 2024-08-01, 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 ≈ $48.45. Options: 7 managers hold calls ($9.4m notional), 10 hold puts ($20.2m).
Trends to Q3 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 341 |
| Q4 2022 | 351 |
| Q1 2023 | 344 |
| Q2 2023 | 307 |
| Q3 2023 | 311 |
| Q4 2023 | 319 |
| Q1 2024 | 328 |
| Q2 2024 | 322 |
| Q3 2024 | 315 |
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 | 177 | 171 |
| Q1 2023 | 174 | 185 |
| Q2 2023 | 133 | 184 |
| Q3 2023 | 110 | 182 |
| Q4 2023 | 116 | 179 |
| Q1 2024 | 143 | 166 |
| Q2 2024 | 127 | 174 |
| Q3 2024 | 131 | 182 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | $9.2m | $8.6m | 0.93 |
| Q1 2024 | $8.2m | $13.3m | 1.62 |
| Q2 2024 | $14.9m | $13.1m | 0.88 |
| Q3 2024 | $9.4m | $20.2m | 2.13 |
Biggest buyers
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +427.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +383.5k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | +258.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +254.8k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | Added | +183.0k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | +160.6k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | New | +110.2k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP | New | +109.8k |
| DARK FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | New | +104.5k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | Added | +89.8k |
Biggest sellers
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -3.0m |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -564.3k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -411.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -365.3k |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC | Reduced | -327.2k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Sold out | -316.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | Reduced | -312.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -298.7k |
| Rock Springs Capital Management LP | Reduced | -163.5k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC | Sold out | -145.0k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $4.1m85.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $2.8m58.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.4m28.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $731.4k15.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $411.0k8.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $14.5k300 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| BARCLAYS PLC | New | $9.5m196.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $6.3m129.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $2.0m41.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $968.8k20.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Unchanged | $741.1k15.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Unchanged | $329.4k6.8k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $174.4k3.6k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Unchanged | $116.3k2.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $87.0k1.8k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 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 |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP (4.6%, 2026-01-21)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2024
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 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $103.4k | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.2m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q3 2024.
Holders, Q3 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.7m $226.5m | Reduced -411.8k |
| Politan Capital Management LP 12.61% of their portfolio | 4.6m $223.4m | Unchanged |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.5m $216.8m | First filing |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.0m $145.6m | Added +35.3k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 2.3m $110.4m | Reduced -3.0m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $81.7m | Added +6.4k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.65% of their portfolio | 1.6m $75.4m | Added +16.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $74.7m | Reduced -298.7k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.3m $62.9m | Added +183.0k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.1m $53.5m | Reduced -2.0k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.0m $50.8m | Reduced -14.7k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.05% of their portfolio | 957.8k $47.3m | Added +73.6k |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC 0.63% of their portfolio | 956.1k $46.3m | Reduced -327.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 888.7k $43.1m | Reduced -59.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 863.6k $41.8m | Added +383.5k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 828.2k $40.1m | Reduced -9.5k |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC 0.53% of their portfolio | 798.2k $38.7m | Reduced -50.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 747.8k $36.2m | Added +254.8k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.33% of their portfolio | 740.0k $35.8m | Added +53.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 639.4k $31.0m | Added +427.5k |
| PALISADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 0.75% of their portfolio | 580.7k $28.1m | Reduced -37.0k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.10% of their portfolio | 534.2k $25.9m | Added +53.7k |
| Rock Springs Capital Management LP 0.84% of their portfolio | 532.5k $25.8m | Reduced -163.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 525.5k $25.5m | Reduced -19.6k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 521.6k $25.3m | Reduced -7.0k |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 494.7k $24.0m | Reduced -1.1k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 465.8k $22.6m | Added +58.8k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.05% of their portfolio | 459.4k $22.3m | Added +26.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 436.0k $21.1m | Reduced -79.4k |
| SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.54% of their portfolio | 434.6k $21.1m | Added +34.8k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 419.1k $20.3m | Reduced -141.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 413.5k $20.0m | Reduced -18.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 405.6k $19.6m | Reduced -38.5k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 378.4k $18.3m | Reduced -18.7k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 373.4k $18.1m | Reduced -140.1k |
| EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS, LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 350.1k $17.0m | Reduced -7.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 342.3k $16.6m | Reduced -12.1k |
| AMERICAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.54% of their portfolio | 340.5k $16.5m | Added +13.0k |
| Man Group plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 275.5k $13.3m | Reduced -118.0k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 258.0k $12.5m | New |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 243.8k $12.0m | Reduced -564.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 236.0k $11.4m | Reduced -312.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 188.6k $9.1m | Reduced -25.0k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 181.7k $8.8m | Reduced -1.7k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.09% of their portfolio | 173.9k $8.4m | Added +80.5k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 169.5k $8.2m | Added +70.0k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 162.0k $7.4m | Reduced -4.4k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 160.9k $7.8m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 160.6k $7.8m | New |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 157.1k $7.6m | Added +1.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 156.4k $7.6m | Reduced -7.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 155.3k $7.5m | Reduced -7.5k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 141.6k $6.9m | Added +42.0k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 128.3k $6.2m | Reduced -7.2k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 121.0k $5.9m | Added +89.8k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 113.7k $5.5m | Reduced -67.8k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 110.2k $5.3m | New |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 109.8k $5.3m | New |
| DARK FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.65% of their portfolio | 104.5k $5.1m | New |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 101.4k $4.9m | Added +28.4k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 97.3k $4.7m | Added +214 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.1k $4.7m | Added +23.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 96.0k $4.7m | Reduced -3.0k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 95.9k $4.6m | Reduced -17.9k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 90.3k $4.4m | Added +40.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.6k $4.3m | Added +19.6k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.2k $3.9m | Added +5.9k |
| JOHN G ULLMAN & ASSOCIATES INC 0.56% of their portfolio | 79.8k $3.9m | Reduced -700 |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 78.4k $3.8m | Added +18.9k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 77.1k $3.7m | Reduced -33.8k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 69.6k $3.4m | Unchanged |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.0k $3.3m | Reduced -25.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 68.2k $3.3m | Reduced -1.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.8k $3.2m | Reduced -10.7k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 62.0k $3.0m | New |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.01% of their portfolio | 59.4k $2.9m | Reduced -7.1k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.2k $2.9m | Added +3.6k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 58.4k $2.8m | Reduced -1.4k |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 57.9k $2.8m | Reduced -10.3k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.3k $2.7m | Reduced -5.4k |
| TOWNSQUARE CAPITAL LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 52.0k $2.5m | Reduced -7.1k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.8k $2.3m | Reduced -2.7k |
| CWM, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 45.6k $2.2m | Reduced -6.9k |
| PARADIGM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/NY 0.10% of their portfolio | 45.0k $2.2m | Added +3.4k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.4k $2.2m | Added +1.2k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.02% of their portfolio | 43.5k $2.1m | New |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. 0.26% of their portfolio | 42.7k $2.1m | Unchanged |
| RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 41.0k $2.0m | Reduced -437 |
| B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG 0.02% of their portfolio | 40.9k $2.0m | First filing |
| B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG 0.02% of their portfolio | 40.9k $2.0m | Unchanged |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 40.6k $2.0m | Reduced -26.9k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 40.0k $1.9m | Added +3.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.5k $1.9m | Reduced -365.3k |
| Orion Porfolio Solutions, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 39.2k $1.9m | Reduced -612 |
| Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 39.2k $1.9m | Reduced -612 |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.0k $1.9m | Added +6.8k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 39.0k $1.9m | New |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.4k $1.9m | Reduced -1.8k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.3k $1.9m | Reduced -46.3k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.2k $1.8m | Reduced -7.0k |