Vericel Ownership | Who Owns Vericel?

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Vericel Ownership Summary

Vericel is owned by 105.40% institutional investors, 1.06% insiders. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 16.55% of VCEL shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 5.93% of its assets in Vericel shares.

VCEL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Vericel	105.40%	1.06%	-6.46%
Sector	Healthcare Stocks	42.50%	10.81%	46.69%
Industry	Biotech Stocks	45.24%	10.75%	44.01%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	8.06M	16.55%	$369.65M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	7.57M	15.03%	$238.20M
Vanguard group	3.52M	6.98%	$110.64M
State street	2.81M	5.57%	$88.34M
William blair investment management	2.21M	4.39%	$69.58M
Conestoga capital advisors	2.18M	4.32%	$68.46M
Fmr	2.02M	4.01%	$63.50M
Brown capital management	1.95M	3.87%	$61.40M
Geneva capital management	1.95M	3.86%	$61.25M
Congress asset management co /ma	1.49M	2.97%	$47.04M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Kopp family office	172.66K	3.54%	$5.43M
Brown capital management	1.95M	2.53%	$61.40M
Summit creek advisors	531.60K	2.44%	$16.73M
Kent lake capital	100.00K	2.07%	$4.59M
Conestoga capital advisors	2.18M	1.10%	$68.46M
Geneva capital management	1.95M	1.05%	$61.25M
First washington	111.14K	0.94%	$3.50M
Soleus capital management	497.95K	0.79%	$15.67M
Efg asset management (north america)	138.78K	0.56%	$4.37M
Crawford fund management	110.00K	0.55%	$3.46M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
William blair investment management	2.21M	0.18%	1.05M
Soleus capital management	497.95K	0.79%	447.00K
State street	2.81M	0.00%	371.85K
Abrdn	542.87K	0.03%	333.65K
Woodline partners lp	267.20K	0.04%	267.20K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Invesco	744.86K	0.00%	-1.25M
New york state common retirement fund	15.58K	0.00%	-874.93K
Brown capital management	1.95M	2.53%	-861.02K
Rtw investments, lp	-	-	-801.40K
Next century growth investors	-	-	-668.65K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Woodline partners lp	267.20K	0.04%	267.20K	$8.41M
Crawford fund management	110.00K	0.55%	110.00K	$3.46M
Squarepoint ops	74.02K	0.00%	74.02K	$2.33M
Two sigma investments, lp	52.71K	0.00%	52.71K	$1.66M
Schonfeld strategic advisors	52.09K	0.01%	52.09K	$1.64M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Financial gravity asset management	-1.00
Global wealth strategies & associates	-2.00
Tyler-stone wealth management	-2.00
Newbridge financial services group	-2.00
Mendota financial group	-4.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	243	-11.96%	53,089,243	-3.87%	105	0.88%	109	-33.94%	95	39.71%
Jun 30, 2025	271	-2.17%	54,864,988	3.11%	108	0.96%	163	14.79%	65	-29.35%
Mar 31, 2025	274	-2.84%	53,180,308	1.97%	106	0.94%	140	-6.04%	93	14.81%
Dec 31, 2024	240	-10.78%	47,898,924	-5.66%	97	0.91%	121	-7.63%	76	-16.48%
Sep 30, 2024	267	2.69%	50,397,598	-0.42%	102	0.95%	131	-	89	-1.11%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	2.99M	5.93%	-
Conestoga Small Cap Investors	1.70M	3.36%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.58M	3.13%	-33.62K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.52M	3.04%	1.84K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	1.21M	2.39%	-
Brown Capital Mgmt Small Co Inv	910.99K	1.81%	-154.15K
Fidelity Small Cap Growth	825.69K	1.64%	-
Congress Small Cap Growth Institutional	810.00K	1.61%	18.00K
Conestoga Small Cap Growth	796.08K	1.58%	189.79K
American Funds SMALLCAP World A	756.21K	1.50%	176.66K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 11, 2025	Halpin Michael	Chief Operating Officer	Sell	$106.76K
Nov 10, 2025	MCLAUGHLIN KEVIN F	-	Sell	$270.13K
Nov 06, 2025	Halpin Michael	Chief Operating Officer	Sell	$297.78K
Sep 02, 2025	Hopper Jonathan Mark	Chief Medical Officer	Sell	$357.70K
Aug 06, 2025	MCLAUGHLIN KEVIN F	-	Sell	$251.44K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	3
2025 Q3	-	2
2025 Q2	-	6
2025 Q1	-	15
2024 Q4	-	13

VCEL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Vericel?

Vericel shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 105.40%, followed by 1.06% insiders and -6.46% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Vericel's industry, Biotech Stocks , is 45.24%, which Vericel exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Vericel?

Vericel’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (8.06M shares, 16.55%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (7.57M shares, 15.03%), and Vanguard group (3.52M shares, 6.98%). Together, they hold 38.56% of Vericel’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Vericel?

Yes, BlackRock owns 16.55% of Vericel, totaling 8.06M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 369.65M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 87.31K shares, a 1.10% change.

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

Kopp family office is Vericel’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 3.54% of its assets in 172.66K Vericel shares, valued at 5.43M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Vericel shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Vericel shares, with 5.93% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.99M Vericel shares.

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