VERICEL CORP VCEL
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 92346J108
American biopharmaceutical company
* 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 ($3.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 47.6m as of 2023-07-27, 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 ≈ $37.56. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($6.3m notional), 5 hold puts ($1.2m).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 181 |
| Q4 2022 | 178 |
| Q1 2023 | 202 |
| Q2 2023 | 203 |
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 | 74 | 95 |
| Q1 2023 | 109 | 77 |
| Q2 2023 | 103 | 102 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $572.0k | $2.0k | 0.00 |
| Q4 2022 | $2.7m | $86.9k | 0.03 |
| Q1 2023 | $2.5m | $377.3k | 0.15 |
| Q2 2023 | $6.3m | $1.2m | 0.19 |
Biggest buyers
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +407.6k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Added | +271.7k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | Added | +247.3k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +201.2k |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +169.3k |
| CASTLEARK MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +129.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +98.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +90.4k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO | Added | +65.0k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD | Added | +64.7k |
Biggest sellers
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -433.9k |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -399.4k |
| Soleus Capital Management, L.P. | Reduced | -259.4k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC | Reduced | -250.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -244.0k |
| SG Capital Management LLC | Sold out | -199.3k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -187.9k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | Reduced | -145.6k |
| BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -121.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -118.1k |
Biggest calls
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | New | $3.9m105.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $1.0m27.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Unchanged | $961.8k25.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $217.9k5.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $105.0k2.8k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | New | $886.7k23.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $202.9k5.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $56.4k1.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $37.6k1.0k 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 2025-04-30 | 15.1% |
| STATE STREET CORP 13G · institution new · filed 2025-11-10 | 5.6% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Soleus Capital Master Fund, L.P. (2.8%, 2026-08-13), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.6m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $693.5k | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $27.8k | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $8.4k | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.1m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $108.0k | $108.0k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-22 | ZERBE ROBERT L MD Director | Sold plan | $108.0k3.0k 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, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.6m $286.8m | Added +201.2k |
| BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 3.69% of their portfolio | 6.9m $260.0m | Reduced -121.4k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.3m $125.1m | Reduced -16.5k |
| RTW INVESTMENTS, LP 2.35% of their portfolio | 3.3m $123.7m | Unchanged |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5m $93.4m | Reduced -244.0k |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC 1.39% of their portfolio | 2.3m $87.8m | Reduced -41.8k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.7m $63.6m | Reduced -21.8k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 1.3m $50.7m | Reduced -69.9k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2m $45.6m | Reduced -11.2k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.2m $45.4m | Added +64.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $39.9m | Reduced -28.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.0m $38.6m | Reduced -145.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 943.6k $35.4m | Added +43.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 721.7k $27.1m | Added +15.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 682.7k $25.6m | Added +26.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 664.2k $25.0m | Added +98.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 663.4k $24.9m | Added +90.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 549.4k $20.6m | Added +3.3k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 536.3k $20.1m | Added +5.9k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.07% of their portfolio | 500.9k $18.8m | Reduced -433.9k |
| Kopp Family Office, LLC 9.59% of their portfolio | 475.4k $17.9m | Reduced -89.9k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 434.2k $16.3m | Reduced -20.6k |
| Summit Creek Advisors LLC 2.04% of their portfolio | 433.9k $16.3m | Added +403 |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 413.5k $15.5m | Reduced -26.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 409.6k $15.4m | Reduced -399.4k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 408.7k $15.4m | Added +407.6k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 398.7k $15.0m | Added +247.3k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 397.4k $14.9m | Added +271.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 384.4k $14.4m | Added +6.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 379.3k $14.3m | Reduced -9.8k |
| SCOUT INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.25% of their portfolio | 326.9k $12.4m | Reduced -9.8k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.03% of their portfolio | 297.7k $11.2m | Reduced -3.3k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 277.1k $10.4m | Reduced -14.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 265.2k $10.0m | Reduced -11.6k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 264.1k $9.9m | Added +26.5k |
| Kent Lake Capital LLC 3.71% of their portfolio | 215.0k $8.1m | Unchanged |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 186.4k $7.0m | Added +6.5k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 181.3k $6.8m | Added +6.9k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 175.6k $6.6m | Added +10.5k |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC 0.90% of their portfolio | 172.8k $6.5m | Added +29.3k |
| MUTUAL OF AMERICA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 170.4k $6.4m | Reduced -6.3k |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.50% of their portfolio | 169.3k $6.4m | New |
| First Washington CORP 2.55% of their portfolio | 154.6k $5.8m | Unchanged |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 144.5k $5.4m | Added +360 |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.3k $5.0m | Added +18.8k |
| CASTLEARK MANAGEMENT LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 129.9k $4.9m | New |
| Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC 0.38% of their portfolio | 113.1k $4.2m | Added +262 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 110.3k $4.1m | Reduced -2.1k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 103.0k $3.9m | Added +53.8k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 102.0k $3.8m | Added +65.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 98.1k $3.7m | Added +6.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.6k $3.6m | Added +6.6k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 93.5k $3.5m | Added +38.6k |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 93.4k $3.5m | Reduced -15.5k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.02% of their portfolio | 84.4k $3.2m | Added +1.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.9k $3.1m | Added +1.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 79.4k $3.0m | Added +6.4k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 79.4k $3.0m | Added +51.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 78.6k $3.0m | Added +39.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 77.2k $2.9m | Reduced -118.1k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.3k $2.6m | Added +15.2k |
| Soleus Capital Management, L.P. 0.28% of their portfolio | 67.0k $2.5m | Reduced -259.4k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.9k $2.2m | Reduced -49.5k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.8k $2.2m | Reduced -25.3k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.3k $2.2m | Reduced -9.6k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 57.0k $2.1m | Reduced -250.0k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 56.1k $2.1m | Reduced -1.6k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.5k $2.1m | Added +624 |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 54.8k $2.1m | Reduced -7.8k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.9k $2.0m | Reduced -124 |
| COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLS RETRMT SYS 0.02% of their portfolio | 53.8k $2.0m | Added +3.8k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.2k $1.9m | Reduced -400 |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.1k $1.8m | Reduced -55.9k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.6k $1.7m | Reduced -24.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.1k $1.7m | Added +1.4k |
| TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 41.9k $1.6m | Reduced -470 |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 41.0k $1.5m | Added +33.9k |
| Linden Thomas Advisory Services, LLC 0.34% of their portfolio | 40.6k $1.5m | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.7k $1.5m | Added +11.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.7k $1.5m | Added +8.9k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.7k $1.4m | Added +7.7k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.5k $1.4m | Reduced -1.8k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 35.0k $1.3m | Added +3.8k |
| PERKINS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 1.08% of their portfolio | 32.9k $1.2m | Reduced -1.0k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.01% of their portfolio | 31.3k $1.2m | Reduced -1.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.8k $1.2m | Reduced -27.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.8k $901.8k | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.2k $1.1m | Reduced -12.0k |
| Man Group plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.9k $1.1m | New |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.7k $1.1m | Added +735 |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 28.2k $1.1m | New |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 27.8k $1.0m | Added +19.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.5k $1.0m | Reduced -187.9k |
| Orion Porfolio Solutions, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 27.3k $1.0m | Reduced -2.2k |
| Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 27.3k $1.0m | Reduced -2.2k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.0k $1.0m | New |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.8k $1.0m | Added +26.8k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.2k $984.6k | Added +656 |
| MAIRS & POWER INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.9k $973.6k | Reduced -50 |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.6k $960.6k | Reduced -196 |