Vericel Corporation
US ˙ NasdaqGM ˙ US92346J1088

SecurityVCEL / Vericel Corporation
InstitutionCitadel Advisors Llc
ManagerKen Griffin
Latest Disclosed Ownership113,546 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 3,652,774
Citadel Advisors Llc ownership in VCEL / Vericel Corporation

On May 15, 2026 - Citadel Advisors Llc filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 113,546 shares of Vericel Corporation (US:VCEL) valued at $3,652,775 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 17, 2026 disclosing 50,065 shares of Vericel Corporation. This represents a change in shares of 126.80% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $4,121,720 USD.

Citadel Advisors Llc has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (VCEL) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD and put options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

VCEL / Vericel Corporation Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 113,546 63,481 126.80 3,653 102.66 0.0005
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 50,065 -131,066 -72.36 1,803 -68.39 0.0003
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 181,131 137,563 315.74 5,700 207.61 0.0009
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 43,568 41,972 2,629.82 1,854 2,509.86 0.0003
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 1,596 -6,583 -80.49 71 -84.19 0.0000
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 8,179 -60,478 -88.09 449 -84.52 0.0001
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 68,657 68,647 686,470.00 2,901 0.0006
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 10 -7,245 -99.86 0 -100.00 0.0000
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 7,255 -11,566 -61.45 377 -43.73 0.0001
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 18,821 -65,160 -77.59 670 -76.20 0.0001
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 83,981 -324,688 -79.45 2,815 -81.66 0.0006
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 408,669 407,637 39,499.71 15,354 51,076.67 0.0032
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 1,032 -4,536 -81.47 30 -79.45 0.0000
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 5,568 -87,056 -93.99 147 -93.21 0.0000
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 92,624 -132,578 -58.87 2,149 -62.10 0.0005
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 225,202 207,792 1,193.52 5,670 752.63 0.0015
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 17,410 1,084 6.64 665 3.74 0.0001
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 16,326 -90,138 -84.67 641 -87.66 0.0001
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 106,464 57,800 118.77 5,195 103.33 0.0011
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 48,664 -9,543 -16.39 2,555 -21.00 0.0006
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A-1 VERICEL COM 92346J108 58,207 -8,932 -13.30 3,234 56.01 0.0008
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 58,207 -8,932 3,234 0.0008
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 67,139 -114,201 -62.98 2,073 -38.32 0.0005
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F VERICEL COM 92346J108 181,340 6,882 3.94 3,361 39.40 0.0010
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 174,458 55,729 46.94 2,411 121.40 0.0009
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 118,729 -54,209 -31.35 1,089 -63.81 0.0005
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 172,938 155,021 865.22 3,009 1,010.33 0.0013
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 17,917 -48,163 -72.89 271 -78.29 0.0001
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 66,080 -16,268 -19.76 1,248 -13.45 0.0006
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 82,348 -155,284 -65.35 1,442 -65.13 0.0007
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 237,632 145,566 158.11 4,135 217.34 0.0023
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 92,066 -30,311 -24.77 1,303 9.77 0.0006
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F/A-1 VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 122,377 63,722 108.64 1,187 103.25 0.0006
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 122,377 63,722 1,187
2018-05-14 2018-03-31 13F/A-1 VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 58,655 42,707 267.79 584 571.26 0.0003
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 58,655 42,707 584
2018-02-09 2017-12-31 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 15,948 -23,210 -59.27 87 -62.98 0.0001
2017-11-09 2017-09-30 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 39,158 -13,256 -25.29 235 59.86 0.0002
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 52,414 3,455 7.06 147 0.00 0.0001
2017-02-10 2016-12-31 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 48,959 48,959 147 0.0001
2016-08-12 2016-06-30 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 0 -20,103 -100.00 0 -100.00
2017-01-31 2016-03-31 13F/A-1 VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 20,103 11,581 135.90 118 436.36 0.0001
2016-05-13 2016-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 20,103 118
2017-01-31 2015-12-31 13F/A-1 VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 8,522 8,522 22 0.0000
2016-02-12 2015-12-31 13F VERICEL Cmn 92346J108 8,522 22 0.0000
