MERUS N V MRUS
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP N5749R100
* 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 ($127.1k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $59.17. Options: 11 managers hold calls ($41.4m notional), 8 hold puts ($15.5m).
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 101 |
| Q4 2022 | 92 |
| Q1 2023 | 105 |
| Q2 2023 | 115 |
| Q3 2023 | 114 |
| Q4 2023 | 133 |
| Q1 2024 | 158 |
| Q2 2024 | 181 |
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 | 45 | 54 |
| Q1 2023 | 55 | 30 |
| Q2 2023 | 59 | 48 |
| Q3 2023 | 60 | 45 |
| Q4 2023 | 68 | 53 |
| Q1 2024 | 85 | 62 |
| Q2 2024 | 119 | 68 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $1.3m | $3.0m | 2.26 |
| Q4 2023 | $962.5k | $3.4m | 3.54 |
| Q1 2024 | $4.8m | $9.9m | 2.06 |
| Q2 2024 | $41.4m | $15.5m | 0.37 |
Biggest buyers
| FMR LLC | Added | +4.6m |
| Paradigm Biocapital Advisors LP | New | +2.0m |
| Logos Global Management LP | New | +1.7m |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc | New | +1.3m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +853.1k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | New | +791.3k |
| NOVO HOLDINGS A/S | New | +675.0k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Added | +634.3k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Added | +594.8k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | +585.0k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -1.4m |
| Medicxi Ventures Management (Jersey) Ltd | Sold out | -1.2m |
| Commodore Capital LP | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Fairmount Funds Management LLC | Sold out | -717.3k |
| 5AM Venture Management, LLC | Sold out | -548.8k |
| Venrock Adviser, LLC | Reduced | -527.0k |
| Frazier Life Sciences Management, L.P. | Reduced | -373.4k |
| Lynx1 Capital Management LP | Reduced | -302.3k |
| Saturn V Capital Management LP | Reduced | -211.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -170.4k |
Biggest calls
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $21.9m370.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $4.7m79.7k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | New | $3.3m56.3k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $3.3m55.0k shares |
| ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC | New | $3.0m50.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $2.2m37.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $2.0m33.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $633.0k10.7k shares |
| HAP Trading, LLC | New | $302.5k55.0k shares |
| OCONNOR, A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS (LLC) | Reduced | $36.8k15.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $6.6m112.1k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Unchanged | $4.7m79.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.9m31.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.8m30.4k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | New | $248.5k4.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $207.0k3.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $5.9k100 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.
No one currently above 5% in the filings since 19 Dec 2024.
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Paradigm Biocapital Advisors LP (0.0%, 2026-02-17), GENMAB A/S (0.0%, 2025-12-30), RTW INVESTMENTS, LP (2.7%, 2025-11-14), WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP (0.6%, 2025-11-12)
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FMR LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 6.2m $368.3m | Added +4.6m |
| RTW INVESTMENTS, LP 3.82% of their portfolio | 4.2m $246.7m | Added +60.0k |
| Commodore Capital LP 12.92% of their portfolio | 3.2m $189.3m | Reduced -1.2m |
| DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. 2.71% of their portfolio | 2.7m $162.7m | Added +100.0k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.34% of their portfolio | 2.4m $141.9m | Added +150.0k |
| SAMLYN CAPITAL, LLC 2.36% of their portfolio | 2.3m $137.5m | Added +247.6k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.1m $124.6m | Added +232.9k |
| Paradigm Biocapital Advisors LP 4.57% of their portfolio | 2.0m $119.5m | New |
| Boxer Capital, LLC 5.92% of their portfolio | 1.9m $112.4m | Unchanged |
| Logos Global Management LP 5.83% of their portfolio | 1.7m $100.6m | New |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $98.4m | Added +414.3k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.6m $93.1m | Added +634.3k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.89% of their portfolio | 1.6m $91.7m | Added +323.5k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $90.3m | Added +57.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $88.9m | Reduced -1.4m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $82.0m | Added +199.9k |
| Avoro Capital Advisors LLC 1.07% of their portfolio | 1.4m $80.2m | Added +466.1k |
| BVF INC/IL 2.12% of their portfolio | 1.3m $75.7m | Added +106.8k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.44% of their portfolio | 1.3m $75.0m | New |
| Venrock Adviser, LLC 4.76% of their portfolio | 1.3m $74.7m | Reduced -527.0k |
| Lynx1 Capital Management LP 25.76% of their portfolio | 1.2m $71.4m | Reduced -302.3k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.0m $60.2m | Added +474.4k |
| Rock Springs Capital Management LP 1.79% of their portfolio | 1.0m $59.2m | Reduced -145.5k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.54% of their portfolio | 958.8k $56.7m | Added +288.0k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 958.0k $56.7m | Added +853.1k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.06% of their portfolio | 844.5k $50.0m | Added +214.8k |
| Cormorant Asset Management, LP 2.89% of their portfolio | 840.0k $49.7m | Added +125.0k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 817.8k $48.4m | Added +99.3k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 791.3k $46.8m | New |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.08% of their portfolio | 770.0k $45.6m | Added +445.0k |
