Verona Pharma plc
Hedge Funds Holdings

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Verona Pharma plc‘s stocks are currently a part of 46 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 3.83% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 20.26M shares of Verona Pharma plc. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -62.78% or -34.18M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 45.65% (21) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 19.57% (9) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 15.22% (7) closed the holdings completely. 10 hedge funds are new holders of Verona Pharma plc stock in Q1 2023, it is 21.74% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding Verona Pharma (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2018 13
Q3 2018 14
Q4 2018 17
Q1 2019 17
Q2 2019 17
Q3 2019 13
Q4 2019 14
Q1 2020 14
Q2 2020 18
Q3 2020 28
Q4 2020 34
Q1 2021 35
Q2 2021 34
Q3 2021 37
Q4 2021 42
Q1 2022 37
Q2 2022 36
Q3 2022 65
Q4 2022 86
Q1 2023 46

Hedge funds changes in Verona Pharma positions (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Changes in positions
Q2 2018 11326
Q3 2018 20219
Q4 2018 41219
Q1 2019 32129
Q2 2019 104111
Q3 2019 02245
Q4 2019 23018
Q1 2020 31433
Q2 2020 520110
Q3 2020 15835-3
Q4 2020 1074310
Q1 2021 77966
Q2 2021 555613
Q3 2021 874513
Q4 2021 1067514
Q1 2022 394813
Q2 2022 764811
Q3 2022 3614762
Q4 2022 3225239-3
Q1 2023 102197-1

Hedge funds changes in Verona Pharma stock options (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2018 0 0
Q3 2018 0 0
Q4 2018 0 0
Q1 2019 0 0
Q2 2019 0 0
Q3 2019 0 0
Q4 2019 0 0
Q1 2020 0 0
Q2 2020 0 0
Q3 2020 0 0
Q4 2020 85,000 104,000
Q1 2021 0 100,000
Q2 2021 4,000 35,000
Q3 2021 4,000 33,000
Q4 2021 12,000 409,000
Q1 2022 79,000 0
Q2 2022 388,000 0
Q3 2022 5,566,000 1,893,000
Q4 2022 29,821,943 6,296,145
Q1 2023 616,571,000 4,154,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of Verona Pharma plc (NASDAQ:VRNA)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 61.83M 6.05M 1.319%
ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC 58.20M 5.69M 1.080%
NEA MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC 57.07M 5.58M 2.849%
PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC 51.58M 5.04M 1.497%
VIVO CAPITAL, LLC 43.43M 4.24M 4.795%
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP Jean Hynes 42.69M 4.17M 0.009%
DEEP TRACK CAPITAL, LP 28.91M 2.82M 1.324%
FAIRMOUNT FUNDS MANAGEMENT LLC 27.37M 2.67M 4.813%
ABINGWORTH LLP 25.09M 2.45M 8.579%
FRAZIER LIFE SCIENCES MANAGEMENT, L.P. 21.45M 2.09M 1.652%
AISLING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 13.61M 1.33M 9.043%
OCTAGON CAPITAL ADVISORS LP 13.54M 1.32M 2.337%
FORESITE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT III, LLC 11.35M 1.11M 29.978%
SAMSARA BIOCAPITAL, LLC 9.59M 938.89K 2.237%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 7.10M 695.26K 0.002%
ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 4.41M 431.81K 0.011%
STATE STREET CORP 4.23M 449.02K 0.000%
FMR LLC 4.22M 413.4K 0.000%
ALTIUM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 4.12M 404K 1.514%
WOODLINE PARTNERS LP 3.83M 375.03K 0.054%
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP John Overdeck 3.68M 360.55K 0.013%
AFFINITY ASSET ADVISORS, LLC 3.57M 350K 0.998%
PARKMAN HEALTHCARE PARTNERS LLC 3.30M 323.27K 0.939%
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 3.09M 302.3K 0.001%
JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 3.06M 300K 0.002%
EXODUSPOINT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP Xinyu Liu 2.44M 239.60K 0.032%
MOODY ALDRICH PARTNERS LLC 2.33M 227.98K 0.480%
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC Jim Simons 2.14M 210.1K 0.003%
AFFINITY ASSET ADVISORS, LLC 1.68M 165.1K 0.471%
TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 1.56M 153.4K 0.004%
ACT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.46M 143.5K 2.025%
SPHERA FUNDS MANAGEMENT LTD. 1.22M 120K 0.170%
UBS OCONNOR LLC 1.14M 111.92K 0.022%
PURA VIDA INVESTMENTS, LLC 1.02M 100K 0.059%
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Israel Englander 811K 79.34K 0.001%
JEFFERIES GROUP LLC 767K 75K 0.006%
CAPTION MANAGEMENT, LLC 767K 75K 0.011%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 739K 72.3K 0.000%
1492 CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 673K 65.86K 0.484%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 647K 63.27K 0.000%
SCHONFELD STRATEGIC ADVISORS LLC 603K 59K 0.005%
BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 478K 46.79K 0.012%
US BANCORP \DE\ 471K 46.09K 0.001%
CUBIST SYSTEMATIC STRATEGIES, LLC 438K 42.87K 0.003%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 432K 42.35K 0.000%
VANGUARD GROUP INC 426K 41.70K 0.000%
JUMP FINANCIAL, LLC 417K 40.8K 0.016%
ALPHACENTRIC ADVISORS LLC 409K 40K 0.420%
D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. 409K 40K 0.005%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 372K 36.36K 0.000%