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Wave Life Sciences Ownership | Who Owns Wave Life Sciences?

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Wave Life Sciences Ownership Summary

Wave Life Sciences is owned by 49.68% institutional investors, 13.74% insiders, and 36.58% retail investors. Ra capital management is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.10% of WVE shares. BB Biotech AG Ord is the top mutual fund, with 2.18% of its assets in Wave Life Sciences shares.

WVE Ownership Benchmark

TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockWave Life Sciences49.68%13.74%36.58%
SectorHealthcare Stocks 232.64%10.66%-143.30%
IndustryBiotech Stocks 382.13%10.41%-292.54%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Ra capital management18.20M11.10%$133.24M
Gsk18.25M10.88%$310.18M
Adage capital partners gp14.57M8.88%$106.64M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de12.65M7.54%$215.03M
Blackrock6.74M5.21%$33.63M
Maverick capital8.39M5.12%$61.43M
Driehaus capital management6.30M3.84%$46.10M
Artal group4.57M3.53%$22.79M
M28 capital management lp5.66M3.38%$96.30M
Fmr5.13M3.13%$37.55M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
M28 capital management lp5.66M70.00%$96.30M
Gsk18.25M38.82%$310.18M
Pfizer1.88M13.48%$31.88M
Stempoint capital lp2.11M3.09%$15.45M
Kynam capital management, lp4.56M2.49%$33.38M
Bioimpact capital1.51M1.80%$11.02M
Ra capital management18.20M1.64%$133.24M
683 capital management4.15M1.59%$30.38M
Affinity asset advisors2.10M1.34%$15.37M
Emerald advisers2.46M1.29%$41.74M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Gsk18.25M38.82%18.25M
Fmr5.13M0.00%4.51M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de12.65M0.00%2.22M
Primecap management co/ca/4.10M0.05%2.20M
Stempoint capital lp2.11M3.09%1.21M

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Takeda pharmaceutical---1.35M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/4.04M0.00%-1.15M
Silverarc capital management---1.05M
Artisan partners limited partnership1.23M0.01%-1.03M
Loomis sayles & co l p2.04M0.04%-865.24K

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Gsk18.25M38.82%18.25M$310.18M
Point72 asset management663.97K0.01%663.97K$4.86M
Hrt financial lp299.72K0.02%299.72K$5.09M
Eam investors248.81K0.47%248.81K$4.23M
Renaissance236.42K0.01%236.42K$4.02M

Sold Out

HolderChange
National bank of canada /fi/-1.00
Twin peaks wealth advisors-4.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group-12.00
Capital performance advisors llp-13.00
Corecap advisors-24.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Dec 31, 2025141-31.88%83,339,412-42.00%490.65%84-12.50%32-49.21%
Sep 30, 202520517.14%143,685,8355.73%871.28%96-7.69%6156.41%
Jun 30, 2025181-11.27%138,844,6835.73%841.30%106-9.40%41-21.15%
Mar 31, 20252026.88%131,254,8822.11%800.84%116-3.33%5134.21%
Dec 31, 202481-50.61%32,943,703-72.58%250.31%57-40.00%14-64.10%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

HolderShares% HoldingChange
BB Biotech AG Ord4.09M2.18%-
PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth3.55M1.89%1.72M
Federated Hermes Kaufmann R2.81M1.50%592.83K
Federated Hermes Kaufmann Growth2.81M1.50%592.83K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF2.80M1.49%2.80M
Fidelity Select Health Care2.80M1.49%-150.00K
T. Rowe Price New Horizons2.29M1.22%468.24K
US Small-Cap Growth II Equity Comp2.29M1.22%838.97K
Federated Hermes Kaufmann Small Cap A1.87M1.00%401.57K
Federated Hermes Kaufmann Small Cap Grow1.87M1.00%401.57K

Recent Insider Transactions

DateNameRoleActivityValue
Feb 26, 2026Francis Chris See RemarksSell$229.41K
Feb 26, 2026Francis Chris See RemarksSell$270.18K
Feb 09, 2026Moran Kyle Chief Financial OfficerSell$48.26K
Feb 09, 2026BOLNO PAUL President and CEOSell$140.96K
Feb 09, 2026Francis Chris See RemarksSell$25.33K

Insider Transactions Trends

DateBuySell
2026 Q1-8
2025 Q4227
2025 Q3-6
2025 Q2-1
2025 Q1-2

WVE Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Wave Life Sciences?

Wave Life Sciences shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 49.68%, followed by 13.74% insiders and 36.58% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Wave Life Sciences's industry, Biotech Stocks , is 382.13%, which Wave Life Sciences falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Wave Life Sciences?

Wave Life Sciences’s largest shareholders are Ra capital management (18.2M shares, 11.10%), Gsk (18.25M shares, 10.88%), and Adage capital partners gp (14.57M shares, 8.88%). Together, they hold 30.86% of Wave Life Sciences’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Wave Life Sciences?

Yes, BlackRock owns 5.21% of Wave Life Sciences, totaling 6.74M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 33.63M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 363.48K shares, a 5.70% change.

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

M28 capital management lp is Wave Life Sciences’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 70.00% of its assets in 5.66M Wave Life Sciences shares, valued at 96.3M$.

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

BB Biotech AG Ord is the top mutual fund holder of Wave Life Sciences shares, with 2.18% of its total shares outstanding invested in 4.09M Wave Life Sciences shares.

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