Galapagos Ownership | Who Owns Galapagos?

Galapagos Ownership Summary

Galapagos is owned by 47.44% institutional investors, 25.35% insiders, and 27.21% retail investors. Gilead sciences is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 25.37% 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	47.44%	25.35%	27.21%
Sector	Healthcare Stocks	35.58%	11.87%	52.55%
Industry	Biotech Stocks	35.75%	11.83%	52.41%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Gilead sciences	16.71M	25.37%	$501.22M
Tang capital management	3.79M	5.75%	$113.58M
Madison avenue partners, lp	2.47M	3.74%	$73.96M
Ecor1 capital	1.67M	2.53%	$50.01M
Prosight management, lp	1.55M	2.35%	$46.50M
Ameriprise financial	1.42M	2.16%	$42.74M
Blackrock	560.36K	0.85%	$13.89M
Dme capital management, lp	482.75K	0.73%	$14.48M
Segall bryant & hamill	428.09K	0.65%	$13.96M
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	23.67%	$501.22M
Prosight management, lp	1.55M	7.63%	$46.50M
Tang capital management	3.79M	5.77%	$113.58M
Madison avenue partners, lp	2.47M	3.22%	$73.96M
Ecor1 capital	1.67M	2.12%	$50.01M
Dafna capital management	130.18K	0.89%	$3.91M
Dme capital management, lp	482.75K	0.45%	$14.48M
Barometer capital management	38.10K	0.39%	$1.14M
Segall bryant & hamill	428.09K	0.23%	$13.96M
Monaco asset management sam	27.52K	0.15%	$825.60K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Prosight management, lp	1.55M	7.63%	475.89K
Madison avenue partners, lp	2.47M	3.22%	252.01K
Old mission capital	95.59K	0.05%	95.59K
Cubist systematic strategies	104.54K	0.02%	92.17K
Norges bank	90.00K	0.00%	90.00K

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
Old mission capital	95.59K	0.05%	95.59K	$2.87M
Norges bank	90.00K	0.00%	90.00K	$2.94M
Optiver b.v.	26.54K	0.00%	26.54K	$796.05K
National bank of canada /fi/	14.28K	0.00%	14.28K	$493.55K
Abc arbitrage sa	12.74K	0.05%	12.74K	$382.32K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Huntington national bank	-4.00
Caitong asset management	-4.00
Harbor investment advisory	-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 %
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%
Mar 31, 2025	8	-90.91%	4,014,450	-87.08%	6	0.27%	4	-90.00%	2	-91.30%

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	270.72K	0.41%	4.49K
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 47.44%, followed by 25.35% insiders and 27.21% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Galapagos's industry, Biotech Stocks , is 35.75%, which Galapagos exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Galapagos?

Galapagos’s largest shareholders are Gilead sciences (16.71M shares, 25.37%), Tang capital management (3.79M shares, 5.75%), and Madison avenue partners, lp (2.47M shares, 3.74%). Together, they hold 34.86% 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 23.67% of its assets in 16.71M Galapagos shares, valued at 501.22M$.

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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