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F VERICEL COM Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F VERICEL COM Call 20,700 -27.62 745 -17.22 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F VERICEL COM Call 28,600 297.22 900 194.12 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F VERICEL COM Call 7,200 -50.00 306 -52.34 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F VERICEL COM Call 14,400 -23.81 643 -38.09 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F VERICEL COM Call 18,900 -45.69 1,038 -29.46 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F VERICEL COM Call 34,800 -12.34 1,470 -19.28 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F VERICEL COM Call 39,700 166.44 1,821 134.97 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F VERICEL COM Call 14,900 192.16 775 328.18 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F VERICEL COM Call 5,100 13.33 182 20.67 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F VERICEL COM Call 4,500 -22.41 151 -30.88 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F VERICEL COM Call 5,800 -80.47 218 -75.06 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F VERICEL COM Call 29,700 10.00 871 22.36 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F VERICEL COM Call 27,000 711 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F VERICEL COM Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F VERICEL COM Call 10,200 -13.56 390 -15.95 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F VERICEL COM Call 11,800 11.32 464 -10.25 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F VERICEL Cmn Call 10,600 -42.08 517 -46.20 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F VERICEL COM Call 18,300 -34.17 961 -37.76 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A VERICEL COM Call 27,800 25.79 1,544 126.39 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F VERICEL COM Call 27,800 1,544 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F VERICEL COM Call 22,100 -7.53 682 53.95 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F VERICEL COM Call 23,900 48.45 443 98.65 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F VERICEL Cmn Call 16,100 -7.47 223 39.38 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Call 17,400 -74.15 160 -86.34 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Call 67,300 -6.14 1,171 7.83 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F VERICEL Cmn Call 71,700 256.72 1,086 185.79 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F VERICEL Cmn Call 20,100 60.80 380 73.52 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Call 12,500 -13.19 219 -12.75 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Call 14,400 -21.74 251 -3.46 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F VERICEL Cmn Call 18,400 44.88 260 111.38 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F/A VERICEL Cmn Call 12,700 16.51 123 13.89 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F VERICEL Cmn Call 12,700 123 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-14 2018-03-31 13F/A VERICEL Cmn Call 10,900 2.83 108 260.00 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Call 10,900 108 n/a n/a n/a
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Call 10,600 30 n/a n/a n/a
2017-01-31 2016-03-31 13F/A VERICEL Cmn Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2017-01-31 2015-12-31 13F/A VERICEL Cmn Call 2,500 6 n/a n/a n/a
2016-02-12 2015-12-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Call 2,500 6 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F VERICEL COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F VERICEL COM Put 5,800 209 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F VERICEL COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F VERICEL COM Put 6,400 18.52 286 -3.72 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F VERICEL COM Put 5,400 -66.46 297 -56.47 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F VERICEL COM Put 16,100 -59.55 680 -62.76 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F VERICEL COM Put 39,800 57.94 1,826 39.39 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F VERICEL COM Put 25,200 215.00 1,311 361.27 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F VERICEL COM Put 8,000 90.48 285 102.86 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F VERICEL COM Put 4,200 320.00 141 278.38 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F VERICEL COM Put 1,000 -72.22 38 -64.76 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F VERICEL COM Put 3,600 9.09 106 22.09 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F VERICEL COM Put 3,300 87 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F VERICEL COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F VERICEL COM Put 10,700 -31.41 269 -54.87 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F VERICEL COM Put 15,600 1.30 596 -1.49 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F VERICEL COM Put 15,400 -58.49 605 -66.57 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 37,100 9.76 1,810 1.97 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F VERICEL COM Put 33,800 -7.90 1,775 -12.95 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A VERICEL COM Put 36,700 -6.38 2,039 68.37 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F VERICEL COM Put 36,700 2,039 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F VERICEL COM Put 39,200 -0.51 1,211 65.89 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F VERICEL COM Put 39,400 -19.10 730 8.47 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 48,700 -49.48 673 -23.87 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 96,400 845.10 884 399.44 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 10,200 -5.56 177 7.93 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 10,800 164 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 24,600 -12.46 431 -11.86 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 28,100 15.16 489 41.74 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 24,400 36.31 345 98.28 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F/A VERICEL Cmn Put 17,900 32.59 174 29.85 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 17,900 174 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-14 2018-03-31 13F/A VERICEL Cmn Put 13,500 -11.76 134 211.63 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 13,500 134 n/a n/a n/a
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 15,300 -54.05 43 -57.00 n/a n/a n/a
2017-02-10 2016-12-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 33,300 100 n/a n/a n/a
2017-01-31 2016-06-30 13F/A VERICEL Cmn Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2017-01-31 2016-03-31 13F/A VERICEL Cmn Put 10,300 60 n/a n/a n/a
2016-05-13 2016-03-31 13F VERICEL Cmn Put 10,300 60 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.