ASTRAZENECA PLC AZN
ORD · Common Stock · CUSIP G0593M107
British-Swedish pharmaceutical company
- SectorHealth care
- IndustryPharmaceutical Preparations
- HeadquartersCambridge, Sweden
- Founded1913
- Websiteastrazeneca.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 ($182.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $188.06. Options: 25 managers hold calls ($704.1m notional), 25 hold puts ($1.2bn).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 3 |
| Q4 2022 | 4 |
| Q1 2023 | 5 |
| Q2 2023 | 4 |
| Q3 2023 | 2 |
| Q4 2023 | 3 |
| Q1 2024 | 4 |
| Q2 2024 | 4 |
| Q3 2024 | 4 |
| Q4 2024 | 3 |
| Q1 2025 | 4 |
| Q2 2025 | 5 |
| Q3 2025 | 7 |
| Q4 2025 | 54 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,329 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,473 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | 2 |
| Q2 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| Q3 2025 | 6 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 50 | 3 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,271 | 28 |
| Q2 2026 | 776 | 583 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $0 | $0 | — |
| Q4 2025 | $36.8k | $0 | 0.00 |
| Q1 2026 | $847.0m | $1.4bn | 1.71 |
| Q2 2026 | $704.1m | $1.2bn | 1.72 |
Biggest buyers
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +4.8m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | New | +2.9m |
| CAUSEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.9m |
| Capital World Investors | Added | +1.8m |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | +1.8m |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP | New | +1.6m |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec | New | +1.5m |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | +1.3m |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc | New | +1.2m |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | +1.2m |
Biggest sellers
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -2.9m |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Reduced | -1.7m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -1.4m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | Sold out | -1.1m |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -934.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -899.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -863.4k |
| ABN AMRO Bank N.V. | Reduced | -852.8k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $176.1m928.5k shares |
| SIH Partners, LLLP | Added | $104.1m549.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $97.3m513.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $90.5m477.2k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | $37.9m200.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $36.3m191.3k shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Reduced | $25.5m134.7k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $24.6m129.8k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Unchanged | $21.2m111.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $16.9m89.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $564.0m40.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $162.9m859.2k shares |
| SIH Partners, LLLP | Added | $97.5m514.3k shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Reduced | $74.2m391.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $40.4m212.9k shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Reduced | $38.2m2.0k shares |
| DRW Securities, LLC | Reduced | $36.5m192.5k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | Reduced | $29.0m155.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $28.6m150.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $28.2m148.6k 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 2025-04-23 | 7.6% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 5.0% |
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
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 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $2.2m | — |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | $3.2k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-08 | Sharma Mani Officer | Bought | $3.2k20 shares |
| 2026-05-20 | Sharma Mani Officer | Sold | $2.2m11.9k 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 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| INVESTOR AB 67.92% of their portfolio | 51.6m $9.8bn | Unchanged |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 45.4m $8.5bn | Added +346.0k |
| Capital International Investors 1.34% of their portfolio | 34.6m $6.5bn | Added +183.1k |
| NORGES BANK 0.63% of their portfolio | 33.9m $6.3bn | Not comparable |
| Capital World Investors 0.66% of their portfolio | 30.1m $5.6bn | Added +1.8m |
| FMR LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 28.9m $5.4bn | Reduced -706.5k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.92% of their portfolio | 28.5m $5.4bn | Added +4.8m |
| Legal & General Group Plc 1.00% of their portfolio | 25.8m $4.8bn | Reduced -99.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.21% of their portfolio | 19.2m $3.7bn | Added +613.9k |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 2.36% of their portfolio | 18.7m $3.5bn | Added +177.6k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 2.03% of their portfolio | 18.1m $3.4bn | Reduced -118.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.22% of their portfolio | 17.7m $3.4bn | Reduced -1.4m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.32% of their portfolio | 16.6m $3.2bn | Reduced -2.9m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.67% of their portfolio | 16.5m $3.1bn | Reduced -1.3m |
| Amundi 0.75% of their portfolio | 16.4m $3.1bn | Added +1.0m |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.55% of their portfolio | 13.3m $2.5bn | Added +95.9k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.70% of their portfolio | 12.6m $2.4bn | Added +510.9k |
| Jupiter Topco LLC 0.91% of their portfolio | 11.9m $2.2bn | First filing |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 1.72% of their portfolio | 11.7m $2.2bn | Reduced -1.2m |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.63% of their portfolio | 11.1m $2.1bn | Added +300.6k |
| AVIVA PLC 3.00% of their portfolio | 10.9m $2.0bn | Reduced -188.0k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.33% of their portfolio | 10.4m $2.0bn | Added +41.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.15% of their portfolio | 10.2m $1.9bn | Added +73.3k |
| ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 3.55% of their portfolio | 10.2m $1.9bn | Reduced -138.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.19% of their portfolio | 9.7m $1.8bn | Reduced -863.4k |
| CAUSEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 18.97% of their portfolio | 9.4m $1.8bn | Added +1.9m |
