BELLUS Health Inc.
Hedge Funds Holdings

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BELLUS Health Inc.‘s stocks are currently a part of 49 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 23.89% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 27.55M shares of BELLUS Health Inc.. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -75.77% or -86.15M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 38.78% (19) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 32.65% (16) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 26.53% (13) closed the holdings completely. 3 hedge funds are new holders of BELLUS Health Inc. stock in Q1 2023, it is 6.12% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding BELLUS Health (Q3 2019 – Q1 2023)

Number of hedge funds
Q3 2019 36
Q4 2019 37
Q1 2020 45
Q2 2020 62
Q3 2020 43
Q4 2020 41
Q1 2021 43
Q2 2021 42
Q3 2021 52
Q4 2021 85
Q1 2022 75
Q2 2022 91
Q3 2022 114
Q4 2022 119
Q1 2023 49

Hedge funds changes in BELLUS Health positions (Q3 2019 – Q1 2023)

Changes in positions
Q3 2019 360000
Q4 2019 1210861
Q1 2020 1612118-2
Q2 2020 2519118-1
Q3 2020 1111930-18
Q4 2020 1711718-12
Q1 2021 1391111-1
Q2 2021 614778
Q3 2021 16151461
Q4 2021 41191870
Q1 2022 15301224-6
Q2 2022 24223186
Q3 2022 343927113
Q4 2022 205033151
Q1 2023 3191613-2

Hedge funds changes in BELLUS Health stock options (Q3 2019 – Q1 2023)

Changes in stock options
Q3 2019 0 0
Q4 2019 0 0
Q1 2020 0 0
Q2 2020 0 0
Q3 2020 0 0
Q4 2020 0 0
Q1 2021 0 0
Q2 2021 0 0
Q3 2021 5,981,000 1,312,000
Q4 2021 11,645,000 15,631,000
Q1 2022 2,570,000 1,658,000
Q2 2022 2,574,000 1,369,000
Q3 2022 2,148,000 524,000
Q4 2022 692,836 219,374
Q1 2023 23,762,000 172,892,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of BELLUS Health Inc. (NASDAQ:BLU)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
POWER CORP OF CANADA 52.05B 4.93M 21.288%
RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 120.23M 11.38M 2.565%
PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC 108.20M 10.24M 3.140%
PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA 88.74M 8.36M 0.132%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 76.00M 7.19M 0.018%
ARTAL GROUP S.A. 63.36M 6M 2.704%
COMMODORE CAPITAL LP 54.15M 5.12M 8.709%
ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC 48.97M 4.63M 0.909%
AVIDITY PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LP 45.90M 4.34M 0.933%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 41.67M 3.94M 0.009%
POLAR CAPITAL HOLDINGS PLC 37.35M 3.53M 0.238%
BOXER CAPITAL, LLC 33.79M 3.2M 1.901%
DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. (SERIES C) 32.53M 3.08M 0.648%
FMR LLC 28.79M 2.72M 0.003%
LYNX1 CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 25.15M 2.38M 22.689%
FIRST LIGHT ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 25.15M 2.38M 2.546%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 18.27M 1.73M 0.010%
MARSHALL WACE, LLP Paul Marshall 17.51M 1.65M 0.038%
SILVERARC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 17.48M 1.65M 5.914%
LAURION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 16.88M 1.59M 0.100%
ACUTA CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 15.19M 1.43M 6.542%
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. Dmitry Balyasny 14.69M 1.39M 0.045%
LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 13.32M 1.26M 0.049%
ALTIUM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 11.95M 1.13M 4.383%
CONNOR, CLARK & LUNN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD. 11.66M 1.10M 0.076%
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Israel Englander 10.89M 1.03M 0.006%
VIVO CAPITAL, LLC 10.74M 1.01M 1.186%
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 8.98M 851.08K 0.000%
IKARIAN CAPITAL, LLC 8.97M 850.13K 1.789%
ASSENAGON ASSET MANAGEMENT S.A. 8.53M 807.99K 0.033%
LOGOS GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LP 8.44M 800K 1.039%
JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 8.26M 781.92K 0.006%
SECTORAL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 6.48M 614.42K 1.278%
EAM GLOBAL INVESTORS LLC 6.19M 583.59K 1.646%
D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. David E. Shaw 6.00M 569.02K 0.007%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 5.61M 531.57K 0.001%
AFFINITY ASSET ADVISORS, LLC 5.00M 473.59K 1.396%
SPHERA FUNDS MANAGEMENT LTD. 4.90M 464.86K 0.681%
MOORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 4.43M 419.90K 0.104%
MORGAN STANLEY 4.40M 417.02K 0.001%
ENSIGN PEAK ADVISORS, INC 4.31M 408.91K 0.011%
AWM INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC. 4.01M 380K 0.610%
DRIEHAUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 3.91M 371.1K 0.059%
BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 3.32M 313.59K 0.001%
PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD 2.88M 271.44K 0.025%
INDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC. 2.85M 270.47K 0.084%
TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 2.73M 268.05K 0.003%
BARCLAYS PLC 2.52M 239.40K 0.003%
UBS OCONNOR LLC 2.52M 239.36K 0.048%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 2.30M 218.60K 0.001%