VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY INC VIR
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 92764N102 · ISIN US92764N1028
* 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 ($1.0m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 134.0m as of 2023-05-01, 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 ≈ $23.28. Options: 10 managers hold calls ($11.0m notional), 11 hold puts ($7.0m).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 221 |
| Q4 2022 | 225 |
| Q1 2023 | 234 |
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 | 109 | 98 |
| Q1 2023 | 118 | 100 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $5.6m | $5.2m | 0.92 |
| Q4 2022 | $5.7m | $3.2m | 0.55 |
| Q1 2023 | $11.0m | $7.0m | 0.63 |
Biggest buyers
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | +1.7m |
| Avidity Partners Management LP | Added | +790.2k |
| Sofinnova Investments, Inc. | New | +657.6k |
| BRAIDWELL LP | New | +604.0k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | +402.9k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Added | +395.0k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD | New | +393.7k |
| Man Group plc | New | +329.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +309.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +303.6k |
Biggest sellers
| SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD | Reduced | -1.9m |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | Reduced | -1.1m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -579.0k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | -225.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -221.3k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | Sold out | -212.0k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -185.8k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -181.1k |
| CLARK ESTATES INC/NY | Sold out | -180.0k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -167.6k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $4.1m176.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $1.2m50.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.1m49.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $1.1m48.9k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | New | $1.0m45.0k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $805.1k34.6k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | New | $768.0k33.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $756.3k32.5k shares |
| Belvedere Trading LLC | New | $100.1k4.3k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $2.5m108.3k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | New | $1.9m79.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $649.2k27.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $474.7k20.4k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $460.7k19.8k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $444.5k19.1k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $349.1k15.0k shares |
| Belvedere Trading LLC | New | $116.3k5.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $104.0k4.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $7.0k300 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 +1.6 pts · filed 2026-10-27 | 12.4% |
| ARCH Venture Fund IX, L.P. 13D · may seek influence filed 2026-03-03 | 8.5% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution +1.1 pts · filed 2026-07-31 | 6.8% |
| SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD 13G · exempt (held before listing) -2.9 pts · filed 2026-05-15 | 6.5% |
| STATE STREET CORP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-07 | 5.9% |
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 Q1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 1 | $500 | 5 | $5.0m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 7 | $2.7m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.4m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.8m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.3m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 1 | $246.3k | 7 | $4.5m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-30 | HANLY ANN M. Chief Technology Officer | Sold | $59.8k2.6k shares |
| 2023-03-08 | SATO VICKI L Director | Sold | $405.2k17.9k shares |
| 2023-03-03 | Friedl-Naderer Johanna EVP & Chief Operating Officer | Sold | $33.8k1.5k shares |
| 2023-03-01 | Sigal Charles Elliott Director · By Sigal Family Investments, LLC | Bought | $56.8k2.5k shares |
| 2023-02-27 | Pang Phillip Chief Medical Officer | Sold | $238.1k10.3k shares |
| 2023-02-24 | SCANGOS GEORGE A President and CEO, director | Sold | $352.7k15.1k shares |
| 2023-02-23 | SCANGOS GEORGE A President and CEO, director | Sold | $328.0k12.6k shares |
| 2023-02-23 | Pang Phillip Chief Medical Officer | Sold | $74.7k2.9k shares |
| 2023-02-23 | HANLY ANN M. Chief Technology Officer | Sold | $59.8k2.3k shares |
| 2023-02-23 | Horn Howard CFO | Sold | $58.4k2.2k shares |
| 2023-02-23 | Rice Steven J. Chief Administrative Officer | Sold | $46.6k1.8k shares |
| 2023-02-21 | SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD +2 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $2.1m74.5k shares |
| 2023-02-21 | SCANGOS GEORGE A President and CEO, director | Sold | $505.4k17.9k shares |
| 2023-02-17 | SCANGOS GEORGE A President and CEO, director | Sold | $250.2k9.9k shares |
| 2023-02-17 | Pang Phillip Chief Medical Officer | Sold | $70.9k2.8k shares |
| 2023-02-17 | Horn Howard CFO | Sold | $61.3k2.4k shares |
| 2023-02-17 | Rice Steven J. Chief Administrative Officer | Sold | $50.1k2.0k shares |
| 2023-02-15 | SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD +2 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $1.0m39.0k shares |
| 2023-02-14 | SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD +2 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $1.0m38.9k shares |
| 2023-02-13 | SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD +2 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $2.1m79.0k shares |
| 2023-02-10 | SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD +2 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $2.5m97.2k shares |
| 2023-02-09 | SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD +2 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $3.6m137.1k shares |
| 2023-02-08 | SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD +2 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $2.3m81.9k shares |
| 2023-02-08 | SATO VICKI L Director | Sold | $508.3k17.9k shares |
| 2023-02-07 | SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD +2 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $1.9m63.5k shares |
| 2023-02-06 | SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD +2 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $1.4m45.2k shares |
| 2023-02-03 | SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD +2 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $2.1m68.8k shares |
| 2023-02-02 | SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD +2 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $2.6m86.8k shares |
| 2023-02-01 | SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD +2 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $1.8m61.8k shares |
| 2023-01-31 | SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD +2 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $2.2m73.9k shares |
The latest 30 of 49 trades.