| Rathbones Group PLC 5.50% of their portfolio | 8.0m $1.5bn | Reduced -79.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.08% of their portfolio | 7.9m $1.5bn | Added +890.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 1.41% of their portfolio | 7.5m $1.4bn | Reduced -88.2k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 7.2m $1.3bn | Added +403.6k |
| Sanders Capital, LLC 1.33% of their portfolio | 7.0m $1.3bn | Reduced -78.8k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 1.36% of their portfolio | 6.8m $1.3bn | Added +300.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.21% of their portfolio | 6.8m $1.3bn | Added +86.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 6.6m $1.3bn | Added +1.1m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.23% of their portfolio | 6.1m $1.2bn | Added +348.3k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.58% of their portfolio | 5.9m $1.1bn | Reduced -240.4k |
| SEB Asset Management AB 4.06% of their portfolio | 5.7m $1.1bn | Reduced -217.8k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.44% of their portfolio | 5.3m $1.0bn | Added +654.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.16% of their portfolio | 5.3m $1.0bn | Reduced -683.9k |
| CAISSE DES DEPOTS ET CONSIGNATIONS 15.94% of their portfolio | 5.0m $942.1m | Added +151.6k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.79% of their portfolio | 5.0m $952.2m | Reduced -139.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.43% of their portfolio | 4.9m $916.2m | Added +1.2m |
| FIL Ltd 0.60% of their portfolio | 4.5m $840.3m | Reduced -162.2k |
| M&G PLC 4.17% of their portfolio | 4.5m $838.2m | Added +278.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.28% of their portfolio | 4.3m $857.0m | Reduced -934.1k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.11% of their portfolio | 4.2m $787.3m | Reduced -413.6k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 1.24% of their portfolio | 3.8m $732.0m | Unchanged |
| CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. 0.84% of their portfolio | 3.8m $680.8m | Reduced -822.9k |
| CREDIT AGRICOLE S A 1.78% of their portfolio | 3.7m $700.5m | Added +716.6k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.54% of their portfolio | 3.7m $686.9m | Reduced -171.2k |
| Boston Partners 0.53% of their portfolio | 3.2m $597.4m | Added +1.1m |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.53% of their portfolio | 2.9m $550.2m | Reduced -544.4k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 2.9m $551.0m | New |
| THORNBURG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 5.17% of their portfolio | 2.9m $540.6m | Added +32.8k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 2.7m $519.9m | Added +111.6k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.33% of their portfolio | 2.7m $512.1m | Added +1.8m |
| Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB (publ) 2.12% of their portfolio | 2.5m $473.7m | Added +84.8k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 1.05% of their portfolio | 2.4m $460.7m | Reduced -233.5k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 2.4m $456.9m | Added +672.7k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.16% of their portfolio | 2.4m $441.2m | Added +433.5k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.66% of their portfolio | 2.3m $438.1m | Added +115.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.3m $437.3m | Reduced -21.2k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.10% of their portfolio | 2.3m $431.7m | Added +10.5k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 2.3m $426.6m | Reduced -67.8k |
| Swedbank AB 0.37% of their portfolio | 2.2m $425.1m | Reduced -226.7k |
| Evelyn Partners Group Ltd 8.69% of their portfolio | 2.2m $508.3m | First filing |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $411.4m | Reduced -62.6k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.34% of their portfolio | 2.0m $382.3m | Added +30.6k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.98% of their portfolio | 2.0m $373.1m | Reduced -92.7k |
| LGT Group Foundation 4.19% of their portfolio | 2.0m $370.3m | Added +90.2k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.42% of their portfolio | 2.0m $375.2m | Added +666.0k |
| Capital International, Inc./CA/ 2.56% of their portfolio | 1.9m $365.0m | Reduced -60.8k |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich 0.95% of their portfolio | 1.9m $367.4m | Added +82.9k |
| Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd 5.33% of their portfolio | 1.9m $361.4m | Reduced -116.7k |
| AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc 3.80% of their portfolio | 1.9m $356.5m | Not comparable |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.67% of their portfolio | 1.9m $351.6m | Reduced -114.0k |
| JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.7m $314.8m | Added +666.5k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.26% of their portfolio | 1.6m $303.7m | Reduced -344.4k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.6m $302.7m | Added +51.8k |
| ABN AMRO Bank N.V. 3.84% of their portfolio | 1.6m $297.4m | Reduced -852.8k |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP 4.36% of their portfolio | 1.6m $297.0m | New |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.45% of their portfolio | 1.5m $285.2m | Added +4.5k |
| Ninety One UK Ltd 0.64% of their portfolio | 1.5m $284.1m | Reduced -529.0k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.85% of their portfolio | 1.5m $283.2m | Reduced -427.4k |
| Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. 9.72% of their portfolio | 1.5m $273.8m | Added +305.9k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.5m $273.9m | New |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.3m $252.7m | Added +685.8k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.3m $80.5m | Reduced -116.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.3m $250.4m | Reduced -486.7k |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.45% of their portfolio | 1.3m $248.8m | New |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP 2.13% of their portfolio | 1.3m $239.2m | Reduced -165.3k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.67% of their portfolio | 1.2m $236.6m | New |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.44% of their portfolio | 1.2m $232.4m | Reduced -103.1k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 1.2m $233.0m | Reduced -636.3k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.28% of their portfolio | 1.2m $230.5m | Added +574.3k |
| MUFG Securities EMEA plc 2.33% of their portfolio | 1.2m $221.7m | Added +322.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.1m $207.6m | Added +1.1m |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.59% of their portfolio | 1.1m $201.0m | Added +113.6k |
| CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL SARL 2.65% of their portfolio | 996.6k $186.8m | Added +81.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 970.0k $183.9m | Reduced -899.8k |