KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC KRYS
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 501147102
Biotechnology company
- SectorHealth care
- IndustryBiological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances)
- HeadquartersPittsburgh, PA
- Websitekrystalbio.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 ($5.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 28.2m 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 ≈ $124.06. Options: 10 managers hold calls ($57.9m notional), 10 hold puts ($97.6m).
Trends to Q4 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 149 |
| Q4 2022 | 156 |
| Q1 2023 | 162 |
| Q2 2023 | 185 |
| Q3 2023 | 190 |
| Q4 2023 | 196 |
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 | 76 | 61 |
| Q1 2023 | 76 | 66 |
| Q2 2023 | 97 | 80 |
| Q3 2023 | 108 | 66 |
| Q4 2023 | 95 | 85 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $10.6m | $11.7m | 1.10 |
| Q2 2023 | $26.0m | $20.0m | 0.77 |
| Q3 2023 | $22.5m | $38.5m | 1.71 |
| Q4 2023 | $57.9m | $97.6m | 1.69 |
Biggest buyers
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Added | +383.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +350.9k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ | Added | +240.9k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | +224.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +205.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +205.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +171.2k |
| Woodline Partners LP | Added | +160.0k |
| EVENTIDE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | +136.5k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | Added | +127.4k |
Biggest sellers
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -682.9k |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP | Reduced | -306.5k |
| Redmile Group, LLC | Reduced | -270.2k |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -243.5k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | Reduced | -180.9k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Reduced | -105.7k |
| Soleus Capital Management, L.P. | Reduced | -77.9k |
| SILVERARC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -71.5k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | Reduced | -58.1k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -36.6k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $16.1m130.0k shares |
| Ikarian Capital, LLC | New | $12.4m100.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $8.6m69.4k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $5.0m40.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.9m39.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $4.3m34.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $3.5m28.3k shares |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | $3.0m24.0k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $124.1k1.0k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| Ikarian Capital, LLC | Added | $51.1m412.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $19.3m155.7k shares |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | $12.3m99.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $6.8m54.9k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Reduced | $5.0m40.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $2.1m16.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $868.0k7.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $186.1k1.5k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
| Cutler Group LLC / CA | Unchanged | $0400 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 filed 2026-10-27 | 11.6% |
| Krishnan Krish S 13G · exempt (held before listing) filed 2026-05-04 | 11.5% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $4.1m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $3.1m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $8.3m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $30.7m | $18.4m |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $6.4m | $6.4m |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $5.3m | $5.3m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-11 | Krishnan Krish S President and CEO, director | Sold plan | $2.6m25.0k shares |
| 2023-12-11 | Krishnan Suma President, R&D, director | Sold plan | $2.6m25.0k shares |
| 2023-12-11 | Krishnan Krish S President and CEO, director | Sold plan | $2.6m25.0k shares |
| 2023-12-11 | Krishnan Suma President, R&D, director | Sold plan | $2.6m25.0k 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, Q4 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Avoro Capital Advisors LLC 4.40% of their portfolio | 2.6m $318.3m | Unchanged |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.4m $302.2m | Added +35.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.4m $296.0m | Reduced -243.5k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $224.5m | Added +107.3k |
| Redmile Group, LLC 7.69% of their portfolio | 1.7m $215.0m | Reduced -270.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $153.5m | Added +205.7k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 1.2m $153.5m | Reduced -105.7k |
| Frazier Life Sciences Management, L.P. 6.56% of their portfolio | 988.5k $122.6m | Unchanged |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 724.3k $89.9m | Added +383.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 639.4k $79.3m | Added +350.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 550.8k $68.3m | Added +30.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 511.2k $63.4m | Added +28.0k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.65% of their portfolio | 482.0k $59.8m | Added +160.0k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.06% of their portfolio | 474.5k $58.9m | Added +240.9k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC 1.56% of their portfolio | 458.5k $56.9m | Reduced -2.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 427.4k $53.0m | Added +171.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 427.0k $53.0m | Added +205.5k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 315.5k $39.1m | Added +53.2k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.09% of their portfolio | 256.6k $31.8m | Added +224.0k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 250.5k $31.1m | Added +127.4k |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.18% of their portfolio | 244.1k $30.3m | Unchanged |
