Galapagos Ownership | Who Owns Galapagos?

Galapagos Ownership Summary

Galapagos is owned by 1.60% institutional investors, 25.35% insiders, and 73.04% retail investors. Gilead sciences is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 25.60% of GLPG shares. Columbia EAFE Value is the top mutual fund, with 1.06% of its assets in Galapagos shares.

GLPG Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Galapagos	1.60%	25.35%	73.04%
Sector	Healthcare Stocks	232.01%	10.74%	-142.75%
Industry	Biotech Stocks	381.47%	10.55%	-292.02%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Gilead sciences	16.71M	25.60%	$550.62M
Tang capital management	4.15M	6.31%	$143.80M
Madison avenue partners, lp	2.20M	3.34%	$76.06M
Ecor1 capital	1.67M	2.53%	$57.75M
Ameriprise financial	1.42M	2.15%	$49.08B
Prosight management, lp	1.07M	1.65%	$35.12M
Blackrock	560.36K	0.85%	$13.89M
Segall bryant & hamill	487.20K	0.74%	$16.88M
Dme capital management, lp	482.75K	0.73%	$16.72M
Point72 asset management	443.87K	0.67%	$15.38M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Gilead sciences	16.71M	28.45%	$550.62M
Prosight management, lp	1.07M	7.26%	$35.12M
Tang capital management	4.15M	5.54%	$143.80M
Madison avenue partners, lp	2.20M	4.54%	$76.06M
Ecor1 capital	1.67M	2.77%	$57.75M
Dafna capital management	130.18K	1.11%	$4.51M
Dme capital management, lp	482.75K	0.66%	$16.72M
Western standard	32.00K	0.48%	$1.05M
Segall bryant & hamill	487.20K	0.22%	$16.88M
Barometer capital management	37.10K	0.21%	$883.72K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Ameriprise financial	1.42M	0.01%	1.36M
Ecor1 capital	1.67M	2.77%	630.17K
Madison avenue partners, lp	2.20M	4.54%	318.76K
Ubs group	349.44K	0.00%	196.44K
Tang capital management	4.15M	5.54%	161.08K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Fmr	54.01K	0.00%	-1.49M
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

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	90.00K	0.00%	90.00K	$2.94M
Marshall wace, llp	38.46K	0.00%	38.46K	$1.33M
Man group	36.20K	0.00%	36.20K	$1.25M
Western standard	32.00K	0.48%	32.00K	$1.05M
Quadrature capital	26.25K	0.01%	26.25K	$909.13K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Harbor investment advisory	-4.00
Jaffetilchin investment partners	-5.00
Montag a & associates	-6.00
Northwestern mutual wealth management	-10.00
Ronald blue trust	-10.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Dec 31, 2024	47	-41.98%	21,455,429	58.42%	32	28.68%	22	-40.54%	15	-37.50%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Columbia EAFE Value	697.32K	1.06%	51.54K
Columbia Overseas Value Inst	697.32K	1.06%	697.32K
Fidelity Advisor Equity Growth I	431.37K	0.65%	-
Fidelity VIP Growth Initial	395.70K	0.60%	-
Columbia EAFE Core	385.91K	0.59%	-13.34K
Columbia VP Overseas Core 3	362.53K	0.55%	362.53K
Fidelity Capital Appreciation	354.70K	0.54%	-
iShares Biotechnology ETF	278.38K	0.42%	-129.54K
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 1.60%, followed by 25.35% insiders and 73.05% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Galapagos's industry, Biotech Stocks , is 381.47%, which Galapagos falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Galapagos?

Galapagos’s largest shareholders are Gilead sciences (16.71M shares, 25.60%), Tang capital management (4.15M shares, 6.31%), and Madison avenue partners, lp (2.2M shares, 3.34%). Together, they hold 35.24% 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 28.45% of its assets in 16.71M Galapagos shares, valued at 550.62M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Galapagos shares?

Columbia EAFE Value is the top mutual fund holder of Galapagos shares, with 1.06% of its total shares outstanding invested in 697.32K Galapagos shares.

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