63% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
6 more new buyers than exits, ownership rose 11.06 percentage points vs the prior quarter, and no widely-followed fund managers in the top 25.
63% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
15.9% institutional ownership
Velan Capital Investment portfolio allocation
Institutional ownership vs Biotechnology peers
No Form 4 insider transactions on file
Latest positioning in EDSA across 13F flow, ownership shift, marquee holders, and holder-count growth.
Ranked by reported Q1 2026 13F market value
Share of total reported institutional value in EDSA held by the largest 10 / 25 filers.
| # | Institution | Shares Held | Market Value | QoQ Change | Ownership % | % of Fund |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Velan Capital Investment Management LP | 828K | $4.3M | +20.4% | 9.306% | 2.71% |
| 2 | Rubric Capital Management LP | 688K | $3.6M | 0.0% | 7.732% | 0.04% |
| 3 | PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC | 563K | $2.9M | β | 6.334% | 0.06% |
| 4 | JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | 116K | $605K | β | 1.301% | 0.00% |
| 5 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 86K | $450K | β | 0.967% | 0.00% |
| 6 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 77K | $403K | +65.6% | 0.867% | 0.00% |
| 7 | VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO | 38K | $201K | β | 0.432% | 0.00% |
| 8 | STATE STREET CORP | 38K | $199K | +103.3% | 0.427% | 0.00% |
| 9 | COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC | 35K | $183K | β | 0.394% | 0.00% |
| 10 | Scientech Research LLC | 31K | $160K | β | 0.343% | 0.13% |
| 11 | Stonepine Capital Management, LLC | 30K | $157K | -95.6% | 0.337% | 0.06% |
| 12 | BlackRock, Inc. | 28K | $145K | β | 0.312% | 0.00% |
| 13 | Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 20K | $103K | β | 0.221% | 0.00% |
| 14 | SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. | 16K | $83K | β | 0.178% | 0.00% |
| 15 | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 15K | $78K | β | 0.169% | 0.00% |
| 16 | SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | 4K | $18K | β | 0.039% | 0.00% |
| 17 | UBS Group AG | 2K | $12K | +72.0% | 0.026% | 0.00% |
| 18 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 2K | $9K | 0.0% | 0.019% | 0.00% |
| 19 | MCGUIRE CAPITAL ADVISORS INC | 2K | $8K | β | 0.017% | 0.01% |
| 20 | Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 507 | $3K | -80.2% | 0.006% | 0.00% |
| 21 | CITIGROUP INC | 487 | $3K | β | 0.006% | 0.00% |
| 22 | Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 162 | $847 | β | 0.002% | 0.00% |
| 23 | TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 142 | $792 | 0.0% | 0.002% | 0.00% |
| 24 | Virtu Financial LLC | 26K | $137 | β | 0.296% | 0.01% |
| 25 | LRI Investments, LLC | 1 | $5 | 0.0% | 0.000% | 0.00% |
denotes a marquee investor (Buffett, Burry, ARK, Tiger Global, Pershing Square, Baupost and other widely-followed managers). β% of Fundβ shows how much of that investorβs total 13F portfolio is invested in EDSA β a direct measure of their conviction.
Filings activity in EDSA during Q1 2026, grouped by how each filer changed its position.
Institutions that opened a new EDSA position in Q1 2026
Institutions that fully closed their EDSA position in Q1 2026
8 quarters of 13F filings Β· Ξ columns show change vs prior quarter
| Quarter | Inst. Holders | Ξ Holders | Ownership % | Ξ Ownership | Total 13F Value | Ξ Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 28 | +27% | 15.87% | +11.06 pp | $14M | +230% |
| Q4 2025 | 22 | +0.0% | 4.81% | 3.32 pp | $4M | 41% |
| Q3 2025 | 22 | +10% | 8.13% | +3.25 pp | $7M | +67% |
| Q2 2025 | 20 | +0.0% | 4.88% | 2.96 pp | $4M | 38% |
| Q1 2025 | 20 | +25% | 7.84% | +7.43 pp | $7M | +1832% |
| Q4 2024 | 16 | 11% | 0.41% | 0.42 pp | $0M | 51% |
| Q3 2024 | 18 | +0.0% | 0.83% | 0.73 pp | $1M | 47% |
| Q2 2024 | 18 | β | 1.56% | β | $1M | β |
Source: SEC 13F institutional filings. Ownership % requires market cap data and will show once linked. Ξ columns compare to the immediately prior filed quarter.
No recent Form 4 insider transactions on file for EDSA.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying EDSA stock.
Based on Q1 2026 13F filings, institutional ownership of Edesa Biotech, Inc. stands at 15.9%, held across 28 reporting institutions.
Velan Capital Investment Management LP is the largest reported institutional holder of EDSA, with approximately 827,500 shares worth $0.00B as of Q1 2026.
No marquee "smart money" managers (Berkshire, Burry, ARK, Tiger Global, Pershing Square, Baupost, etc.) currently appear among the top 25 institutional holders of EDSA.
Our composite Smart Money Score for EDSA is 49 out of 100 (Neutral). It combines net institutional buying activity, ownership shift, marquee investor presence, and holder-count growth.
15 institutions opened new positions in EDSA during Q1 2026, while 9 fully exited. 10 added to existing positions and 2 trimmed.
EDSA institutional ownership rose by 11.06 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, with a net change of β holders.
The top 10 institutions account for 95.5% of all reported 13F value in EDSA, and the top 25 account for 100.0%.
All data is sourced from SEC Form 13F filings, which institutional investment managers with at least $100M in assets are required to file each quarter. We process every 13F filing from EDGAR and recompute the aggregates after each cycle. Insider transactions are sourced from Form 4 filings.