Anavex Life Sciences Ownership | Who Owns Anavex Life Sciences?


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Anavex Life Sciences Ownership Summary


Anavex Life Sciences is owned by 42.32% institutional investors, 1.71% insiders, and 55.97% retail investors. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.05% of AVXL shares. State Street® SPDR® S&P® Biotech ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.19% of its assets in Anavex Life Sciences shares.

AVXL Ownership Benchmark


TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockAnavex Life Sciences42.32%1.71%55.97%
SectorHealthcare Stocks 50.51%12.37%37.12%
IndustryBiotech Stocks 48.95%12.07%38.98%

Institutional Shareholders


Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Blackrock funding, inc. /de8.06M9.05%$20.86M
Blackrock6.39M7.75%$26.97M
Vanguard group5.03M5.90%$17.90M
Vanguard capital management4.05M4.55%$10.50M
Two sigma investments, lp3.05M3.42%$7.89M
Geode capital management2.41M2.70%$6.24M
State street1.92M2.16%$4.98M
Federated hermes1.07M1.20%$2.78M
Aqr capital management963.01K1.08%$2.49M
Summit financial909.43K1.02%$2.36M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Sheets smith investment management135.95K0.78%$1.21M
Pvg asset management327.34K0.49%$847.82K
Allsquare wealth management52.38K0.27%$482.97K
Watts gwilliam26.00K0.07%$349.96K
Hayek kallen investment management47.11K0.05%$145.00K
Hikari power85.58K0.03%$222.00K
Summit financial909.43K0.03%$2.36M
Abel hall56.83K0.03%$147.19K
Lexaurum advisors65.05K0.02%$168.48K
Sheets smith wealth management71.26K0.02%$184.56K

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Sixth street partners management company734.79K0.00%734.79K
Federated hermes1.07M0.00%539.56K
Marshall wace, llp889.52K0.00%470.03K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de8.06M0.00%446.01K
Geode capital management2.41M0.00%219.20K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
State street1.92M0.00%-2.59M
Wealthgarden f.s.---910.48K
Nwam---870.80K
Jupiter asset management---804.64K
Jane street group---725.00K

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Sixth street partners management company734.79K0.00%734.79K$1.90M
Sheets smith investment management135.95K0.78%135.95K$1.21M
Bridgeway capital management123.00K0.01%123.00K$318.57K
Voleon capital management lp63.51K0.00%63.51K$164.48K
Millennium management60.48K0.00%60.48K$156.65K

Sold Out

HolderChange
Twin peaks wealth advisors-1.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group-14.00
Stephens consulting-40.00
Pinnacle wealth planning services-43.00
Bay harbor wealth management-70.00

Institutional Ownership Trends


DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Jun 30, 2026185-7.04%37,681,474-5.77%422.10%87-24.35%5721.28%
Mar 31, 2026192-2.54%38,759,8962.56%432.42%10917.20%46-13.21%
Dec 31, 202563-68.34%8,715,170-73.43%100.69%29-67.42%21-56.25%
Sep 30, 202582-56.61%9,007,990-72.28%100.73%29-68.48%23-34.29%
Jun 30, 2025184-6.60%32,327,9853.05%372.78%89-11.00%35-23.91%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders


HolderShares% HoldingChange
State Street® SPDR® S&P® Biotech ETF2.96M3.19%-18.39K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv2.93M3.16%-
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor2.93M3.16%-
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest2.93M3.16%-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF2.53M2.98%-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF2.37M2.55%-42.05K
SPDR® S&P Biotech ETF1.12M1.31%2.50K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr1.08M1.17%40.32K
Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core IS1.07M1.15%542.59K
Federated Hermes MDT SCC Institutional1.07M1.15%542.59K

Recent Insider Transactions


DateNameRoleActivityValue
Jun 14, 2024Donhauser Peter D.O.-Buy$10.32K
May 15, 2024Thomas Steffen-Buy$22.60K
Mar 28, 2024MISSLING CHRISTOPHER U President and CEOSell$374.97K
Jun 28, 2023MISSLING CHRISTOPHER U President and CEOSell$2.14M
May 25, 2022Skarpelos Athanasios Sell$453.00K

Insider Transactions Trends


DateBuySell
2025 Q4--
2025 Q3--
2025 Q2--
2025 Q1--
2024 Q4--

AVXL Ownership FAQ


Who Owns Anavex Life Sciences?

Anavex Life Sciences shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 42.32%, followed by 1.71% insiders and 55.97% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Anavex Life Sciences's industry, Biotech Stocks , is 48.95%, which Anavex Life Sciences falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Anavex Life Sciences?

Anavex Life Sciences’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (8.06M shares, 9.05%), Blackrock (6.39M shares, 7.75%), and Vanguard group (5.03M shares, 5.90%). Together, they hold 22.69% of Anavex Life Sciences’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Anavex Life Sciences?

Yes, BlackRock owns 7.75% of Anavex Life Sciences, totaling 6.39M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 26.97M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -254K shares, a -3.82% change.

Who is Anavex Life Sciences’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Sheets smith investment management is Anavex Life Sciences’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 0.78% of its assets in 135.95K Anavex Life Sciences shares, valued at 1.21M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Anavex Life Sciences shares?

State Street® SPDR® S&P® Biotech ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Anavex Life Sciences shares, with 3.19% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.96M Anavex Life Sciences shares.

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