| Artal Group S.A. 1.16% of their portfolio | 760.4k $45.0m | Added +305.3k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 720.7k $42.6m | Reduced -8.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 706.6k $41.8m | Added +578.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 678.0k $40.1m | Added +594.8k |
| NOVO HOLDINGS A/S 2.15% of their portfolio | 675.0k $39.9m | New |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 633.2k $37.5m | Reduced -78.9k |
| SILVERARC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 9.11% of their portfolio | 623.6k $36.9m | Added +57.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.09% of their portfolio | 585.0k $34.6m | New |
| GREAT POINT PARTNERS LLC 5.93% of their portfolio | 523.3k $31.0m | Added +300.0k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 521.3k $30.8m | Added +247.8k |
| DAFNA Capital Management LLC 5.79% of their portfolio | 409.4k $24.2m | Added +30.4k |
| Soleus Capital Management, L.P. 1.96% of their portfolio | 376.3k $22.3m | Added +180.7k |
| Frazier Life Sciences Management, L.P. 1.03% of their portfolio | 373.1k $22.1m | Reduced -373.4k |
| Tri Locum Partners LP 5.02% of their portfolio | 335.5k $19.9m | Added +49.2k |
| First Turn Management, LLC 3.10% of their portfolio | 321.9k $19.0m | New |
| PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 300.0k $17.8m | New |
| BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP 0.23% of their portfolio | 300.0k $17.8m | New |
| STEMPOINT CAPITAL LP 5.02% of their portfolio | 288.7k $17.1m | Added +54.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 264.9k $15.7m | Added +20.2k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 243.3k $14.4m | Added +93.0k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 214.8k $12.7m | Added +149.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 207.2k $12.3m | Added +102.5k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 182.2k $10.8m | New |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 181.9k $10.8m | Reduced -170.4k |
| Decheng Capital LLC 3.25% of their portfolio | 179.1k $10.6m | Added +77.3k |
| Ally Bridge Group (NY) LLC 6.16% of their portfolio | 174.8k $10.3m | Reduced -81.1k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 170.8k $10.1m | Added +68.0k |
| Saturn V Capital Management LP 3.68% of their portfolio | 164.8k $9.7m | Reduced -211.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 164.0k $9.7m | Added +7.9k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 157.0k $9.3m | Reduced -61.8k |
| ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 156.1k $9.2m | New |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 153.0k $9.1m | Added +130.3k |
| Aquilo Capital Management, LLC 8.45% of their portfolio | 148.1k $8.8m | Reduced -107.0k |
| SPHERA FUNDS MANAGEMENT LTD. 1.42% of their portfolio | 147.6k $8.7m | Reduced -1.7k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 133.3k $7.9m | Added +35.5k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.01% of their portfolio | 127.6k $7.5m | Reduced -23.6k |
| Affinity Asset Advisors, LLC 1.16% of their portfolio | 125.0k $7.4m | New |
| Nan Fung Group Holdings Ltd 7.58% of their portfolio | 120.0k $7.1m | Added +30.5k |
| HighVista Strategies LLC 2.52% of their portfolio | 116.7k $6.9m | Reduced -5.0k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.01% of their portfolio | 114.0k $6.7m | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 110.9k $6.6m | Reduced -1.2k |
| TANG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.60% of their portfolio | 100.0k $5.9m | New |
| Integral Health Asset Management, LLC 0.59% of their portfolio | 100.0k $5.9m | Reduced -65.0k |
| Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB 0.51% of their portfolio | 90.5k $5.4m | New |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.1k $5.0m | Added +54.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.6k $4.9m | Added +27.5k |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP 0.49% of their portfolio | 80.5k $4.8m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 78.3k $4.6m | Added +4.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 77.3k $4.6m | Added +26.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.5k $4.4m | Added +61.8k |
| PLATINUM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD 0.18% of their portfolio | 73.7k $4.4m | Reduced -25.8k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.0k $4.3m | Added +36.2k |
| Eversept Partners, LP 0.30% of their portfolio | 66.5k $3.9m | Reduced -53.0k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 62.8k $3.7m | Added +42.2k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.8k $3.7m | Reduced -9.2k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 61.6k $3.6m | Reduced -63.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 56.8k $3.4m | Added +16.9k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.01% of their portfolio | 56.0k $3.3m | Unchanged |
| Trek Financial, LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 55.0k $3.3m | New |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.2k $3.1m | Reduced -5.3k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 52.0k $3.1m | Unchanged |
| CenterBook Partners LP 0.19% of their portfolio | 51.4k $3.0m | New |
| Artia Global Partners LP 0.76% of their portfolio | 50.2k $3.0m | Unchanged |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.9k $2.9m | Reduced -2.6k |
| Parkman Healthcare Partners LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 45.2k $2.7m | Reduced -35.0k |
| Exome Asset Management LLC 2.38% of their portfolio | 45.1k $2.7m | New |
| Atom Investors LP 0.26% of their portfolio | 43.8k $2.6m | Reduced -26.7k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.03% of their portfolio | 42.4k $2.5m | Added +10.3k |
| Carmignac Gestion 0.04% of their portfolio | 42.3k $2.5m | Added +3.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.6k $2.4m | Added +9.5k |