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Ascend Capital Portfolio holdings

AUM $1.99B
1-Year Est. Return 10.36%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+6.94%
1 Year Est. Return
+10.36%
3 Year Est. Return
+56.79%
5 Year Est. Return
+86.43%
10 Year Est. Return
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AUM
$2.84B
AUM Growth
+$291M
Cap. Flow
+$191M
Cap. Flow %
6.72%
Top 10 Hldgs %
31.1%
Holding
193
New
73
Increased
29
Reduced
31
Closed
51

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
ASH icon
Ashland
ASH
+$94.9M
2
SYF icon
Synchrony
SYF
+$65.9M
3
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$52M
4
LBTYA icon
Liberty Global Class A
LBTYA
+$50.6M
5
TWX
Time Warner Inc
TWX
+$49.4M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$110M
2
GLNG icon
Golar LNG
GLNG
+$64.6M
3
HLT icon
Hilton Worldwide
HLT
+$60.1M
4
JNJ icon
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
+$56.9M
5
BXLT
BAXALTA INC COM STK (DE)
BXLT
+$56.4M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Communication Services 21.19%
2 Technology 16.04%
3 Healthcare 13.29%
4 Consumer Discretionary 12.44%
5 Energy 7.74%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
DXCM icon
101
DexCom
DXCM
$27.6B
$5.41M 0.19%
+264,000
New +$5.49M
PF
102
DELISTED
Pinnacle Foods, Inc.
PF
$5.29M 0.19%
+124,700
New +$5.33M
FEIC
103
DELISTED
FEI COMPANY
FEIC
$5.23M 0.18%
+65,606
New +$5.07M
FNFG
104
DELISTED
FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GROUP INC
FNFG
$5.2M 0.18%
+479,449
New +$5.12M
ALNY icon
105
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
ALNY
$36.3B
$4.71M 0.17%
+50,000
New +$4.64M
RDS.A
106
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
$4.63M 0.16%
+100,980
New +$5.07M
EL icon
107
Estee Lauder
EL
$29B
$4.39M 0.15%
49,900
-24,950
-33% -$2.12M
MIC
108
DELISTED
Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings, LLC
MIC
$4.38M 0.15%
60,260
+2,491
+4% +$186K
LKQ icon
109
LKQ Corp
LKQ
$6.58B
$4.21M 0.15%
+142,161
New +$4.13M
A icon
110
CALL
Agilent Technologies
A
$39.1B
$4.18M 0.15%
100,000
– –
SHW icon
111
Sherwin-Williams
SHW
$78.3B
$4.11M 0.14%
+47,445
New +$4.1M
BC icon
112
Brunswick
BC
$5.19B
$4.04M 0.14%
80,000
-20,000
-20% -$1.03M
SIOX
113
DELISTED
Sio Gene Therapies Inc. Common Stock
SIOX
$3.91M 0.14%
+27,097
New +$3.53M
CVS icon
114
CVS Health
CVS
$137B
$3.7M 0.13%
+37,826
New +$3.7M
GDOT icon
115
Green Dot
GDOT
$753M
$3.49M 0.12%
212,380
-17,620
-8% -$302K
CE icon
116
Celanese
CE
$5.09B
$3.41M 0.12%
50,665
-21,947
-30% -$1.49M
STZ icon
117
Constellation Brands
STZ
$22.2B
$2.93M 0.1%
+20,589
New +$2.83M
BW icon
118
Babcock & Wilcox
BW
$1.43B
$2.53M 0.09%
+12,137
New +$2.21M
AX icon
119
Axos Financial
AX
$5.45B
$2.52M 0.09%
+119,575
New +$2.82M
TAL
120
DELISTED
TAL INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
TAL
$2.51M 0.09%
+157,672
New +$2.77M
KSS icon
121
Kohl's
KSS
$2.03B
$2.38M 0.08%
+49,900
New +$2.31M
VNDA icon
122
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
VNDA
$312M
$2.32M 0.08%
+249,596
New +$2.49M
ALXN
123
DELISTED
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
ALXN
$2.22M 0.08%
11,636
-13,738
-54% -$2.4M
A icon
124
Agilent Technologies
A
$39.1B
$2.09M 0.07%
+50,000
New +$1.93M
AEL
125
DELISTED
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company
AEL
$1.94M 0.07%
+80,578
New +$2.06M
3 4
5
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Ascend Capital's Q4 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2015, Ascend Capital held 193 positions worth $2.84B, up 11% from $2.55B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 31% of the portfolio.

Ascend Capital deployed $191M of net new capital in Q4 2015, opening 73 new positions and adding to 29 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Ashland: 1,801,800 shares worth $90.5M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Communication Services at 21% of assets, up from 20% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Healthcare.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Golar LNG, an estimated $64.6M trimmed.

  • Ascend Capital's largest Q4 2015 buy was Ashland: 1,801,800 shares worth $90.5M.
  • Ascend Capital added most to Liberty Global Class A in Q4 2015, an estimated $50.6M increase.
  • Ascend Capital's biggest Q4 2015 reduction was Golar LNG, cutting an estimated $64.6M.
  • Ascend Capital fully exited Alphabet (Google) Class C in Q4 2015, selling an estimated $110M.
  • Ascend Capital's ten largest holdings make up 31% of its $2.84B portfolio in Q4 2015.
  • Ascend Capital opened 73 new positions and closed 51 in Q4 2015.
  • Ascend Capital's portfolio value rose 11% quarter-over-quarter to $2.84B.

Based on Ascend Capital's 13F filing for Q4 2015, filed 12 Feb 2016.