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NKTRNektar Therapeutics

Health Care Pharmaceuticals
CROWD: AMBER Institutional ownership is building here (3 rising quarters). Not yet crowded, but the quiet phase is ending.
Active holders?Institutions that actively chose this stock. Index funds and mega-diversified platforms (filers holding 1500+ names) are stripped out; they hold it automatically, not by decision.
105
of 208 total, index funds excluded
This quarter?Turnover of the active crowd vs the prior quarter: funds that opened a position vs funds that closed out entirely. The split shows texture: broad new interest vs a revolving door.
+37
20 out
Conviction?How big this position is inside the typical holder's own portfolio (median, in basis points). 1 bps is pocket lint they will not miss; 200+ bps is a bet they did real work on. Many holders at tiny weight is weaker than few holders at real weight.
11 bps
median holder weight: token bet
Streak?How many quarters in a row the active holder count has risen. Persistence, not a buy signal: long streaks are how names end up crowded.
3q
consecutive rising quarters

The crowd, 2016 to now

active holders per quarter
2016Mar 2026
Holdings as of Mar 31, 2026, filed by May 16, 2026. Counts for the newest quarter keep settling for a few weeks as amendments land.

The tide

funds in (up) vs out (down)
Jun 23 Mar 26

Top holders

by reported value · $1.9B held
FundValueNote
FMR LLC $310M
BVF INC/IL $184M
Two Seas Capital LP $141M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT… $86M
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP $67M
Prosight Management, LP $53M
BlackRock, Inc. $50M
MORGAN STANLEY $47M
ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC $42M fast money
Invesco Ltd. $41M

Tourists vs true believers

every holder a dot · right = bigger bet in their own book, up = patient money
TOURISTS: small bets, fast churn BELIEVERS: real weight, patient books POSITION WEIGHT IN THE HOLDER'S OWN BOOK (LOG) PATIENCE
Hover any dot for the fund and its bet size. Patience is measured from each filer's actual quarter-to-quarter turnover across our whole database.