Who owns Lightwave Logic (LWLG)?
57 holders named in SEC filings declare between 30.8% and 37.7% of Lightwave Logic's shares outstanding, as of Sep 12, 2026. The largest are BlackRock (8.0%), Vanguard (7.9%) and State Street (2.9%); the five largest hold 23.4% together. Another 116 institutions hold small positions worth 1.7%. At least 60.6% of the shares appear in no ownership filing: investors who do not have to report, mostly individuals. From Mar 31, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, institutions that filed both quarters bought 18.5% and sold 8.0% of the shares, a net purchase of 10.4%; 69 opened a position, 41 added, 29 reduced and 35 sold out. Biggest buyers: BlackRock (+9.8M shares) and State Street (+2.7M shares). Biggest sellers: Marshall Wace (-2.8M) and Millennium (-2.7M). Schedule 13D/G filings since Mar 31, 2026: BlackRock, Inc. raised its stake to 7.8% on Jun 30, 2026. Directors and officers, from their latest Form 4: Yves Le Maitre (1.2%), Fred Graffam (0.26%) and Thomas Edward Zelibor (0.25%). Over time, 161 managers declared Lightwave Logic in their 13F for Q2 2026, against 1 for Q4 2019: together at most 37.3% of the shares outstanding, against 0.01%.
| Holder | Filing | Share of capital | As of | Holding since (13F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 13F | 8.0% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2021 |
| Vanguard | 13F | 7.9% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2021 |
| State Street | 13F | 2.9% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2021 |
| Geode Capital | 13F | 2.6% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q3 2021 |
| UBS | 13F | 2.0% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q1 2022 |
| Marshall Wace | 13F | 2.0% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q2 2025 |
| Yves Le Maitre | Form 4 | 1.2% | Sep 12, 2026 | — |
| Northern Trust | 13F | 0.90% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2021 |
| Charles Schwab | 13F | 0.82% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2021 |
| Jane Street | 13F | 0.76% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2021 |
| LPL Financial LLC | 13F | 0.61% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q2 2022 |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD | 13F | 0.61% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q2 2026 |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | 13F | 0.53% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2024 |
| Susquehanna | 13F | 0.47% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2021 |
| Two Sigma | 13F | 0.47% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2025 |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | 13F | 0.33% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2025 |
| BNY | 13F | 0.30% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2021 |
| UMB Bank, n.a. | 13F | 0.26% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q2 2021 |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 13F | 0.26% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2025 |
| Fred Graffam | Form 4 | 0.26% | Jul 24, 2026 | — |
| Goldman Sachs | 13F | 0.25% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2021 |
| Thomas Edward Zelibor | Form 4 | 0.25% | Dec 31, 2025 | — |
| Nuveen | 13F | 0.24% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q2 2026 |
| Swiss National Bank | 13F | 0.20% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q2 2026 |
| Millennium | 13F | 0.19% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2024 |
Lightwave Logic institutional ownership over time
| Quarter | 13F managers | Share of the company (upper bound) | Value declared | Held by stock pickers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2019 | 1 | 0.01% | $7,000.00 | 100.0% |
| Q4 2020 | 3 | 0.18% | $220,000.00 | 100.0% |
| Q4 2021 | 68 | 9.7% | $157.5M | 17.8% |
| Q4 2022 | 113 | 23.3% | $113.3M | 18.4% |
| Q4 2023 | 110 | 27.5% | $160.0M | 16.4% |
| Q4 2024 | 120 | 27.7% | $71.2M | 15.8% |
| Q4 2025 | 116 | 25.8% | $111.8M | 44.7% |
| Q2 2026 | 161 | 37.3% | $542.9M | 22.8% |
From SEC Form 13F, every quarter since the end of 2019, read like the current quarter: entities of a house summed, a value contradicting its share count set aside. The share of the company is an upper bound — two managers can declare the same shares — over the shares outstanding at that date.