AstraZeneca PLC
Hedge Funds Holdings

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AstraZeneca PLC‘s stocks are currently a part of 792 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 15.63% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 223.10M shares of AstraZeneca PLC. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -55.79% or -281.57M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 29.67% (235) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 34.47% (273) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 6.69% (53) closed the holdings completely. 79 hedge funds are new holders of AstraZeneca PLC stock in Q2 2022, it is 9.97% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding AstraZeneca (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q3 2017 445
Q4 2017 490
Q1 2018 506
Q2 2018 519
Q3 2018 530
Q4 2018 543
Q1 2019 546
Q2 2019 534
Q3 2019 538
Q4 2019 613
Q1 2020 585
Q2 2020 646
Q3 2020 697
Q4 2020 757
Q1 2021 723
Q2 2021 743
Q3 2021 873
Q4 2021 916
Q1 2022 940
Q2 2022 792

Hedge funds changes in AstraZeneca positions (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Changes in positions
Q3 2017 471701195455
Q4 2017 981681064771
Q1 2018 581621633984
Q2 2018 601401934284
Q3 2018 621501914879
Q4 2018 811452106740
Q1 2019 761402226840
Q2 2019 551821915749
Q3 2019 581811825364
Q4 2019 1181732063086
Q1 2020 631942178724
Q2 2020 1102092094969
Q3 2020 1232522076451
Q4 2020 1472642207848
Q1 2021 7325825810034
Q2 2021 8226023456111
Q3 2021 1844091484785
Q4 2021 14626331493100
Q1 2022 11633229085117
Q2 2022 7923527353152

Hedge funds changes in AstraZeneca stock options (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q3 2017 3,000,000,134,222,037 120,693,794
Q4 2017 130,791,540 102,058,880
Q1 2018 111,784,154 87,228,250
Q2 2018 143,962,000 44,309,000
Q3 2018 193,064,000 56,047,000
Q4 2018 110,953,000 50,338,000
Q1 2019 84,050,000 96,032,505
Q2 2019 122,041,000 96,653,480
Q3 2019 36,000,095,579,000 2,000,066,253,800
Q4 2019 45,000,094,170,750 62,290,150
Q1 2020 82,969,750 20,000,081,436,868
Q2 2020 294,258,090 111,265,622
Q3 2020 293,879,000 220,310,305,040
Q4 2020 355,896,193 353,758,202
Q1 2021 1,365,000,496,003,000 1,032,000,365,941,000
Q2 2021 3,311,000,526,533,000 4,823,000,395,447,000
Q3 2021 744,838,006 528,622,488
Q4 2021 420,778,825 333,373,600
Q1 2022 3,215,458,466 6,754,708,000
Q2 2022 22,082,515 25,042,616

Top 50 hedge fund holders of AstraZeneca PLC (NASDAQ:AZN)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 4.13B 75.38M 0.678%
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP Jean Hynes 2.86B 52.24M 0.610%
PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 2.50B 45.61M 2.421%
CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS 2.21B 40.32M 0.645%
FMR LLC 1.51B 27.67M 0.158%
GQG PARTNERS LLC 1.00B 18.37M 2.912%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 919.65M 16.76M 0.501%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 638.16M 11.63M 0.076%
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 605.67M 11.04M 0.021%
CIBC PRIVATE WEALTH GROUP, LLC 593.03M 10.81M 1.597%
FISHER ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 490.43M 8.94M 0.368%
MORGAN STANLEY 474.99M 8.66M 0.065%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 408.65M 7.45M 0.166%
PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC 402.56M 7.34M 0.765%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 370.20M 6.75M 0.086%
INVESCO LTD. 357.37M 6.51M 0.115%
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC Jim Simons 318.04M 5.79M 0.450%
FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Tom Steyer 306.27M 5.58M 1.821%
WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 266.08M 4.84M 0.955%
POINT72 ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. Steven Cohen 263.87M 4.81M 1.054%
JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 243.58M 4.44M 0.242%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 192.96M 3.51M 0.071%
WINSLOW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 189.75M 3.46M 1.110%
CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS 188.48M 3.43M 0.042%
JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 186.23M 3.39M 0.139%
NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 180.50M 3.29M 0.189%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 175.69M 3.20M 0.040%
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 139.24M 2.53M 0.141%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 130.82M 2.38M 0.043%
TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 128.57M 2.34M 0.161%
AXIOM INVESTORS LLC /DE 128.48M 2.34M 2.696%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 128.01M 2.33M 0.040%
DSM CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC 125.20M 2.28M 2.122%
ENSIGN PEAK ADVISORS, INC 115.63M 2.10M 0.287%
HOLOCENE ADVISORS, LP 115.11M 2.09M 0.736%
EPOCH INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC. 112.90M 2.05M 0.737%
EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 99.03M 1.80M 0.647%
MARSHALL WACE, LLP Paul Marshall 98.89M 1.80M 0.217%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 98.26M 1.79M 0.014%
BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 97.56M 1.77M 0.042%
STATE STREET CORP 95.30M 1.73M 0.006%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 95.08M 1.73M 0.036%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 89.97M 1.64M 0.021%
CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 89.30M 1.62M 2.111%
PHOENIX HOLDINGS LTD. 86.57M 1.57M 1.908%
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 81.92M 1.49M 0.106%
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 80.96M 1.47M 0.046%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 80.30M 1.46M 0.031%
EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT 80.22M 1.46M 0.119%
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Israel Englander 78.46M 1.43M 0.046%