Galapagos Ownership | Who Owns Galapagos?

Galapagos Ownership Summary

Galapagos is owned by 48.67% institutional investors, 25.35% insiders, and 25.98% retail investors. Gilead sciences is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 25.36% of GLPG shares. Columbia Overseas Value Inst is the top mutual fund, with 1.13% of its assets in Galapagos shares.

GLPG Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Galapagos	48.67%	25.35%	25.98%
Sector	Healthcare Stocks	244.59%	12.11%	-156.70%
Industry	Biotech Stocks	379.61%	11.70%	-291.31%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Gilead sciences	16.71M	25.36%	$500.16M
Tang capital management	3.79M	5.75%	$113.50M
Madison avenue partners, lp	3.45M	5.23%	$103.37M
Prosight management, lp	2.04M	3.10%	$61.26M
Ecor1 capital	1.67M	2.53%	$49.98M
Ameriprise financial	1.27M	1.93%	$38.14M
Blackrock	560.36K	0.85%	$13.89M
Dme capital management, lp	482.75K	0.73%	$14.47M
Renaissance	407.80K	0.62%	$12.23M
Wellington management group llp	345.05K	0.52%	$8.55M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Gilead sciences	16.71M	30.34%	$500.16M
Prosight management, lp	2.04M	10.56%	$61.26M
Tang capital management	3.79M	5.16%	$113.50M
Madison avenue partners, lp	3.45M	4.45%	$103.37M
Ecor1 capital	1.67M	2.43%	$49.98M
Dafna capital management	130.18K	0.74%	$3.90M
Dme capital management, lp	482.75K	0.37%	$14.47M
Barometer capital management	40.80K	0.34%	$1.22M
Denkapparat operations gmbh	21.32K	0.21%	$639.29K
Monaco asset management sam	25.60K	0.06%	$767.49K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Madison avenue partners, lp	3.45M	4.45%	982.63K
Prosight management, lp	2.04M	10.56%	493.34K
Susquehanna group, llp	151.89K	0.00%	138.50K
Renaissance	407.80K	0.02%	92.40K
Cubist systematic strategies	104.54K	0.02%	92.17K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Bvf inc/il	-	-	-1.45M
Deerfield management company, l.p. (series c)	-	-	-1.41M
Logos global management lp	-	-	-800.00K
Deep track capital, lp	-	-	-741.07K
Finepoint capital lp	-	-	-656.59K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	76.88K	0.00%	76.88K	$2.30M
Schonfeld strategic advisors	32.60K	0.00%	32.60K	$977.26K
National bank of canada /fi/	14.28K	0.00%	14.28K	$493.55K
Mercer global advisors inc /adv	462.00	-	462.00	$13.85K
Ronald blue trust	249.00	0.00%	249.00	$7.46K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Caitong asset management	-4.00
Harbor investment advisory	-4.00
Huntington national bank	-4.00
Jaffetilchin investment partners	-5.00
Montag a & associates	-6.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2026	79	-15.05%	32,057,548	2.54%	48	2.16%	36	-25.00%	28	-3.45%
Mar 31, 2026	91	-1.09%	31,243,714	-0.49%	47	2.05%	48	11.63%	28	-17.65%
Dec 31, 2025	42	-57.14%	1,047,219	-96.67%	1	0.07%	19	-62.00%	15	-48.28%
Sep 30, 2025	43	-52.22%	1,121,071	-96.43%	1	0.07%	16	-65.96%	16	-30.43%
Jun 30, 2025	95	6.74%	31,694,749	2.00%	48	2.16%	48	20.00%	25	-21.88%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Columbia Overseas Value Inst	746.80K	1.13%	32.05K
Columbia EAFE Value	714.75K	1.08%	17.43K
Fidelity Advisor Equity Growth I	431.37K	0.65%	-
Fidelity VIP Growth Initial	395.70K	0.60%	-
Fidelity Capital Appreciation	354.70K	0.54%	-
Columbia EAFE Core	346.55K	0.53%	-39.36K
Columbia VP Overseas Core 3	346.55K	0.53%	-
iShares Biotechnology ETF	271.40K	0.41%	5.20K
Fidelity Growth Discovery	229.55K	0.35%	-
AlphaCentric LifeSci Healthcare I	108.50K	0.16%	3.50K

GLPG Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Galapagos?

Galapagos shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 48.67%, followed by 25.35% insiders and 25.98% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Galapagos's industry, Biotech Stocks , is 379.61%, which Galapagos falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Galapagos?

Galapagos’s largest shareholders are Gilead sciences (16.71M shares, 25.36%), Tang capital management (3.79M shares, 5.75%), and Madison avenue partners, lp (3.45M shares, 5.23%). Together, they hold 36.34% of Galapagos’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Galapagos?

Yes, BlackRock owns 0.85% of Galapagos, totaling 560.36K shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 13.89M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 41.07K shares, a 7.91% change.

Who is Galapagos’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Gilead sciences is Galapagos’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 30.34% of its assets in 16.71M Galapagos shares, valued at 500.16M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Galapagos shares?

Columbia Overseas Value Inst is the top mutual fund holder of Galapagos shares, with 1.13% of its total shares outstanding invested in 746.8K Galapagos shares.

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