VARONIS SYS INC VRNS
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 922280102 · ISIN US9222801022
User behaviour analytics tools UBA
- SectorTechnology
- IndustryServices-Prepackaged Software
- HeadquartersMiami, FL
- Founded2005
- Websitevaronis.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 ($2.0m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 112.6m as of 2025-01-31, 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 ≈ $44.43. Options: 11 managers hold calls ($91.9m notional), 8 hold puts ($10.4m).
Trends to Q4 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 248 |
| Q4 2022 | 256 |
| Q1 2023 | 275 |
| Q2 2023 | 255 |
| Q3 2023 | 246 |
| Q4 2023 | 297 |
| Q1 2024 | 313 |
| Q2 2024 | 325 |
| Q3 2024 | 342 |
| Q4 2024 | 356 |
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 2023 | 143 | 111 |
| Q2 2023 | 115 | 129 |
| Q3 2023 | 104 | 125 |
| Q4 2023 | 152 | 120 |
| Q1 2024 | 158 | 154 |
| Q2 2024 | 170 | 137 |
| Q3 2024 | 166 | 157 |
| Q4 2024 | 190 | 153 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | $12.0m | $13.4m | 1.11 |
| Q2 2024 | $17.7m | $8.0m | 0.46 |
| Q3 2024 | $109.0m | $34.2m | 0.31 |
| Q4 2024 | $91.9m | $10.4m | 0.11 |
Biggest buyers
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +1.4m |
| GROUPAMA ASSET MANAGMENT | New | +1.2m |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | +995.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +889.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +750.9k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +707.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +619.9k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +610.0k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Added | +541.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +533.6k |
Biggest sellers
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Reduced | -1.6m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -1.5m |
| Greenvale Capital LLP | Sold out | -1.4m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -1.0m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Reduced | -939.0k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD | Reduced | -504.5k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | Reduced | -473.5k |
| Woodline Partners LP | Sold out | -434.3k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -393.5k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc | Reduced | -346.2k |
Biggest calls
| UBS Group AG | Unchanged | $75.3m1.7m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $5.6m126.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $4.0m90.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.0m45.5k shares |
| Interval Partners, LP | New | $1.8m40.8k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.6m37.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $649.9k14.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $359.0k8.1k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $346.6k7.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $66.6k1.5k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $5.5m124.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.9m66.1k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $992.4k22.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $373.2k8.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $333.0k7.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $124.4k2.8k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $80.0k1.8k 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 |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-07-17 | 9.1% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 6.5% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.1% |
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 2024
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 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $35.7k | — |
| Q2 2023 | 2 | $220.3k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 1 | $37.1k | 1 | $1.0m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $7.2m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 1 | $11.9k | 5 | $19.3m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $15.0m | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $3.8m | $3.8m |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $7.9m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-13 | Melamed Guy CFO and COO | Sold | $4.9m91.3k shares |
| 2024-10-15 | O'Boyle James Vice Chairman - Sales | Sold | $3.0m50.0k 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 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.2m $544.1m | Added +193.2k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.7m $521.3m | Added +25.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.2m $143.8m | Added +1.4m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.8m $124.9m | Added +120.4k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.15% of their portfolio | 2.7m $121.1m | Reduced -504.5k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.23% of their portfolio | 2.6m $116.2m | Reduced -56.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.6m $116.2m | Reduced -816 |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 2.6m $114.2m | Reduced -473.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 2.5m $111.1m | Added +113.6k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 2.3m $101.7m | Added +53.0k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.3m $101.6m | Added +29.9k |
| SOMA EQUITY PARTNERS LP 5.47% of their portfolio | 2.2m $99.0m | Reduced -109.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $97.4m | Added +256.3k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC 1.39% of their portfolio | 2.1m $94.1m | Added +232.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.0m $86.8m | Added +431.3k |
| RGM Capital, LLC 3.41% of their portfolio | 1.9m $82.6m | Added +301.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.7m $74.9m | Reduced -98.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $67.7m | Added +230.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.4m $63.2m | Added +889.9k |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC 0.83% of their portfolio | 1.4m $62.1m | Reduced -6.1k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.4m $61.3m | Added +541.0k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $59.5m | Added +619.9k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.3m $58.2m | Added +278.1k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $56.6m | Added +159.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $55.8m | Reduced -1.0m |