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, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD 3.50% of their portfolio | 18.3m $426.3m | Reduced -1.9m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 14.0m $324.7m | Reduced -181.1k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.3m $238.9m | Added +173.0k |
| Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd 0.80% of their portfolio | 5.8m $135.3m | Added +104.5k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.4m $125.3m | Reduced -92.3k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.08% of their portfolio | 4.0m $92.8m | Added +1.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.7m $64.0m | Added +395.0k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.7m $39.2m | New |
| Avidity Partners Management LP 1.27% of their portfolio | 1.6m $38.2m | Added +790.2k |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 32.04% of their portfolio | 1.6m $36.3m | Unchanged |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $35.5m | Added +59.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $31.7m | Added +309.6k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $27.0m | Added +102.1k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 866.4k $20.2m | Added +87.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 823.2k $19.2m | Reduced -13.2k |
| Sofinnova Investments, Inc. 1.04% of their portfolio | 657.6k $15.3m | New |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 637.0k $14.8m | Reduced -91.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 610.2k $14.2m | Reduced -124.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 609.7k $14.2m | Added +99.9k |
| BRAIDWELL LP 0.46% of their portfolio | 604.0k $14.1m | New |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 598.9k $13.9m | Reduced -579.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 495.3k $11.5m | Reduced -918 |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 478.6k $11.1m | Reduced -10.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 402.9k $9.4m | New |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 395.8k $9.2m | Reduced -221.3k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.13% of their portfolio | 393.7k $9.2m | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 386.9k $9.0m | Added +1.3k |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.06% of their portfolio | 351.5k $8.2m | Reduced -92.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 344.3k $1.1m | Added +294.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 337.7k $7.9m | Added +29.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 331.8k $7.7m | Added +303.6k |
| Man Group plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 329.0k $7.7m | New |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 307.9k $7.2m | Reduced -185.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 303.5k $7.1m | Reduced -3.4k |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 300.8k $7.0m | Reduced -7.6k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 299.1k $7.0m | Added +106.4k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 265.6k $6.2m | Added +195.1k |
| Capital International Investors 0.00% of their portfolio | 258.4k $6.0m | Unchanged |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 241.6k $5.6m | Reduced -20.9k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 240.8k $5.6m | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 235.4k $5.5m | Added +14.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 232.5k $5.4m | Added +36.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 222.2k $5.2m | Reduced -137 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 219.1k $5.1m | Reduced -39.2k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 195.6k $4.6m | Added +55.2k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.01% of their portfolio | 177.7k $4.1m | Added +63.5k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 176.2k $4.1m | Added +67.1k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 169.0k $3.9m | Added +43.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 162.7k $3.8m | Added +130.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 158.1k $3.7m | Reduced -18.1k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.01% of their portfolio | 149.3k $3.4m | Reduced -4.8k |
| SECTOR GAMMA AS 0.82% of their portfolio | 145.5k $3.4m | Added +55.7k |
| PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 142.2k $3.3m | New |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.01% of their portfolio | 135.1k $3.1m | Added +49.5k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.02% of their portfolio | 133.4k $3.1m | Reduced -4.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 126.4k $2.9m | Reduced -23.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 122.1k $2.8m | Reduced -167.6k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 118.3k $2.8m | Added +111.7k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 118.0k $2.7m | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.2k $2.7m | Reduced -28.9k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.05% of their portfolio | 111.9k $2.6m | Reduced -225.0k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 108.5k $2.5m | New |
| STRS OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 105.9k $2.5m | Added +71.6k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 100.5k $2.3m | Added +60.2k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 97.4k $2.3m | Added +21.7k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.3k $2.1m | Reduced -1.1k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.2k $2.1m | Added +17.5k |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 88.7k $2.1m | Added +52 |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.2k $2.1m | Added +4.5k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 88.0k $2.0m | Reduced -2.2k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 85.5k $2.0m | Unchanged |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 83.6k $1.9m | Reduced -114.4k |
| COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLS RETRMT SYS 0.02% of their portfolio | 80.3k $1.9m | Reduced -866 |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 75.2k $1.8m | Reduced -2.6k |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.3k $1.7m | Reduced -3.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.1k $1.6m | Added +63.8k |
| WINTON GROUP Ltd 0.10% of their portfolio | 70.0k $1.6m | Added +17.2k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.8k $1.6m | Reduced -9.4k |
| TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 68.0k $1.6m | Added +17.0k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.6k $1.6m | Reduced -5.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.3k $1.6m | Added +22.3k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.0k $1.6m | Reduced -39.9k |
| Leonteq Securities AG 0.14% of their portfolio | 63.9k $1.5m | Added +62.4k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 62.4k $1.5m | Added +43.6k |
| DCF Advisers, LLC 1.06% of their portfolio | 62.0k $1.4m | Added +38.0k |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 60.5k $1.4m | New |
| PROFUND ADVISORS LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 59.1k $1.4m | Added +45.9k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.5k $1.3m | Added +11.8k |
| Clarius Group, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 57.2k $1.3m | Unchanged |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 52.4k $1.2m | Added +34.6k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.01% of their portfolio | 52.0k $1.2m | Reduced -875 |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 51.3k $1.2m | Reduced -5.6k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.4k $1.2m | Added +10.4k |
| DUALITY ADVISERS, LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 49.0k $1.1m | Reduced -7.2k |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.2k $1.1m | Reduced -8.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.1k $1.0m | Unchanged |
| VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al 0.01% of their portfolio | 43.1k $1.0m | Added +18.6k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.1k $991.0k | Unchanged |
| YOUSIF CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.5k $989.9k | Reduced -9.1k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.0k $953.8k | Added +22.3k |