CYTEK BIOSCIENCES INC CTKB
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 23285D109 · ISIN US23285D1090
Biotechnology company and producer of scientific instruments
- SectorTechnology
- IndustryLaboratory Analytical Instruments
- HeadquartersFremont, CA
- Founded2014
- Websitecytekbio.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 ($3.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 130.0m as of 2026-07-31, 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 ≈ $4.43. Options: 1 managers hold calls ($2.2k notional), 0 hold puts (—).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 88 |
| Q4 2022 | 104 |
| Q1 2023 | 103 |
| Q2 2023 | 102 |
| Q3 2023 | 108 |
| Q4 2023 | 106 |
| Q1 2024 | 126 |
| Q2 2024 | 130 |
| Q3 2024 | 137 |
| Q4 2024 | 154 |
| Q1 2025 | 162 |
| Q2 2025 | 159 |
| Q3 2025 | 153 |
| Q4 2025 | 155 |
| Q1 2026 | 165 |
| Q2 2026 | 155 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 83 | 44 |
| Q4 2024 | 81 | 58 |
| Q1 2025 | 77 | 82 |
| Q2 2025 | 89 | 74 |
| Q3 2025 | 81 | 76 |
| Q4 2025 | 68 | 75 |
| Q1 2026 | 88 | 62 |
| Q2 2026 | 73 | 102 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $0 | $2.0k | — |
| Q4 2025 | $38.4k | $27.8k | 0.72 |
| Q1 2026 | $70.8k | $24.0k | 0.34 |
| Q2 2026 | $2.2k | $0 | 0.00 |
Biggest buyers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +3.0m |
| Boston Partners | Added | +1.9m |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +977.1k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | +906.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | New | +689.8k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +653.9k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | +625.7k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | Added | +583.7k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Added | +517.2k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | New | +441.7k |
Biggest sellers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -7.4m |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -1.6m |
| BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Sold out | -1.5m |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -1.0m |
| Simcoe Capital LLC | Sold out | -882.1k |
| Topline Capital Management, LLC | Reduced | -781.0k |
| CenterBook Partners LP | Reduced | -580.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Sold out | -534.8k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | Sold out | -394.7k |
Biggest calls
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $2.2k500 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 |
|---|---|
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · passive investor +1.1 pts · filed 2026-08-06 | 7.2% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution -5.9 pts · filed 2026-07-08 | 7.2% |
| Boston Partners 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-04 | 5.9% |
| Topline Capital Management, LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2025-11-17 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26), BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (3.9%, 2025-11-12)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
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 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | $97.3k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported since 1 Apr 2026.
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.6m $42.4m | Reduced -7.4m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 9.3m $41.4m | Added +3.0m |
| Boston Partners 0.03% of their portfolio | 7.7m $33.9m | Added +1.9m |
| HHLR ADVISORS, LTD. 3.54% of their portfolio | 6.7m $29.5m | Unchanged |
| Topline Capital Management, LLC 7.22% of their portfolio | 6.3m $27.8m | Reduced -781.0k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.9m $21.9m | Added +176.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.1m $13.6m | Added +225.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.6m $11.6m | Reduced -47.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.6m $11.4m | Reduced -1.6m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $9.6m | Reduced -177.2k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.1m $9.2m | Added +439.2k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $6.7m | Added +151.4k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $6.1m | Added +977.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $5.8m | Added +306.3k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $5.1m | Reduced -1.2m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $4.8m | Reduced -31.3k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $4.4m | Reduced -1.9k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 997.8k $4.4m | Added +583.7k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 973.8k $4.3m | Added +653.9k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 906.2k $4.0m | New |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.02% of their portfolio | 837.9k $3.7m | Added +517.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 814.0k $3.6m | Reduced -98.4k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 740.7k $3.3m | Added +23.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 721.5k $3.2m | Added +250.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 701.8k $3.1m | Reduced -1.0m |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 689.8k $3.1m | New |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 681.7k $3.0m | Added +625.7k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 669.2k $3.0m | Added +409.1k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 661.3k $2.9m | Reduced -15.4k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 504.4k $2.2m | Added +221.0k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 441.7k $2.0m | New |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 422.4k $1.9m | New |
| Jain Global LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 411.5k $1.8m | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 371.4k $1.6m | Reduced -237.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 292.1k $1.3m | Added +10.4k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 289.4k $1.3m | Added +43.9k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 266.9k $1.2m | Added +25.4k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 241.6k $1.1m | Reduced -15.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 215.0k $952.5k | Added +137.0k |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 193.1k $855.6k | New |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 185.7k $822.5k | Reduced -202.6k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 168.2k $745.2k | Added +142.6k |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 167.6k $742.0k | Added +58.5k |
| Numerai GP LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 159.5k $706.4k | Added +47.0k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 156.1k $691.4k | Added +42.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 153.2k $678.8k | Reduced -101.4k |
| CenterBook Partners LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 149.2k $660.9k | Reduced -580.7k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 148.1k $656.0k | Added +119.2k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 142.7k $632.3k | New |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 141.9k $615.7k | Reduced -157.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 141.0k $616.4k | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 111.9k $495.9k | Added +7.5k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 102.7k $455.0k | Added +57.4k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 101.2k $449.0k | Added +21.1k |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 90.1k $399.1k | Reduced -54.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.9k $393.9k | Reduced -98.0k |
| PDT Partners, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 86.9k $384.8k | Unchanged |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.8k $366.7k | Added +57.5k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 76.8k $340.1k | New |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.0k $328.0k | Reduced -67.4k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.7k $304.3k | Added +4.2k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.6k $277.1k | Reduced -27.4k |
| Catalyst Funds Management Pty Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 62.5k $276.9k | New |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.2k $275.4k | New |
| WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.9k $221.9k | Reduced -10.8k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.8k $251.7k | Added +5.6k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.1k $248.7k | Added +43.7k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.0k $248.2k | Added +872 |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.4k $240.9k | New |
| PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 45.3k $200.5k | Added +32.1k |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.2k $200.3k | Unchanged |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.3k $183.0k | Unchanged |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.9k $176.9k | Added +10.5k |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.3k $174.2k | New |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.1k $160.1k | New |
| R Squared Ltd 0.08% of their portfolio | 35.4k $156.9k | New |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.9k $154.7k | Unchanged |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.7k $153.6k | Unchanged |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.0k $150.5k | Added +1.8k |
| STRS OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.0k $141.8k | Added +5.8k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.1k $128.7k | Reduced -29.1k |
| AXQ CAPITAL, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 28.3k $125.4k | Added +8.6k |
| Focus Partners Wealth 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.2k $124.9k | Reduced -5.5k |
| MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.7k $113.9k | Reduced -3.4k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.6k $113.6k | Added +4 |
| Arax Advisory Partners 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.8k $105.4k | Added +23.6k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.3k $103.0k | Reduced -94.3k |
| EntryPoint Capital, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 22.9k $101.3k | New |
| Laurion Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.3k $98.6k | New |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.4k $94.9k | New |
| BAILARD, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.9k $88.2k | Unchanged |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.8k $87.8k | Reduced -3.1k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.7k $85.7k | New |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.6k $86.9k | Reduced -4.5k |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.9k $70.5k | Reduced -2.3k |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.6k $69.1k | Added +5.4k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.9k $66.0k | Reduced -27.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.1k $62.6k | Reduced -173.1k |
| Aigen Investment Management, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 14.0k $62.1k | New |
| NorthCrest Asset Manangement, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.9k $63.9k | Reduced -1.3k |