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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
BA icon
151
Boeing
BA
$169B
$1.01M 0.05%
+3,022
New +$1.04M
XRAY icon
152
Dentsply Sirona
XRAY
$2.84B
$1.01M 0.05%
+23,000
New +$1.08M
MA icon
153
Mastercard
MA
$498B
$1M 0.05%
5,110
-665
-12% -$125K
TD icon
154
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$193B
$998K 0.05%
17,242
+75
+0.4% +$4.29K
WBC
155
DELISTED
WABCO HOLDINGS INC.
WBC
$958K 0.05%
+8,182
New +$1.04M
PSX icon
156
Phillips 66
PSX
$82.9B
$943K 0.04%
8,392
-24,011
-74% -$2.7M
LSTR icon
157
Landstar System
LSTR
$6.03B
$942K 0.04%
+8,627
New +$948K
GM icon
158
General Motors
GM
$80.9B
$911K 0.04%
23,113
-3,411
-13% -$134K
AQUA
159
DELISTED
Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. Common Stock
AQUA
$816K 0.04%
39,839
-407,410
-91% -$8.31M
NXEOW
160
DELISTED
Nexeo Solutions, Inc. Warrant
NXEOW
$743K 0.04%
1,300,363
– –
RGLS
161
DELISTED
Regulus Therapeutics
RGLS
$705K 0.03%
8,903
+556
+7% +$46K
CBT icon
162
Cabot Corp
CBT
$4.72B
$611K 0.03%
+9,881
New +$585K
ABUS icon
163
Arbutus Biopharma
ABUS
$847M
– –
-290,720
Closed -$1.45M
ACET icon
164
Adicet Bio
ACET
$77.6M
– –
-386
Closed -$414K
ANSS
165
DELISTED
Ansys
ANSS
– –
-51,128
Closed -$8.01M
ASH icon
166
Ashland
ASH
$3.34B
– –
-57,551
Closed -$4.02M
ASMB icon
167
Assembly Biosciences
ASMB
$498M
– –
-873
Closed -$514K
OPTU
168
Optimum Communications Inc
OPTU
$298M
– –
-478,746
Closed -$8.85M
AZO icon
169
AutoZone
AZO
$51.3B
– –
-20,610
Closed -$13.4M
BABA icon
170
Alibaba
BABA
$276B
– –
-52,728
Closed -$9.68M
BCE icon
171
BCE
BCE
$20.8B
– –
-23,059
Closed -$992K
BG icon
172
Bunge Global
BG
$20.9B
– –
-41,240
Closed -$3.05M
BLDR icon
173
Builders FirstSource
BLDR
$7.29B
– –
-47,314
Closed -$937K
BMY icon
174
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$129B
– –
-255,108
Closed -$16.1M
BTAI icon
175
BioXcel Therapeutics
BTAI
$24.8M
– –
-12,531
Closed -$2.05M
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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.