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Kura Oncology KURA

US equityMarket cap rank #3276Biotechnology
$10.67 +$0.14 (+1.33%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 9:10 am ET · After hours $10.67 0.00%
Open$10.43
Prev close$10.53
Day range$10.32 – $10.99
Volume1.10M
Market cap$949.21M
P/E (TTM)–
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership99.5%+0.13 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding271+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)26 buys / 24 sellsNet buying
Short interest16.66% of floatDays to cover 8.8 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share20.5%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

13%18%23%28%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$8.29M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$6.1MSuper−$2.2MBig−$997.3KMid−$1.3MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 42.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock11.81%
  • Montanova Capital, LLC9.64%
  • BVF Partners L.P.9.49%
  • State Street Global Advisors5.99%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.11%
  • Armistice Capital LLC4.13%
  • AQR Capital Management3.46%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.51%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund53.11%
  • Hedge Fund35.53%
  • Public Company4.89%
  • VC/PE Fund4.10%
  • Individual/Insider1.59%
  • Private Company1.24%
  • Government Pension Fund0.40%
  • Insurance Company0.18%

Reported short interest has fallen from 17.00% to 16.66% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Troy Wilson Individual/Insider 2026/Q3 +200,000 1.2%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,410,275 1.6%
AQR Capital Management Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +998,116 3.5%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +871,702 11.8%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +817,317 6.0%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Public Company 2026/Q3 +738,899 2.2%
Alethea Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +638,569 2.4%
Royce & Associates, LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +605,042 0.7%
Jupiter Fund Management Plc Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +509,886 0.6%
Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +346,743 1.1%
Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +320,000 0.7%
GW&K Investment Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +291,880 0.3%
Ally Bridge Group VC/PE Fund 2026/Q3 +290,000 0.3%
Ishara Investments, L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +276,750 0.3%
Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +233,633 0.6%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
28 Sep 2026 Kathleen Ford Chief Operating Officer Automatic Disposition -3,668 $10.75 92,986
28 Sep 2026 Brian Powl Chief Commercial Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -15,430 $10.61 –
28 Sep 2026 Mollie Leoni Executive Vice President of Clinical Development Automatic Disposition -28,802 $10.75 41,251
28 Sep 2026 Brian Powl Chief Commercial Officer Automatic Disposition -23,430 $10.75 20,181
27 Sep 2026 Teresa Bair Chief Legal Officer Open Market Disposition -8,442 $10.50 73,408
27 Sep 2026 Kathleen Ford Chief Operating Officer Open Market Disposition -6,906 $10.50 92,986
27 Sep 2026 Brian Powl Chief Commercial Officer Open Market Disposition -9,020 $10.50 20,181
27 Sep 2026 Mollie Leoni Executive Vice President of Clinical Development Open Market Disposition -12,448 $10.50 41,251
27 Sep 2026 Thomas Doyle Senior VP of Finance & Accounting Open Market Disposition -4,607 $10.50 71,209
23 Sep 2026 Francis Burrows Senior Vice President of Translational Research Derivative Exercise and Sale -20,726 $10.83 42,327
23 Sep 2026 Francis Burrows Senior Vice President of Translational Research Derivative Exercise and Retained +9,274 $6.15 42,327
7 Sep 2026 Jennifer Fulk Chief Financial Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +450,000 $12.52 450,000
23 Aug 2026 Troy Wilson Chairperson & CEO Open Market Acquisition +100,000 $12.39 1,032,150
20 Aug 2026 Brian Powl Chief Commercial Officer Open Market Disposition -4,345 $11.89 52,632
18 Aug 2026 Teresa Bair Chief Legal Officer Automatic Disposition -31,487 $12.63 81,850
16 Aug 2026 Troy Wilson Chairperson & CEO Open Market Acquisition +100,000 $11.12 932,150
17 Jun 2026 Mollie Leoni Executive Vice President of Clinical Development Automatic Disposition -84,929 $9.82 82,500
3 Jun 2026 Diane Parks Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +35,000 $8.77 35,000
3 Jun 2026 Thomas Malley Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +35,000 $8.77 35,000
3 Jun 2026 Mary Szela Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +35,000 $8.77 35,000

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 14,820,592 16.7% 8.8
31 Aug 2026 13,417,317 15.1% 4.8
14 Aug 2026 13,124,869 14.8% 8.8
31 Jul 2026 13,160,945 14.8% 11.8
15 Jul 2026 13,732,567 15.5% 7.7
30 Jun 2026 15,092,162 17.0% 8.6

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