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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
+2.46%
1 Year Est. Return
+10.36%
3 Year Est. Return
+56.79%
5 Year Est. Return
+86.43%
10 Year Est. Return
AUM
$2.01B
AUM Growth
+$372M
Cap. Flow
+$205M
Cap. Flow %
10.2%
Top 10 Hldgs %
26.44%
Holding
201
New
78
Increased
25
Reduced
22
Closed
66

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$75.1M
2
DLTR icon
Dollar Tree
DLTR
+$57.9M
3
ROP icon
Roper Technologies
ROP
+$54.9M
4
EA icon
Electronic Arts
EA
+$48.4M
5
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$43.2M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Communication Services 14.67%
2 Industrials 14.54%
3 Consumer Discretionary 11.19%
4 Technology 10.39%
5 Healthcare 8.88%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
STZ icon
101
Constellation Brands
STZ
$22.2B
$3.83M 0.19%
+25,000
New +$3.97M
GDOT icon
102
Green Dot
GDOT
$753M
$3.82M 0.19%
162,124
-185,142
-53% -$4.33M
MDLZ icon
103
Mondelez International
MDLZ
$77.7B
$3.66M 0.18%
82,619
-482,880
-85% -$20.8M
KSU
104
DELISTED
Kansas City Southern
KSU
$3.33M 0.17%
+39,257
New +$3.46M
ROST icon
105
Ross Stores
ROST
$76.6B
$3.28M 0.16%
+50,000
New +$3.27M
CELG
106
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
$3.22M 0.16%
+27,842
New +$3.1M
M icon
107
Macy's
M
$6.15B
$2.94M 0.15%
82,215
+50,095
+156% +$1.95M
SBUX icon
108
Starbucks
SBUX
$118B
$2.78M 0.14%
+50,000
New +$2.77M
ARNA
109
DELISTED
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc
ARNA
$2.59M 0.13%
+182,500
New +$2.83M
MEOH icon
110
Methanex
MEOH
$4.32B
$2.1M 0.1%
+47,961
New +$1.92M
INSY
111
DELISTED
Insys Therapeutics, Inc.
INSY
$2.07M 0.1%
+225,000
New +$2.54M
CSOD
112
DELISTED
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.
CSOD
$2.05M 0.1%
+48,440
New +$1.92M
AZO icon
113
AutoZone
AZO
$48.3B
$1.98M 0.1%
2,500
-18,379
-88% -$14.1M
TGT icon
114
Target
TGT
$62.1B
$1.81M 0.09%
+25,000
New +$1.81M
CHRS icon
115
Coherus Oncology
CHRS
$217M
$1.69M 0.08%
+60,000
New +$1.68M
CSC
116
DELISTED
Computer Sciences
CSC
$1.43M 0.07%
24,094
-1,043,507
-98% -$60.3M
LYV icon
117
Live Nation Entertainment
LYV
$41.2B
$1.33M 0.07%
+50,000
New +$1.38M
NKTR icon
118
Nektar Therapeutics
NKTR
$2.39B
$1.19M 0.06%
+6,459
New +$1.31M
AMRN
119
Amarin Corp
AMRN
$284M
$1.15M 0.06%
+18,736
New +$1.19M
TNL icon
120
Travel + Leisure Co
TNL
$4.54B
$1.15M 0.06%
+33,225
New +$1.07M
REGN icon
121
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
REGN
$68.8B
$1.1M 0.05%
+3,000
New +$1.14M
LSXMA
122
DELISTED
Liberty Media Corporation Series A Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock
LSXMA
$948K 0.05%
38,069
-667,841
-95% -$16.6M
NXEOW
123
DELISTED
Nexeo Solutions, Inc. Warrant
NXEOW
$892K 0.04%
1,272,263
-47,925
-4% -$27.8K
NXEO
124
DELISTED
Nexeo Solutions, Inc. Common Stock
NXEO
$787K 0.04%
84,576
+34,576
+69% +$277K
FNBC
125
DELISTED
First NBC Bank Holding Company
FNBC
$705K 0.04%
+96,691
New +$764K

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Ascend Capital's Q4 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2016, Ascend Capital held 201 positions worth $2.01B, up 23% from $1.63B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 26% of the portfolio.

Ascend Capital deployed $205M of net new capital in Q4 2016, opening 78 new positions and adding to 25 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Dollar Tree: 719,314 shares worth $55.5M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Communication Services at 15% of assets, up from 8.7% a quarter earlier, followed by Industrials and Consumer Discretionary.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Computer Sciences, an estimated $60.3M trimmed.

  • Ascend Capital's largest Q4 2016 buy was Dollar Tree: 719,314 shares worth $55.5M.
  • Ascend Capital added most to Meta Platforms (Facebook) in Q4 2016, an estimated $75.1M increase.
  • Ascend Capital's biggest Q4 2016 reduction was Computer Sciences, cutting an estimated $60.3M.
  • Ascend Capital fully exited Endo International plc in Q4 2016, selling an estimated $82.4M.
  • Ascend Capital's ten largest holdings make up 26% of its $2.01B portfolio in Q4 2016.
  • Ascend Capital opened 78 new positions and closed 66 in Q4 2016.
  • Ascend Capital's portfolio value rose 23% quarter-over-quarter to $2.01B.

Based on Ascend Capital's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 13 Feb 2017.