| First Turn Management, LLC 4.31% of their portfolio | 242.2k $30.0m | First filing |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 228.1k $28.3m | Added +43.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 209.2k $26.0m | Reduced -4.1k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 196.4k $24.4m | Reduced -2.3k |
| BRAIDWELL LP 0.89% of their portfolio | 196.2k $24.3m | Added +118.7k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.03% of their portfolio | 192.9k $23.9m | Reduced -180.9k |
| C WorldWide Group Holding A/S 0.31% of their portfolio | 185.8k $23.1m | Unchanged |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 185.0k $23.0m | Added +5.3k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 172.9k $21.4m | Reduced -36.6k |
| BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP 0.24% of their portfolio | 169.9k $21.1m | Unchanged |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 160.3k $19.9m | Reduced -7.2k |
| EVENTIDE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 136.5k $16.9m | New |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.07% of their portfolio | 123.2k $15.3m | Added +10.4k |
| S SQUARED TECHNOLOGY, LLC 6.64% of their portfolio | 110.2k $13.7m | Added +2.0k |
| Rock Springs Capital Management LP 0.32% of their portfolio | 104.0k $12.9m | Added +13.4k |
| ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 103.7k $12.9m | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 98.7k $12.2m | Added +431 |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 96.0k $11.9m | Reduced -31.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.2k $11.3m | Added +28.0k |
| Integral Health Asset Management, LLC 1.52% of their portfolio | 85.0k $10.5m | Added +15.0k |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 84.0k $10.4m | Added +12.2k |
| Eversept Partners, LP 0.98% of their portfolio | 80.8k $10.0m | Reduced -28.0k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.01% of their portfolio | 74.9k $9.3m | New |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 70.9k $8.8m | Added +61.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 67.1k $8.3m | Added +11.4k |
| Decheng Capital LLC 2.28% of their portfolio | 65.8k $8.2m | First filing |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.2k $8.0m | Added +24.7k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 59.3k $7.4m | Added +4.6k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.05% of their portfolio | 55.0k $6.8m | Reduced -15.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.2k $6.7m | Added +10.0k |
| Man Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 50.8k $6.3m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.6k $6.3m | Reduced -24.5k |
| Ghost Tree Capital, LLC 3.57% of their portfolio | 50.0k $6.2m | Reduced -30.0k |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP 0.71% of their portfolio | 49.1k $6.1m | Reduced -306.5k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.6k $5.9m | Added +19.2k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 42.5k $5.3m | Added +14.8k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.0k $5.1m | Added +18.5k |
| Soleus Capital Management, L.P. 0.55% of their portfolio | 40.0k $5.0m | Reduced -77.9k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.6k $4.9m | Reduced -30 |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.3k $4.9m | Added +4.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.1k $4.8m | Added +10.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 36.6k $4.5m | Added +779 |
| MUTUAL OF AMERICA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 36.4k $4.5m | Reduced -1.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.9k $4.5m | Reduced -3.5k |
| CASTLEARK MANAGEMENT LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 32.4k $4.0m | Added +20.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.8k $3.9m | Reduced -618 |
| Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. 0.22% of their portfolio | 31.4k $3.9m | Reduced -19.4k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.8k $3.8m | New |
| CWM, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 30.6k $3.8m | Reduced -1.8k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 29.7k $3.7m | New |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.2k $3.6m | Added +8.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.5k $3.3m | Added +68 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.9k $3.2m | Unchanged |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 25.6k $3.2m | Reduced -58.1k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.5k $3.2m | Reduced -13.2k |
| Affinity Asset Advisors, LLC 0.62% of their portfolio | 25.0k $3.1m | Reduced -32.5k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 24.8k $3.1m | Added +4.5k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 22.9k $2.8m | New |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.4k $2.5m | Unchanged |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.8k $2.5m | Reduced -844 |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.1k $2.4m | Reduced -435 |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 18.9k $2.3m | Reduced -2.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.8k $2.3m | Added +5.3k |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH 0.03% of their portfolio | 18.2k $2.3m | Added +12.8k |
| COWEN AND COMPANY, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 16.6k $2.1m | New |
| SUPERSTRING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 1.42% of their portfolio | 16.1k $2.0m | First filing |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.9k $2.0m | Added +4.0k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.9k $2.0m | New |
| Calamos Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.7k $1.9m | Reduced -9.9k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.5k $2.0m | Unchanged |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.3k $1.9m | Reduced -682.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.0k $1.9m | Reduced -7.1k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 14.9k $1.8m | Reduced -5.7k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.8k $1.8m | Reduced -20.1k |
| PROFUND ADVISORS LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 13.8k $1.7m | Added +1.5k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.5k $1.7m | Added +969 |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.03% of their portfolio | 11.7k $1.4m | Reduced -80 |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.4k $1.4m | Unchanged |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.3k $1.4m | Reduced -6.8k |