ARTIVION INC AORT
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 228903100
Medical device company
- SectorHealth care
- IndustrySurgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus
- HeadquartersKennesaw, GA
- Founded1984
- Websitecryolife.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 ($1.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 47.9m as of 2026-02-13, 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 ≈ $45.61. Options: 2 managers hold calls ($27.4k notional), 0 hold puts (—).
Trends to Q4 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 136 |
| Q4 2022 | 139 |
| Q1 2023 | 136 |
| Q2 2023 | 127 |
| Q3 2023 | 143 |
| Q4 2023 | 142 |
| Q1 2024 | 152 |
| Q2 2024 | 164 |
| Q3 2024 | 175 |
| Q4 2024 | 176 |
| Q1 2025 | 186 |
| Q2 2025 | 189 |
| Q3 2025 | 219 |
| Q4 2025 | 243 |
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 | 62 | 67 |
| Q2 2024 | 77 | 75 |
| Q3 2024 | 90 | 65 |
| Q4 2024 | 70 | 82 |
| Q1 2025 | 86 | 77 |
| Q2 2025 | 99 | 81 |
| Q3 2025 | 122 | 78 |
| Q4 2025 | 123 | 94 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $557.6k | $66.4k | 0.12 |
| Q2 2025 | $677.9k | $6.2k | 0.01 |
| Q3 2025 | $1.2m | $8.5k | 0.01 |
| Q4 2025 | $27.4k | $0 | 0.00 |
Biggest buyers
| SUMMIT PARTNERS PUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | +863.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +748.1k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +318.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +317.5k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Added | +262.0k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P | Added | +217.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +141.0k |
| Summit Creek Advisors LLC | New | +140.9k |
| Nuveen, LLC | Added | +87.4k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +75.6k |
Biggest sellers
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD | Sold out | -2.5m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -446.3k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | Sold out | -423.1k |
| Ophir Asset Management Pty Ltd | Sold out | -413.8k |
| PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -297.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | -273.4k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC | Reduced | -171.1k |
| Juniper Investment Company, LLC | Reduced | -144.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -130.0k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | Reduced | -97.0k |
Biggest calls
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Unchanged | $22.8k500 shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $4.6k100 shares |
Biggest puts
| None |
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 +2.0 pts · filed 2026-10-27 | 14.7% |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 13G · institution +1.0 pts · filed 2026-08-14 | 6.5% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: FMR LLC (4.0%, 2026-08-06), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26), MACQUARIE GROUP LTD (0.0%, 2026-02-13), PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC (4.3%, 2025-11-14)
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 | — | 9 | $3.9m | $735.4k |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $52.6k | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $626.5k | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $925.6k | $554.0k |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | $53.1k | 6 | $5.1m | $3.0m |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $2.1m | $1.2m |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 5 | $3.6m | $307.6k |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 6 | $12.0m | $3.7m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | Davis John E Chief Commercial Officer | Sold | $225.6k5.0k shares |
| 2025-12-08 | Horton Amy VP, Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $203.1k4.6k shares |
| 2025-12-03 | Mackin James P President & CEO | Sold plan | $1.4m30.9k shares |
| 2025-12-03 | Holloway Jean F SVP, General Counsel | Sold | $331.4k7.3k shares |
| 2025-12-02 | Mackin James P President & CEO | Sold plan | $1.4m30.9k shares |
| 2025-11-21 | Stanton Marshall S. SVP, Clinical & MD Affair | Sold | $2.1m47.4k shares |
| 2025-11-20 | Stanton Marshall S. SVP, Clinical & MD Affair | Sold | $674.8k15.3k shares |
| 2025-11-18 | Hoff Elizabeth A Director | Sold | $189.4k4.2k shares |
| 2025-11-17 | Davis John E Chief Commercial Officer | Sold plan | $288.8k6.4k shares |
| 2025-11-17 | Holloway Jean F SVP, General Counsel | Sold plan | $288.8k6.4k shares |
| 2025-11-17 | Horton Amy VP, Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $274.4k6.0k shares |
| 2025-11-14 | Holloway Jean F SVP, General Counsel | Sold plan | $287.7k6.4k shares |
| 2025-11-14 | Davis John E Chief Commercial Officer | Sold plan | $285.6k6.4k shares |
| 2025-11-13 | Mackin James P President & CEO | Sold | $1.6m34.2k shares |
| 2025-11-13 | Davis John E Chief Commercial Officer | Sold | $301.0k6.6k shares |
| 2025-11-13 | Holloway Jean F SVP, General Counsel | Sold | $264.2k5.8k shares |
| 2025-11-13 | Stanton Marshall S. SVP, Clinical & MD Affair | Sold | $229.0k5.0k shares |
| 2025-11-13 | Horton Amy VP, Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $159.7k3.5k shares |
| 2025-11-11 | Holloway Jean F SVP, General Counsel | Sold | $461.8k10.0k shares |
| 2025-11-10 | Mackin James P President & CEO | Sold | $784.4k17.6k shares |
| 2025-11-10 | Davis John E Chief Commercial Officer | Sold | $150.5k3.4k shares |
| 2025-11-10 | Holloway Jean F SVP, General Counsel | Sold | $132.1k3.0k shares |
| 2025-11-10 | Stanton Marshall S. SVP, Clinical & MD Affair | Sold | $114.5k2.6k shares |
| 2025-11-10 | Horton Amy VP, Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $79.8k1.8k 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.4m $290.4m | Added +318.5k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.2m $144.6m | Added +141.0k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.18% of their portfolio | 2.6m $119.2m | First filing |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.5m $115.9m | Reduced -446.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $102.9m | Added +18.2k |
| PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC 1.44% of their portfolio | 1.7m $78.6m | Reduced -297.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $72.3m | Added +44.6k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $64.1m | Reduced -95.7k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.4m $62.6m | Added +55.3k |
| Juniper Investment Company, LLC 18.65% of their portfolio | 1.2m $54.2m | Reduced -144.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $50.2m | Added +748.1k |
| NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC 3.31% of their portfolio | 1.0m $47.6m | Reduced -4.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 998.3k $45.5m | Added +66.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 980.8k $44.7m | Added +7.8k |
