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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
+3.24%
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
$2.12B
AUM Growth
-$335M
Cap. Flow
-$494M
Cap. Flow %
-23.29%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.64%
Holding
258
New
59
Increased
44
Reduced
58
Closed
87

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
WM icon
Waste Management
WM
+$69.3M
2
AME icon
Ametek
AME
+$43.6M
3
GPK icon
Graphic Packaging
GPK
+$42.6M
4
C icon
Citigroup
C
+$39.5M
5
BERY
Berry Global Group, Inc.
BERY
+$33M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
TWX
Time Warner Inc
TWX
+$47.9M
2
ANDV
Andeavor
ANDV
+$41.6M
3
CVS icon
CVS Health
CVS
+$35.1M
4
SPY icon
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
+$33.8M
5
MAS icon
Masco
MAS
+$32.9M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Consumer Discretionary 20.6%
2 Industrials 13.78%
3 Technology 13.55%
4 Financials 10.7%
5 Energy 10.48%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
BBY icon
126
Best Buy
BBY
$19B
$2.5M 0.12%
+33,557
New +$2.48M
LLL
127
DELISTED
L3 Technologies, Inc.
LLL
$2.46M 0.12%
+12,799
New +$2.56M
AZPN
128
DELISTED
ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC
AZPN
$2.46M 0.12%
+26,485
New +$2.46M
NITE
129
DELISTED
Nightstar Therapeutics plc American Depositary Shares
NITE
$2.43M 0.11%
151,691
+30,710
+25% +$438K
IBKR icon
130
Interactive Brokers
IBKR
$38.4B
$2.4M 0.11%
+149,164
New +$2.7M
TSE
131
DELISTED
Trinseo
TSE
$2.37M 0.11%
+33,416
New +$2.49M
BGC icon
132
BGC Group
BGC
$5.64B
$2.26M 0.11%
310,425
+191,427
+161% +$1.53M
CPA icon
133
Copa Holdings
CPA
$5.56B
$2.21M 0.1%
+23,345
New +$2.62M
PBF icon
134
PBF Energy
PBF
$7.49B
$2.18M 0.1%
+52,007
New +$2.18M
TEN
135
DELISTED
Tenneco Inc. Class A Voting Common Stock
TEN
$2.12M 0.1%
+48,265
New +$2.32M
PENN icon
136
PENN Entertainment
PENN
$2.84B
$2.08M 0.1%
61,805
+23,987
+63% +$749K
NINE
137
DELISTED
Nine Energy Service
NINE
$2.04M 0.1%
61,496
-26,678
-30% -$834K
RES icon
138
RPC Inc
RES
$1.13B
$2.01M 0.09%
+137,940
New +$2.36M
DOV icon
139
Dover
DOV
$26.7B
$1.92M 0.09%
26,237
-67,881
-72% -$5.19M
AVYA
140
DELISTED
Avaya Holdings Corp. Common Stock
AVYA
$1.9M 0.09%
+94,499
New +$2.09M
TLRD
141
DELISTED
Tailored Brands, Inc.
TLRD
$1.79M 0.08%
+70,316
New +$2.14M
KBR icon
142
KBR
KBR
$4.56B
$1.79M 0.08%
+99,894
New +$1.74M
BVH
143
DELISTED
Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corporation
BVH
$1.61M 0.08%
35,613
+15,563
+78% +$719K
FOMX
144
DELISTED
Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Ordinary Shares
FOMX
$1.5M 0.07%
299,695
-201,883
-40% -$1.04M
ARAV
145
DELISTED
Aravive, Inc. Common Stock
ARAV
$1.17M 0.06%
96,464
-6,291
-6% -$64.8K
CALA
146
DELISTED
Calithera Biosciences, Inc
CALA
$1.14M 0.05%
11,405
-15,372
-57% -$1.74M
COST icon
147
Costco
COST
$432B
$1.06M 0.05%
+5,059
New +$999K
PBPB
148
DELISTED
Potbelly
PBPB
$1.05M 0.05%
+81,390
New +$1.03M
PM icon
149
Philip Morris
PM
$309B
$1.03M 0.05%
+12,773
New +$1.08M
ABM icon
150
ABM Industries
ABM
$2.89B
$1.02M 0.05%
+35,052
New +$1.08M
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Ascend Capital's Q2 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2018, Ascend Capital held 258 positions worth $2.12B, down 14% from $2.46B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 23% of the portfolio.

Ascend Capital withdrew a net $494M in Q2 2018, closing 87 positions and reducing 58 holdings. Its most notable exit was Time Warner Inc, an estimated $47.9M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Consumer Discretionary at 21% of assets, up from 19% a quarter earlier, followed by Industrials and Technology.

Against the trend, Ascend Capital opened a new position in Graphic Packaging worth $41.7M.

  • Ascend Capital's largest Q2 2018 buy was Graphic Packaging: 2,871,826 shares worth $41.7M.
  • Ascend Capital added most to Waste Management in Q2 2018, an estimated $69.3M increase.
  • Ascend Capital's biggest Q2 2018 reduction was Andeavor, cutting an estimated $41.6M.
  • Ascend Capital fully exited Time Warner Inc in Q2 2018, selling an estimated $47.9M.
  • Ascend Capital's ten largest holdings make up 23% of its $2.12B portfolio in Q2 2018.
  • Ascend Capital opened 59 new positions and closed 87 in Q2 2018.
  • Ascend Capital's portfolio value fell 14% quarter-over-quarter to $2.12B.

Based on Ascend Capital's 13F filing for Q2 2018, filed 13 Aug 2018.