KURA ONCOLOGY INC KURA
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 50127T109
Company in La Jolla, United States
- SectorHealth care
- IndustryPharmaceutical Preparations
- HeadquartersSan Diego, CA
- Founded2014
- Websitekuraoncology.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 ($1.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 88.3m as of 2026-02-27, 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 ≈ $10.40. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($4.2m notional), 7 hold puts ($3.2m).
Trends to Q4 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 148 |
| Q4 2022 | 142 |
| Q1 2023 | 142 |
| Q2 2023 | 149 |
| Q3 2023 | 135 |
| Q4 2023 | 141 |
| Q1 2024 | 166 |
| Q2 2024 | 175 |
| Q3 2024 | 180 |
| Q4 2024 | 186 |
| Q1 2025 | 185 |
| Q2 2025 | 183 |
| Q3 2025 | 200 |
| Q4 2025 | 215 |
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 | 95 | 62 |
| Q2 2024 | 81 | 80 |
| Q3 2024 | 82 | 69 |
| Q4 2024 | 109 | 77 |
| Q1 2025 | 94 | 90 |
| Q2 2025 | 110 | 74 |
| Q3 2025 | 119 | 75 |
| Q4 2025 | 129 | 82 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $596.4k | $640.2k | 1.07 |
| Q2 2025 | $433.7k | $261.4k | 0.60 |
| Q3 2025 | $7.3m | $2.9m | 0.39 |
| Q4 2025 | $4.2m | $3.2m | 0.77 |
Biggest buyers
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +1.6m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +965.3k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +820.0k |
| NAN FUNG TRINITY (HK) LTD | Added | +734.0k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +574.5k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | New | +472.0k |
| MONTANOVA CAPITAL, LLC | Added | +459.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +448.0k |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC | New | +390.2k |
| Jump Financial, LLC | Added | +389.6k |
Biggest sellers
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC | Sold out | -1.0m |
| EcoR1 Capital, LLC | Sold out | -872.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -777.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -509.3k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -504.3k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Sold out | -488.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -423.2k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -418.1k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -379.2k |
| SECTORAL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -341.8k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.6m150.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.3m127.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $589.1k56.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $530.9k51.1k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $119.5k11.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $62.3k6.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $914.3k88.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $907.0k87.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $659.8k63.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $373.0k35.9k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $169.4k16.3k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $110.1k10.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $107.0k10.3k 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 |
|---|---|
| BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND L P 13G · passive investor +2.5 pts · filed 2025-11-14 | 10.0% |
| MONTANOVA CAPITAL, LLC 13G · passive investor +0.3 pts · filed 2026-08-14 | 9.7% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +1.1 pts · filed 2026-10-27 | 8.9% |
| STATE STREET CORP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-02-09 | 5.7% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC (4.2%, 2026-05-15), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
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 | — | 5 | $2.2m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $57.9k | $57.9k |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $8.4k | $8.4k |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 7 | $360.6k | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $19.1k | $19.1k |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | $713.2k | 6 | $697.8k | $140.3k |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 7 | $840.7k | $175.6k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | Burrows Francis Chief Scientific Officer | Sold | $232.0k23.7k shares |
| 2025-12-09 | Hasnain Faheem Director | Sold | $109.8k10.0k shares |
| 2025-11-14 | Leoni Mollie Chief Medical Officer | Sold | $173.1k15.5k shares |
| 2025-11-14 | Powl Brian T. Chief Commercial Officer | Sold | $99.4k8.9k shares |
| 2025-11-14 | Bair Teresa Brophy Chief Legal Officer | Sold plan | $98.4k8.8k shares |
| 2025-11-14 | FORD KATHLEEN Chief Operating Officer | Sold plan | $77.2k6.9k shares |
| 2025-11-14 | DOYLE THOMAS JAMES SVP, Finance & Accounting | Sold | $50.7k4.5k 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 | 9.0m $93.6m | Reduced -504.3k |
| BVF INC/IL 3.01% of their portfolio | 8.6m $89.5m | Unchanged |
| MONTANOVA CAPITAL, LLC 2.22% of their portfolio | 8.6m $89.1m | Added +459.4k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.5m $57.2m | Added +39.1k |
| ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC 1.26% of their portfolio | 4.9m $51.3m | Added +264.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.9m $51.2m | Added +1.6m |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.1m $31.8m | Added +820.0k |
| Prosight Management, LP 5.43% of their portfolio | 2.5m $26.3m | Reduced -228.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $21.1m | Reduced -19.3k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 2.0m $21.0m | Reduced -202.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8m $19.1m | Reduced -777.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.8m $19.0m | Added +965.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $16.5m | Reduced -509.3k |
| ALETHEA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 7.18% of their portfolio | 1.4m $14.8m | Added +33.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $14.4m | Reduced -423.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $13.9m | Reduced -379.2k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $11.9m | Reduced -120.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $11.6m | Added +448.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $11.2m | Reduced -61.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $11.0m | Added +574.5k |
