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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 87.62% institutional investors, 15.04% insiders. Ra capital management is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.10% of WVE shares. BB Biotech AG Ord is the top mutual fund, with 2.68% of its assets in Wave Life Sciences shares.

WVE Ownership Benchmark

TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockWave Life Sciences87.62%15.04%-2.66%
SectorHealthcare Stocks 42.50%10.81%46.69%
IndustryBiotech Stocks 45.24%10.75%44.01%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Ra capital management18.20M11.10%$133.24M
Adage capital partners gp14.57M8.88%$106.64M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de10.43M6.36%$76.35M
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 lp5.66M3.45%$41.46M
Fmr5.13M3.13%$37.55M
Kynam capital management, lp4.56M2.78%$33.38M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
M28 capital management lp5.66M60.97%$41.46M
Pfizer1.88M3.14%$13.72M
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
Siren3.70M1.06%$27.06M
Maverick capital8.39M0.82%$61.43M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Fmr5.13M0.00%4.51M
Federated hermes3.75M0.05%3.75M
Stempoint capital lp2.11M3.09%1.21M
Goldman sachs group2.13M0.00%1.12M
Point72 asset management663.97K0.01%663.97K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Takeda pharmaceutical---1.35M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/4.04M0.00%-1.15M
Silverarc capital management---1.05M
Morgan stanley507.29K0.00%-1.04M
Artisan partners limited partnership1.23M0.01%-1.03M

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Point72 asset management663.97K0.01%663.97K$4.86M
Avidity partners management lp297.50K0.50%297.50K$2.18M
Norges bank100.00K0.00%100.00K$1.24M
Sphera funds management50.00K0.08%50.00K$366.00K
Quantinno capital management lp45.05K0.00%45.05K$329.76K

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 %
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%
Sep 30, 202416310.88%118,791,97226.74%891.71%9515.85%39-15.22%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

HolderShares% HoldingChange
BB Biotech AG Ord4.09M2.68%-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF2.70M1.70%-
PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth2.39M1.50%-46.94K
US Small-Cap Growth II Equity Comp2.13M1.37%513.86K
T. Rowe Price New Horizons2.12M1.33%-3.58K
Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Instl1.81M1.14%-41.87K
Artisan International Small-Mid Investor1.51M0.97%-102.46K
Artisan Non-U.S. Small-Mid Growth Comp1.51M0.97%-102.46K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr1.28M0.81%-575.53K
Fidelity Small Cap Index1.12M0.71%145.27K

Recent Insider Transactions

DateNameRoleActivityValue
Nov 13, 2025Rawcliffe Adrian-Sell$109.42K
Nov 13, 2025RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. Buy$6.69K
Aug 22, 2025Verdine Gregory L.-Sell$100.00K
Aug 22, 2025BOLNO PAUL President and CEOSell$2.19M
Aug 15, 2025Tan Aik Na-Sell$194.25K

Insider Transactions Trends

DateBuySell
2025 Q411
2025 Q3-6
2025 Q2-1
2025 Q1-2
2024 Q4-8

WVE Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Wave Life Sciences?

Wave Life Sciences shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 87.62%, followed by 15.04% insiders and -2.66% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Wave Life Sciences's industry, Biotech Stocks , is 45.24%, which Wave Life Sciences exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Wave Life Sciences?

Wave Life Sciences’s largest shareholders are Ra capital management (18.2M shares, 11.10%), Adage capital partners gp (14.57M shares, 8.88%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (10.43M shares, 6.36%). Together, they hold 26.34% 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 60.97% of its assets in 5.66M Wave Life Sciences shares, valued at 41.46M$.

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 2.68% of its total shares outstanding invested in 4.09M Wave Life Sciences shares.

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