ALKERMES PLC ALKS
SHS · Common Stock · CUSIP G01767105
- SectorHealth care
- IndustryPharmaceutical Preparations
- 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 ($2.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 167.1m as of 2024-02-09, 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 ≈ $27.74. Options: 9 managers hold calls ($6.0m notional), 9 hold puts ($6.1m).
Trends to Q4 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 275 |
| Q4 2022 | 279 |
| Q1 2023 | 270 |
| Q2 2023 | 294 |
| Q3 2023 | 309 |
| Q4 2023 | 302 |
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 | 142 | 120 |
| Q1 2023 | 127 | 131 |
| Q2 2023 | 156 | 122 |
| Q3 2023 | 194 | 113 |
| Q4 2023 | 167 | 144 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $44.7m | $5.5m | 0.12 |
| Q2 2023 | $25.1m | $6.0m | 0.24 |
| Q3 2023 | $26.3m | $8.7m | 0.33 |
| Q4 2023 | $6.0m | $6.1m | 1.01 |
Biggest buyers
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +12.9m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +3.5m |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +3.3m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +3.0m |
| RTW INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +3.0m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +2.3m |
| Man Group plc | New | +926.2k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Added | +864.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +827.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +771.1k |
Biggest sellers
| Sarissa Capital Management LP | Sold out | -7.0m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Sold out | -1.8m |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc | Sold out | -1.4m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| PFM Health Sciences, LP | Sold out | -1.2m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Reduced | -831.7k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -760.5k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | -739.5k |
| ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC | Reduced | -696.8k |
| Sofinnova Investments, Inc. | Sold out | -537.5k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $2.3m83.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.1m37.6k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $832.2k30.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $674.1k24.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $460.5k16.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $321.8k11.6k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | New | $224.7k8.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $157.0k46.7k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.4m50.2k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $1.3m48.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.3m45.6k shares |
| Affinity Asset Advisors, LLC | New | $749.0k27.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $729.6k26.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $211.4k7.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $210.8k7.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $196.0k27.3k 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 2025-04-28 | 15.8% |
| BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-02-17 | 6.1% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 5.8% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 5.2% |
| STATE STREET CORP 13G · institution +0.3 pts · filed 2025-11-10 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ (2.8%, 2026-05-15), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO 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 | 1 | $10.0k | 1 | $354.7k | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $15.7m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | $815.9k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $2.2m | $2.2m |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q4 2023.
Holders, Q4 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 30.0m $832.8m | Added +12.9m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.0m $581.3m | Added +2.3m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 15.2m $422.8m | Added +3.5m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 9.4m $259.5m | Added +3.3m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 6.0m $167.8m | Reduced -66.7k |
| Hardman Johnston Global Advisors LLC 4.88% of their portfolio | 5.5m $151.9m | Reduced -131.8k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.16% of their portfolio | 5.3m $147.1m | Reduced -179.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.0m $139.7m | Added +3.0m |
| Deep Track Capital, LP 3.89% of their portfolio | 4.0m $111.0m | Added +200.0k |
| RTW INVESTMENTS, LP 1.69% of their portfolio | 3.9m $108.2m | Added +3.0m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.6m $100.9m | Added +162.4k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.6m $98.9m | Reduced -316.6k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.3m $91.2m | Added +525.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.4m $66.7m | Added +90.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.1m $59.6m | Reduced -15.1k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.09% of their portfolio | 2.1m $57.3m | Added +188.3k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $55.5m | Added +344.1k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.0m $54.5m | Added +24.1k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $51.1m | Added +154.9k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.7m $45.8m | Added +163.3k |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.26% of their portfolio | 1.6m $45.1m | Reduced -43.8k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $44.3m | Added +75.1k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.41% of their portfolio | 1.5m $41.2m | Added +194.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $38.9m | Reduced -523.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $38.5m | Added +771.1k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.3m $34.8m | Reduced -205.2k |
| ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC 0.88% of their portfolio | 1.2m $33.3m | Reduced -696.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $33.0m | Added +827.2k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.35% of their portfolio | 1.2m $32.5m | Unchanged |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.59% of their portfolio | 1.1m $30.5m | Added +109.1k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.1m $30.1m | Reduced -477.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $29.2m | Reduced -257.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $29.1m | Added +172.2k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 965.2k $26.8m | Reduced -2.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 939.5k $26.1m | Added +864.4k |
| Man Group plc 0.07% of their portfolio | 926.2k $25.7m | New |
| Krensavage Asset Management, LLC 9.04% of their portfolio | 918.0k $25.5m | Added +12.0k |
| GREAT POINT PARTNERS LLC 4.14% of their portfolio | 875.0k $24.3m | Unchanged |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 850.0k $23.6m | Added +457.1k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 782.7k $21.7m | Reduced -5.4k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.03% of their portfolio | 772.2k $21.4m | Added +86.3k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 660.7k $18.3m | Added +287.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 655.7k $18.2m | Added +435.1k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 639.2k $17.7m | Added +26.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 638.4k $17.7m | Reduced -326.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 611.4k $17.0m | Added +306.0k |
| Palo Alto Investors LP 1.51% of their portfolio | 603.4k $16.7m | Unchanged |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 595.6k $16.5m | Reduced -272.3k |
| AXA S.A. 0.03% of their portfolio | 586.5k $16.3m | Added +286.1k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 495.5k $13.7m | Reduced -15.8k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 485.9k $13.5m | Added +247.8k |
| GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA 0.07% of their portfolio | 482.3k $13.4m | Reduced -9.6k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.09% of their portfolio | 452.2k $12.5m | Reduced -206.1k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 451.3k $12.5m | Added +38.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 428.7k $11.9m | Reduced -760.5k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 428.3k $11.9m | Added +199.9k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.02% of their portfolio | 393.9k $10.9m | Reduced -8.8k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 384.9k $10.7m | Added +17.7k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 377.5k $10.5m | Added +169.4k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.02% of their portfolio | 357.3k $9.9m | Added +109.0k |
| Affinity Asset Advisors, LLC 1.97% of their portfolio | 356.4k $9.9m | Added +256.4k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 354.2k $9.8m | Reduced -232.4k |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 347.2k $9.6m | Added +38.6k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.07% of their portfolio | 346.3k $9.6m | New |
| Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB 0.94% of their portfolio | 340.0k $9.4m | Reduced -30.0k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 339.9k $9.4m | Added +61.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 327.1k $9.1m | Added +299.6k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 323.4k $9.0m | New |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 320.7k $8.9m | Added +33.7k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 0.01% of their portfolio | 320.5k $8.9m | Added +30.5k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 311.8k $8.6m | Reduced -16.9k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.01% of their portfolio | 300.0k $8.3m | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 271.8k $7.5m | Added +137.7k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 270.5k $7.5m | Reduced -604 |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 268.8k $7.5m | Added +57.1k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 262.7k $7.3m | Reduced -294.3k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 259.2k $7.2m | Added +58.4k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 257.0k $7.1m | Added +232.0k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 255.1k $7.1m | First filing |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 254.7k $7.1m | Added +62.0k |
| Integral Health Asset Management, LLC 1.00% of their portfolio | 249.0k $6.9m | Reduced -26.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 244.0k $6.8m | Reduced -190.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 236.4k $6.6m | Reduced -1.2m |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 216.6k $6.0m | Reduced -836 |
| SECTOR GAMMA AS 1.35% of their portfolio | 200.0k $5.5m | New |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 189.9k $5.3m | Added +7.4k |
| BURNEY CO/ 0.21% of their portfolio | 176.5k $4.9m | Reduced -867 |
| TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY 0.05% of their portfolio | 175.4k $4.9m | Added +45.4k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.02% of their portfolio | 175.2k $4.9m | Added +147.0k |
| S&CO INC 0.37% of their portfolio | 173.1k $4.8m | Added +20.1k |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. 0.39% of their portfolio | 170.3k $4.7m | Reduced -300 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 168.7k $4.7m | Reduced -165 |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 163.5k $4.5m | Reduced -831.7k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 161.4k $4.5m | Added +24.1k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 155.0k $4.3m | Added +11.7k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 151.3k $4.2m | Reduced -117.3k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 144.7k $4.0m | Reduced -13.5k |
| TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 144.1k $4.0m | New |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 141.4k $3.9m | New |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 132.3k $3.7m | Added +10.0k |