| NAN FUNG TRINITY (HK) LTD 0.79% of their portfolio | 964.9k $10.0m | Added +734.0k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 886.6k $9.2m | Reduced -174.2k |
| Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB 0.85% of their portfolio | 872.0k $9.1m | Added +382.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 842.1k $8.7m | Added +270.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 723.2k $7.5m | Reduced -30.4k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 710.9k $7.4m | Reduced -1.0k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 618.6k $6.4m | Added +253.6k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 477.1k $5.0m | Added +231.3k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 472.0k $4.9m | New |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 471.8k $4.9m | Added +267.1k |
| SECTOR GAMMA AS 1.08% of their portfolio | 455.8k $4.7m | Added +17.4k |
| 1492 Capital Management LLC 1.80% of their portfolio | 452.6k $4.7m | Added +7.0k |
| Pale Fire Capital SE 0.61% of their portfolio | 452.2k $4.7m | Reduced -155.5k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 422.4k $4.4m | Added +389.6k |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 398.5k $4.1m | Added +124.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 394.6k $4.1m | Added +17.7k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 392.8k $4.1m | Added +48.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 390.7k $4.1m | Reduced -418.1k |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 390.2k $4.1m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 346.7k $3.6m | Added +19.1k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 306.6k $3.2m | Added +219.7k |
| SPHERA FUNDS MANAGEMENT LTD. 0.64% of their portfolio | 295.5k $3.1m | Added +50.0k |
| Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. 0.11% of their portfolio | 294.8k $3.1m | Added +80.0k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 281.1k $2.9m | Added +52.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 258.4k $2.7m | Added +3.2k |
| Man Group plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 241.5k $2.5m | Reduced -216.7k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 241.1k $2.5m | New |
| DAFNA Capital Management LLC 0.57% of their portfolio | 235.9k $2.5m | Reduced -227.5k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 227.4k $2.4m | Added +12.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 209.4k $2.2m | Added +26.7k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 198.8k $2.1m | Added +21.7k |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 187.4k $1.9m | Added +74.2k |
| DARK FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 183.5k $1.9m | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 183.4k $1.9m | New |
| Moody Aldrich Partners LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 179.7k $1.9m | New |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 160.0k $1.7m | Reduced -167.9k |
| CWM, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 156.5k $1.6m | Added +38.2k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 152.6k $1.6m | Added +26.4k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 151.7k $1.6m | Added +103.4k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 151.1k $1.6m | Reduced -248.7k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 145.7k $1.5m | Unchanged |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 145.6k $1.5m | Added +11.3k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.3k $1.4m | Added +40.5k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.4k $1.4m | Added +8.5k |
| Mariner, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 125.9k $1.3m | Added +63.9k |
| Xcel Wealth Management, LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 118.8k $1.2m | Added +16.5k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 116.5k $1.2m | Reduced -270.4k |
| WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 115.3k $1.1m | Added +24.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 106.9k $1.1m | Reduced -3.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 104.4k $1.1m | Reduced -15.5k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 104.0k $1.1m | Reduced -27.2k |
| Rangeley Capital, LLC 0.92% of their portfolio | 102.9k $1.1m | Reduced -17.1k |
| Rosalind Advisors, Inc. 0.38% of their portfolio | 100.0k $1.0m | Unchanged |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 98.0k $1.0m | Reduced -270.5k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.00% of their portfolio | 95.0k $2.2m | Unchanged |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 92.2k $958.0k | Added +8.5k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.5k $950.8k | Added +28.7k |
| POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 90.8k $943.9k | New |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 88.4k $918.0k | Reduced -29.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.8k $881.1k | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.8k $839.6k | Added +2.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 78.3k $813.1k | Reduced -92 |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 75.7k $786.5k | Added +11.2k |
| ACT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.62% of their portfolio | 73.9k $767.8k | First filing |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.1k $748.6k | Added +6.2k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 71.4k $742.3k | Added +32.5k |
| PROFUND ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 69.1k $718.2k | Added +44.3k |
| Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 67.1k $697.6k | Reduced -4 |
| Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 66.9k $694.8k | Added +49.8k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 65.0k $675.5k | Reduced -11.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.7k $672.0k | New |
| SECTORAL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.45% of their portfolio | 54.1k $562.2k | Reduced -341.8k |
| MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.1k $520.3k | Added +17.2k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.4k $500.7k | Added +5.4k |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.4k $481.7k | Added +13.6k |
| Lion Point Capital, LP 2.47% of their portfolio | 46.0k $477.9k | Unchanged |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.7k $476.0k | Added +3.8k |
| HARBOR CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 45.6k $474.0k | Added +5.6k |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 44.8k $465.9k | Reduced -2.8k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.6k $463.7k | Reduced -744 |