NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC NBIX
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 64125C109 · ISIN US64125C1099
American biopharmaceutical company
- SectorHealth care
- IndustryBiological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances)
- HeadquartersSan Diego, CA
- Founded1992
- Websiteneurocrine.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 ($65.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 99.5m as of 2024-02-05, 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 ≈ $131.73. Options: 14 managers hold calls ($64.4m notional), 14 hold puts ($54.6m).
Trends to Q4 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 466 |
| Q4 2022 | 530 |
| Q1 2023 | 488 |
| Q2 2023 | 457 |
| Q3 2023 | 514 |
| Q4 2023 | 555 |
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 | 282 | 209 |
| Q1 2023 | 253 | 249 |
| Q2 2023 | 199 | 257 |
| Q3 2023 | 242 | 227 |
| Q4 2023 | 270 | 242 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $17.5m | $30.2m | 1.72 |
| Q2 2023 | $51.6m | $37.7m | 0.73 |
| Q3 2023 | $71.2m | $54.7m | 0.77 |
| Q4 2023 | $64.4m | $54.6m | 0.85 |
Biggest buyers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +2.7m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +1.7m |
| Dodge & Cox | Added | +1.0m |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc | Added | +510.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +398.4k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +365.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +364.9k |
| Man Group plc | New | +318.4k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +297.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +287.7k |
Biggest sellers
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -1.2m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -624.2k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -579.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Reduced | -560.3k |
| FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. | Reduced | -375.6k |
| Man Group plc | Sold out | -334.5k |
| DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. | Reduced | -313.0k |
| Deep Track Capital, LP | Sold out | -300.0k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Reduced | -269.0k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -258.3k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $21.7m164.7k shares |
| TIG Advisors, LLC | New | $12.1m92.1k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Reduced | $7.2m55.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $5.2m39.5k shares |
| Portman Square Capital LLP | New | $4.4m33.2k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | New | $4.0m30.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $3.3m24.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $2.9m22.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.6m20.0k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | Reduced | $553.4k4.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| Portman Square Capital LLP | New | $12.6m95.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $12.5m94.7k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $7.2m54.9k shares |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | Added | $5.1m38.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $4.2m32.1k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | New | $4.0m30.0k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | New | $3.3m24.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.5m11.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.3m10.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $1.3m10.0k 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 2025-04-28 | 12.1% |
| DODGE & COX 13G · institution new · filed 2025-05-14 | 5.6% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 13G · institution -1.1 pts · filed 2026-10-15 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL 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 | — | 10 | $7.8m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 4 | $3.6m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $2.5m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 6 | $20.4m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 12 | $21.0m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $3.8m | $3.8m |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 11 | $4.3m | $4.3m |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 6 | $22.4m | $22.4m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-22 | Cooke Julie Chief Human Resources Officer | Sold plan | $3.1m24.0k shares |
| 2023-12-22 | LYONS GARY A Director | Sold plan | $1.3m10.0k shares |
| 2023-12-22 | ROBERTS EIRY Chief Medical Officer | Sold plan | $1.3m10.0k shares |
| 2023-12-12 | ROBERTS EIRY Chief Medical Officer | Sold plan | $1.7m13.9k shares |
| 2023-12-08 | ROBERTS EIRY Chief Medical Officer | Sold plan | $36.0k300 shares |
| 2023-12-07 | ROBERTS EIRY Chief Medical Officer | Sold plan | $9.3m77.4k shares |
| 2023-12-06 | Lippoldt Darin Chief Legal Officer | Sold plan | $2.5m20.8k shares |
| 2023-12-06 | ROBERTS EIRY Chief Medical Officer | Sold plan | $1.0m8.4k shares |
| 2023-12-01 | LYONS GARY A Director | Sold plan | $583.9k5.0k shares |
| 2023-11-29 | Onyia Jude Chief Scientific Officer | Sold plan | $264.7k2.3k shares |
| 2023-11-27 | Lippoldt Darin Chief Legal Officer | Sold plan | $1.2m10.9k shares |
| 2023-10-02 | Boyer David W. Chief Corp. Affairs Officer | Sold plan | $161.9k1.4k 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 13.6m $1.8bn | Added +276.5k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 9.7m $1.3bn | Added +150.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.7m $613.0m | Added +2.7m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.1m $535.4m | Added +226.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.5m $457.4m | Added +1.7m |
| Bellevue Group AG 4.90% of their portfolio | 2.4m $320.2m | Reduced -153.1k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 2.0m $262.0m | Added +398.4k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.6m $213.5m | Added +68.5k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.6m $204.4m | Reduced -165.7k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.5m $194.6m | Added +297.3k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.56% of their portfolio | 1.4m $183.4m | Reduced -1.2m |
| Dodge & Cox 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.3m $166.0m | Added +1.0m |
| DSM CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC 2.46% of their portfolio | 1.2m $161.0m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.2m $159.9m | Added +169.9k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.2m $158.1m | Reduced -128.4k |
| Rock Springs Capital Management LP 3.89% of their portfolio | 1.2m $157.6m | Reduced -40.0k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.21% of their portfolio | 1.1m $146.7m | Added +23.8k |
| ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC 3.67% of their portfolio | 1.0m $138.1m | Reduced -168.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.03% of their portfolio | 979.1k $129.0m | Reduced -560.3k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.45% of their portfolio | 918.4k $121.0m | Added +365.0k |
| DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. 2.18% of their portfolio | 896.7k $118.2m | Reduced -313.0k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.68% of their portfolio | 835.8k $110.1m | Added +510.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 807.3k $106.4m | Reduced -36.1k |
| Vestal Point Capital, LP 11.17% of their portfolio | 800.0k $105.4m | First filing |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 782.0k $103.0m | Reduced -231.7k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 772.3k $101.8m | Added +6.1k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.50% of their portfolio | 752.9k $99.2m | Added +60.5k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 738.9k $97.2m | Added +364.9k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.51% of their portfolio | 728.4k $96.0m | Added +1.1k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.26% of their portfolio | 720.6k $94.9m | Added +42.3k |
| BRAIDWELL LP 3.46% of their portfolio | 715.2k $94.2m | Reduced -252.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 691.6k $91.1m | Reduced -95.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 689.0k $90.8m | Reduced -579.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 686.8k $90.5m | Added +63.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 673.8k $88.8m | Added +287.7k |
| Avidity Partners Management LP 3.32% of their portfolio | 658.0k $86.7m | Added +5.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 617.5k $81.4m | Added +28.2k |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.46% of their portfolio | 594.4k $78.3m | Reduced -54.9k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 590.7k $77.8m | Added +127.1k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.06% of their portfolio | 587.0k $77.3m | Reduced -5.0k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.66% of their portfolio | 536.0k $70.6m | Reduced -18.8k |
| ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC 1.37% of their portfolio | 519.3k $68.4m | Added +103.4k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.21% of their portfolio | 516.9k $68.1m | Added +5.5k |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 1.06% of their portfolio | 482.8k $63.6m | Added +1.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 473.0k $62.3m | Reduced -86.8k |
| Sarissa Capital Management LP 9.54% of their portfolio | 470.0k $61.9m | Added +104.0k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 451.5k $59.5m | Added +42.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 441.5k $58.2m | Reduced -6.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 425.7k $56.1m | Reduced -72.8k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 418.2k $55.1m | Added +40.3k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 410.1k $54.0m | Added +184.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.10% of their portfolio | 405.3k $53.4m | Reduced -8.6k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 398.3k $52.5m | Added +6.7k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.09% of their portfolio | 382.5k $45.6m | Added +46.7k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.34% of their portfolio | 369.9k $48.7m | Reduced -7.3k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 360.5k $47.5m | Reduced -4.5k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 340.8k $44.9m | Added +28.8k |
| Amundi 0.02% of their portfolio | 340.2k $45.5m | Added +34.8k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 337.1k $44.4m | Added +59.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 336.5k $44.3m | Added +5.9k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 329.4k $43.4m | Added +50.2k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.05% of their portfolio | 328.1k $43.2m | Added +69.5k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.04% of their portfolio | 318.9k $42.0m | Reduced -6.6k |
| Man Group plc 0.12% of their portfolio | 318.4k $42.0m | New |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.13% of their portfolio | 315.6k $41.6m | Reduced -269.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.07% of their portfolio | 307.6k $40.5m | Added +29.9k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.03% of their portfolio | 305.3k $40.2m | Reduced -8.5k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 271.2k $35.7m | Added +191.3k |
| PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC 0.80% of their portfolio | 270.8k $35.7m | Added +111.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 264.6k $34.9m | Added +242.5k |
| SCOUT INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.86% of their portfolio | 261.6k $34.5m | Reduced -104.2k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.05% of their portfolio | 255.9k $33.7m | Reduced -1.1k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 243.9k $32.1m | Added +12.4k |
| AXA S.A. 0.05% of their portfolio | 232.4k $30.6m | Added +113.5k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 232.2k $30.6m | Added +53.9k |
| TOBAM 2.61% of their portfolio | 226.8k $29.9m | Reduced -70.3k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 224.9k $29.6m | Added +174.5k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.08% of their portfolio | 219.8k $29.0m | Reduced -258.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.04% of their portfolio | 214.4k $28.2m | Reduced -29.5k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC 0.77% of their portfolio | 212.4k $28.0m | Added +1.1k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 210.5k $27.7m | Reduced -84.4k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.27% of their portfolio | 210.1k $27.7m | Added +119.2k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 200.2k $26.4m | Reduced -32.7k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 199.6k $26.3m | Added +6.7k |
| SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 185.0k $24.4m | Added +130.0k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.06% of their portfolio | 177.7k $23.4m | Added +23.6k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 175.8k $23.2m | Reduced -133 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 173.6k $22.9m | Added +24.9k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 171.9k $22.7m | Reduced -17.9k |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 0.21% of their portfolio | 171.8k $22.6m | Reduced -4.6k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.05% of their portfolio | 169.6k $22.3m | Added +33.8k |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 163.5k $21.5m | Added +1.5k |
| Birchview Capital, LP 7.97% of their portfolio | 154.5k $20.4m | Unchanged |
| COMERICA BANK 0.09% of their portfolio | 150.4k $19.8m | Reduced -5.1k |
| Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super 0.27% of their portfolio | 144.9k $20.5m | First filing |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.03% of their portfolio | 144.7k $19.1m | Reduced -920 |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 143.9k $19.0m | Added +9.7k |
| Parkman Healthcare Partners LLC 2.61% of their portfolio | 140.1k $18.5m | Added +56.3k |
| BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. 0.22% of their portfolio | 138.8k $18.3m | Unchanged |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 134.7k $17.8m | Reduced -43.8k |