| GROUPAMA ASSET MANAGMENT 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $1.2m | New |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2m $54.3m | Reduced -35.7k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.2m $51.9m | Added +68.2k |
| Phoenix Financial Ltd. 0.68% of their portfolio | 1.1m $49.6m | Added +288.7k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.1m $50.0m | Added +995.3k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $49.9m | Added +84.8k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 1.1m $48.2m | Reduced -264.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $45.5m | Added +707.6k |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC 0.82% of their portfolio | 1.0m $45.0m | Added +106.6k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.0m $44.6m | Reduced -346.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 999.5k $44.4m | Added +610.0k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 979.8k $43.5m | Added +522.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 971.8k $43.2m | Added +8.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 957.5k $42.5m | Added +750.9k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 928.4k $41.2m | Added +288.3k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 1.59% of their portfolio | 925.5k $41.1m | Reduced -8.1k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 825.6k $36.7m | Reduced -393.5k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.03% of their portfolio | 814.1k $36.2m | Added +54.3k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 772.4k $34.3m | Reduced -44.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 755.5k $33.6m | Reduced -1.5m |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 702.3k $31.2m | Reduced -451 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 688.3k $30.6m | Reduced -95.6k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 623.5k $27.7m | Reduced -11.6k |
| AMERICAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 1.01% of their portfolio | 611.3k $27.2m | Added +456.1k |
| BAMCO INC /NY/ 0.07% of their portfolio | 608.8k $27.0m | Reduced -184.7k |
| TREMBLANT CAPITAL GROUP 2.79% of their portfolio | 598.3k $26.6m | Added +13.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 566.1k $25.2m | Added +14.5k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 554.6k $24.6m | Reduced -6.8k |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 1.49% of their portfolio | 549.8k $24.4m | Reduced -123.9k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 538.3k $23.9m | Added +533.6k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 520.1k $23.1m | Reduced -1.6m |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 518.3k $23.0m | Reduced -81.0k |
| Harvey Partners, LLC 2.51% of their portfolio | 501.0k $22.3m | Reduced -81.0k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 492.0k $21.9m | First filing |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 491.6k $21.8m | Reduced -9.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 490.4k $21.8m | Reduced -3.2k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 469.1k $20.8m | Reduced -7.5k |
| Thematics Asset Management 0.88% of their portfolio | 452.0k $20.1m | Reduced -78.0k |
| HERALD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ltd 3.22% of their portfolio | 443.5k $19.7m | Reduced -15.0k |
| Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd 0.18% of their portfolio | 440.0k $19.5m | Unchanged |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 434.1k $19.2m | Added +83.7k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.32% of their portfolio | 415.4k $18.5m | Added +406.8k |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 0.35% of their portfolio | 406.0k $18.0m | Reduced -10.0k |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 405.3k $17.8m | Added +95.5k |
| Nationale-Nederlanden Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne S.A. 2.13% of their portfolio | 395.8k $17.6m | Added +1.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 389.6k $17.3m | Added +265.6k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 385.1k $17.1m | Added +279.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 372.8k $16.6m | Added +347.2k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 369.3k $16.4m | Added +81.3k |
| Man Group plc 0.05% of their portfolio | 352.6k $15.7m | Added +198.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 340.6k $15.1m | Reduced -103.0k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.17% of their portfolio | 331.4k $14.7m | Added +234.0k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 323.2k $14.4m | Added +71.7k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 304.2k $13.5m | Reduced -24.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 290.8k $12.9m | Added +67.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 276.7k $12.3m | Reduced -79.8k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 267.3k $11.9m | Added +12.6k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 260.4k $11.5m | Added +242.0k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.03% of their portfolio | 248.2k $11.0m | Added +3.7k |
| AXIOM INVESTORS LLC /DE 0.08% of their portfolio | 245.2k $10.9m | Reduced -51.8k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 220.7k $9.8m | Added +2.9k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 217.5k $9.7m | Added +24.9k |
| PINEBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, L.P. 0.07% of their portfolio | 214.9k $9.5m | New |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 214.0k $9.5m | Added +119.0k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.34% of their portfolio | 209.2k $9.3m | Added +95.5k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 205.7k $9.1m | Added +93.6k |
| G2 Investment Partners Management LLC 1.94% of their portfolio | 168.9k $7.5m | Added +18.1k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 168.9k $7.5m | Added +107.8k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 164.6k $7.3m | Added +3.9k |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 162.4k $7.2m | Added +7.6k |
| Kopion Asset Management, LLC 5.05% of their portfolio | 161.8k $7.2m | Reduced -3.0k |
| NICHOLAS COMPANY, INC. 0.12% of their portfolio | 161.8k $7.2m | Unchanged |
| Pier Capital, LLC 1.02% of their portfolio | 160.5k $7.1m | Added +4.0k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 154.1k $6.8m | First filing |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. 0.40% of their portfolio | 148.2k $6.6m | Reduced -5.4k |