TARSUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC TARS
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 87650L103 · ISIN US87650L1035
- SectorHealth care
- IndustryBiological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances)
- HeadquartersIrvine, CA
- 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. Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 33.1m as of 2023-11-03, 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 ≈ $17.77. Options: 4 managers hold calls ($576.9k notional), 4 hold puts ($308.4k).
Trends to Q3 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 75 |
| Q4 2022 | 70 |
| Q1 2023 | 75 |
| Q2 2023 | 93 |
| Q3 2023 | 106 |
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 | 35 | 33 |
| Q1 2023 | 37 | 25 |
| Q2 2023 | 63 | 22 |
| Q3 2023 | 74 | 25 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $870.2k | $2.9k | 0.00 |
| Q1 2023 | $6.3k | $30.2k | 4.80 |
| Q2 2023 | $328.9k | $66.9k | 0.20 |
| Q3 2023 | $576.9k | $308.4k | 0.53 |
Biggest buyers
| Cormorant Asset Management, LP | Added | +1.2m |
| TCG Crossover Management, LLC | New | +1.1m |
| DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. | New | +754.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +737.5k |
| Ikarian Capital, LLC | New | +518.5k |
| Tetragon Partners GP Ltd | Added | +450.0k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | New | +399.2k |
| TANG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +361.4k |
| RTW INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +332.6k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +316.1k |
Biggest sellers
| COWEN AND COMPANY, LLC | Reduced | -202.6k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Sold out | -146.2k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -131.8k |
| OCONNOR, A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS (LLC) | Reduced | -48.0k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC | Sold out | -47.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Sold out | -41.8k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC | Sold out | -41.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Sold out | -32.4k |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | Reduced | -25.0k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Sold out | -23.5k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $339.4k19.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $211.5k11.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $26.0k1.5k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $287.9k16.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $17.0k1.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $3.6k200 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 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 |
|---|---|
| Deep Track Capital, LP 13G · passive investor +1.4 pts · filed 2026-05-15 | 8.5% |
| RTW INVESTMENTS, LP 13G · institution filed 2025-08-14 | 8.1% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-24 | 7.4% |
| Janus Henderson Group Ltd. 13G · institution +1.2 pts · filed 2026-08-13 | 6.5% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC (4.3%, 2026-05-08), JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC (4.0%, 2026-05-06), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27), TANG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (2.8%, 2026-02-17)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.1m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 1 | $1.4m | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $296.6k | 2 | $568.9k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $1.3m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 8 | $1.2m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.1m | $1.1m |
| Q3 2023 | 1 | $159.7k | 2 | $2.6m | $2.6m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-20 | Azamian Bobak R. President/CEO and Board Chair, director · By the Bobak Azamian Living Trust established April 16, 2018 | Sold plan | $137.7k8.0k shares |
| 2023-08-23 | Azamian Bobak R. President/CEO and Board Chair, director · By the Bobak Azamian Living Trust established April 16, 2018 | Sold plan | $137.8k8.0k shares |
| 2023-08-15 | Lin Elizabeth Yeu Director · By Spouse's Roth IRA | Bought | $159.7k9.5k shares |
| 2023-07-19 | Azamian Bobak R. President/CEO and Board Chair, director · By the Bobak Azamian Living Trust established April 16, 2018 | Sold plan | $2.1m103.9k shares |
| 2023-07-19 | Mottiwala Aziz Chief Commercial Officer | Sold plan | $48.1k2.4k shares |
| 2023-07-12 | Azamian Bobak R. President/CEO and Board Chair, director · By the Bobak Azamian Living Trust established April 16, 2018 | Sold plan | $156.2k9.0k 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, Q3 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| RTW INVESTMENTS, LP 1.08% of their portfolio | 2.9m $51.2m | Added +332.6k |
| Cormorant Asset Management, LP 2.72% of their portfolio | 2.6m $46.6m | Added +1.2m |
| Vivo Capital, LLC 4.40% of their portfolio | 2.3m $40.2m | Unchanged |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $39.3m | Added +10.6k |
| TANG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 5.37% of their portfolio | 2.1m $38.0m | Added +361.4k |
| COWEN AND COMPANY, LLC 2.24% of their portfolio | 1.8m $31.9m | Reduced -202.6k |
| Frazier Life Sciences Management, L.P. 2.11% of their portfolio | 1.8m $31.8m | Unchanged |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $27.6m | Added +316.1k |
| PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC 0.77% of their portfolio | 1.3m $23.0m | Unchanged |
| TCG Crossover Management, LLC 2.99% of their portfolio | 1.1m $20.3m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 808.2k $14.4m | Added +737.5k |
| DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0.30% of their portfolio | 754.0k $13.4m | New |
| Tetragon Partners GP Ltd 1.99% of their portfolio | 615.0k $10.9m | Added +450.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 544.9k $9.7m | Added +124.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 526.3k $9.4m | Added +81.4k |
| Ikarian Capital, LLC 3.42% of their portfolio | 518.5k $9.2m | New |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.02% of their portfolio | 437.9k $7.8m | Added +195.4k |
| Ghost Tree Capital, LLC 3.44% of their portfolio | 400.0k $7.1m | Added +250.0k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.01% of their portfolio | 399.2k $7.1m | New |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 398.6k $7.1m | Added +203.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 355.7k $6.3m | Added +99.2k |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 330.8k $5.9m | Reduced -25.0k |
| Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC 1.37% of their portfolio | 260.0k $4.6m | Unchanged |
| Soleus Capital Management, L.P. 0.45% of their portfolio | 250.0k $4.4m | New |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 246.0k $4.4m | Added +237.4k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 244.2k $4.3m | New |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 211.3k $3.8m | Added +18.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 188.4k $3.3m | Added +35.7k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.00% of their portfolio | 150.0k $2.7m | Unchanged |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 143.3k $2.5m | Added +18.8k |
| Nantahala Capital Management, LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 135.5k $2.4m | New |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 125.9k $2.2m | Added +69.9k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 111.8k $2.0m | New |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 106.9k $1.9m | Reduced -7.6k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 105.7k $1.9m | Added +85.0k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 105.6k $1.9m | Added +36.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 100.1k $1.8m | Added +23.1k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 99.3k $1.8m | New |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.8k $1.3m | Added +23.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 71.5k $1.3m | Reduced -179 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.6k $1.1m | New |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.1k $1.1m | Added +30.8k |
| OCONNOR, A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS (LLC) 0.02% of their portfolio | 55.3k $982.0k | Reduced -48.0k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.1k $961.3k | Added +4.6k |
| Grant/GrossMendelsohn, LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 53.6k $952.6k | Reduced -15 |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.3k $947.2k | Added +37.4k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.7k $901.0k | Added +9.1k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.0k $888.5k | New |
| CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.0k $888.5k | Unchanged |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 50.0k $888.5k | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.4k $878.4k | Added +14.5k |
| Endurant Capital Management LP 0.76% of their portfolio | 47.6k $846.7k | New |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 43.7k $776.7k | New |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.7k $723.3k | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.8k $689.7k | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.0k $639.8k | Added +544 |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.7k $544.8k | Added +13.8k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.6k $472.1k | Added +15.7k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.1k $463.4k | Added +3.6k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.3k $450.0k | Added +3.4k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.1k $428.3k | Added +4.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.1k $392.8k | Added +2.9k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.7k $386.0k | Unchanged |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.2k $377.1k | Unchanged |
| OPPENHEIMER & CO INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.0k $373.5k | New |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.8k $369.0k | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.6k $364.7k | Added +7.5k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.3k $343.7k | Added +9.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.0k $337.6k | Added +1.5k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.2k $270.4k | Added +530 |
| Callan Capital, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 15.2k $270.1k | Added +450 |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.9k $217.2k | Reduced -2.9k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.8k $226.9k | Unchanged |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.8k $209.1k | Added +418 |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.6k $206.8k | Reduced -3.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.3k $200.6k | Added +2.0k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.2k $198.4k | New |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.9k $193.0k | New |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.6k $188.4k | New |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.4k $185.3k | Reduced -793 |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.1k $179.7k | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.3k $130.1k | Reduced -2.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.3k $111.0k | Added +3.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.9k $104.2k | Reduced -131.8k |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.3k $94.3k | Added +2.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.2k $73.7k | Reduced -3.9k |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.7k $66.4k | Added +2.8k |
| AMALGAMATED BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.3k $41.0k | Added +394 |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9k $34.6k | Unchanged |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co/NY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7k $29.4k | Added +418 |
| HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5k $26.7k | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1k $19.6k | Added +279 |
| Venturi Wealth Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 861 $15.3k | New |
| China Universal Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 828 $14.7k | Added +476 |
| SALEM INVESTMENT COUNSELORS INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 300 $5.3k | New |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 180 $3.2k | Reduced -59 |
| Spire Wealth Management 0.00% of their portfolio | 146 $2.6k | Unchanged |
| QUADRANT CAPITAL GROUP LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 130 $2.3k | New |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 107 $2.0k | Unchanged |
| Lindbrook Capital, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 94 $1.7k | Unchanged |