| SUMMIT PARTNERS PUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.11% of their portfolio | 863.9k $39.4m | New |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.05% of their portfolio | 840.1k $38.3m | Added +217.9k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 753.8k $34.4m | Reduced -90.2k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 584.9k $26.7m | Reduced -171.1k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 584.2k $26.6m | Reduced -86.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 537.4k $24.5m | Added +317.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 518.5k $23.7m | Reduced -55.3k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 517.5k $23.6m | Added +262.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 472.8k $21.6m | Added +18.1k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 443.5k $20.2m | Reduced -3.1k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.42% of their portfolio | 438.7k $20.0m | Added +953 |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.20% of their portfolio | 432.8k $19.7m | Reduced -97.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 407.4k $18.6m | Added +12.0k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 306.9k $14.0m | Reduced -33.5k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 295.7k $13.5m | Reduced -18.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 279.7k $12.8m | Added +75.6k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 246.7k $11.2m | Added +3.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 240.4k $11.0m | Reduced -19.3k |
| OSTERWEIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.43% of their portfolio | 220.7k $10.1m | Reduced -20.0k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 218.7k $10.0m | Added +62.0k |
| Parkman Healthcare Partners LLC 0.95% of their portfolio | 218.7k $10.0m | Reduced -2.4k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.36% of their portfolio | 217.1k $9.9m | Added +5.3k |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 204.4k $9.3m | Reduced -77.9k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 197.7k $9.0m | Added +6.7k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 197.0k $9.0m | Reduced -23.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 190.7k $8.7m | Added +51.7k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 169.8k $7.7m | Added +87.4k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.02% of their portfolio | 144.3k $6.6m | Reduced -17.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 142.7k $6.5m | Added +33.1k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 141.2k $6.4m | Added +43.6k |
| Summit Creek Advisors LLC 1.01% of their portfolio | 140.9k $6.4m | New |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 138.6k $6.3m | Added +6.4k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 136.5k $6.2m | Reduced -7.8k |
| BRIDGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 3.89% of their portfolio | 132.6k $6.0m | Unchanged |
| THORNBURG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 129.0k $5.9m | Reduced -3.6k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 119.8k $5.5m | Added +50.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.4k $5.2m | Reduced -130.0k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 114.3k $5.2m | Added +54.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 110.7k $5.0m | Reduced -3.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.8k $4.2m | Added +893 |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.7k $4.1m | Added +5.1k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.5k $4.1m | Reduced -18.6k |
| CONNORS INVESTOR SERVICES INC 0.33% of their portfolio | 84.5k $3.9m | Reduced -19.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 84.4k $3.9m | Added +692 |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 79.1k $3.6m | Added +8.7k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 77.6k $3.5m | Reduced -1.5k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 73.1k $3.3m | Added +53.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.7k $3.0m | Added +11.1k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 59.6k $2.7m | Unchanged |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.4k $2.5m | Added +23.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.1k $2.5m | Reduced -57.5k |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 52.8k $2.4m | Reduced -10.0k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.6k $2.3m | Reduced -1.5k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.4k $2.2m | Added +1.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.3k $2.2m | Added +2.3k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.4k $2.0m | Added +3.2k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.1k $2.0m | Reduced -315 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.3k $2.0m | Added +3.3k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 40.5k $1.8m | Added +7.2k |
| Mariner, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.3k $1.8m | New |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.3k $1.8m | Reduced -2.4k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.0k $1.8m | Added +33.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.4k $1.8m | Added +3.5k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.0k $1.6m | Reduced -1.2k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.0k $1.6m | Added +1.8k |
| Calamos Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 34.0k $1.6m | Reduced -705 |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.5k $1.4m | Reduced -1.3k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.1k $1.3m | Added +22.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.9k $1.2m | Reduced -56.0k |
| POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.3k $1.2m | New |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.0k $1.1m | Added +1.7k |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.01% of their portfolio | 23.8k $1.1m | Added +2.2k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.2k $1.1m | Added +113 |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 23.1k $1.1m | Added +606 |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.1k $1.0m | New |
| EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.0k $956.7k | Added +2.0k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.5k $935.6k | Reduced -1.6k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.3k $923.9k | Added +173 |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.0k $912.2k | Reduced -23.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.9k $906.7k | Reduced -17.6k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.6k $892.6k | Added +1.9k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.2k $878.0k | Added +4.5k |
| Louisiana State Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 19.1k $871.2k | Unchanged |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.1k $826.9k | Added +17.8k |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.8k $812.0k | Added +3.2k |
| OPPENHEIMER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 17.7k $809.4k | Reduced -2.7k |