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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
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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

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
ENDP
Endo International plc
ENDP
+$82.4M
2
PRGO icon
Perrigo
PRGO
+$78.9M
3
CSC
Computer Sciences
CSC
+$60.3M
4
DISH
DISH Network Corp.
DISH
+$39.9M
5
LLY icon
Eli Lilly
LLY
+$26.8M

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
META icon
1
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.63T
$82.4M 4.11%
715,987
+611,557
+586% +$75.1M
GOOGL icon
2
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.24T
$68M 3.39%
1,715,620
+148,940
+10% +$5.96M
ROP icon
3
Roper Technologies
ROP
$35.4B
$56.1M 2.8%
+306,438
New +$54.9M
DLTR icon
4
Dollar Tree
DLTR
$24.2B
$55.5M 2.77%
+719,314
New +$57.9M
WCN
5
Waste Connections
WCN
$42.8B
$55M 2.74%
1,048,935
-289,872
-22% -$14.6M
EA icon
6
Electronic Arts
EA
$52.4B
$47.4M 2.36%
+602,403
New +$48.4M
AME icon
7
Ametek
AME
$54.5B
$41.3M 2.06%
850,739
+361,598
+74% +$17.1M
AMZN icon
8
Amazon
AMZN
$2.66T
$41.3M 2.06%
+1,101,480
New +$43.2M
PX
9
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$37.4M 1.86%
+318,882
New +$37.9M
BERY
10
DELISTED
Berry Global Group, Inc.
BERY
$36M 1.8%
804,907
+423,757
+111% +$18.1M
TSN icon
11
Tyson Foods
TSN
$20.1B
$34.8M 1.73%
+563,953
New +$37.1M
SLM icon
12
SLM Corp
SLM
$4.75B
$34.4M 1.71%
3,119,286
+1,440,486
+86% +$12.9M
AGO icon
13
Assured Guaranty
AGO
$3.75B
$33.4M 1.67%
885,464
+321,747
+57% +$10.8M
AZN icon
14
AstraZeneca
AZN
$263B
$33M 1.64%
603,605
+463,087
+330% +$26.3M
VZ icon
15
Verizon
VZ
$183B
$31.8M 1.58%
+595,654
New +$29.8M
CSRA
16
DELISTED
CSRA Inc.
CSRA
$30.5M 1.52%
958,367
+216,066
+29% +$6.32M
DOV icon
17
Dover
DOV
$28.5B
$29.1M 1.45%
+480,134
New +$27.7M
V icon
18
Visa
V
$677B
$27.5M 1.37%
352,092
+62,980
+22% +$5.06M
WATT icon
19
Energous
WATT
$91M
$27.3M 1.36%
2,697
– –
JCI icon
20
Johnson Controls International
JCI
$86.5B
$27.2M 1.36%
+660,112
New +$28.9M
MSFT icon
21
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.95T
$27.1M 1.35%
435,384
+277,384
+176% +$16.7M
MAR icon
22
Marriott International
MAR
$97B
$25.7M 1.28%
+310,942
New +$23.4M
TMX
23
DELISTED
Terminix Global Holdings, Inc.
TMX
$25.2M 1.26%
1,000,335
+344,798
+53% +$8.46M
WHR icon
24
Whirlpool
WHR
$2.36B
$24.8M 1.24%
+136,695
New +$22.6M
PE
25
DELISTED
PARSLEY ENERGY INC
PE
$23.5M 1.17%
666,197
+113,873
+21% +$4.03M
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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.