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308 hedge funds and large institutions have $3.13B invested in AutoNation in 2016 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 50 funds opening new positions, 82 increasing their positions, 119 reducing their positions, and 42 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

123% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $32.5M | Put options by funds: $14.5M

33% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 68 (+2)

19% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 50 | Existing positions closed: 42

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 305308 (+3)

3.55% less ownership

Funds ownership: 67.19%63.64% (-3.6%)

6% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $3.33B → $3.13B (-$198M)

31% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 82 | Existing positions reduced: 119

Holders
308
Holders Change
+3
Holders Change %
+0.98%
% of All Funds
7.7%
Holding in Top 10
8
Holding in Top 10 Change
+2
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+33.33%
% of All Funds
0.2%
New
50
Increased
82
Reduced
119
Closed
42
Calls
$32.5M
Puts
$14.5M
Net Calls
+$17.9M
Net Calls Change
+$9.67M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Vanguard Group
1
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$312M +$6.34M +136,657 +2%
Capital Research Global Investors
2
Capital Research Global Investors
California
$292M
RP
3
RBS Partners
Florida
$240M -$53.8M -1,159,581 -19%
EC
4
Eminence Capital
New York
$167M +$2.57M +55,430 +2%
BAM
5
Burgundy Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
$164M +$5.46M +117,726 +4%
State Street
6
State Street
Massachusetts
$156M +$5.43M +116,925 +4%
Artisan Partners
7
Artisan Partners
Wisconsin
$133M +$9.97M +214,832 +9%
CIC
8
Chilton Investment Company
Connecticut
$119M -$26.5M -571,234 -19%
Gates Foundation Trust
9
Gates Foundation Trust
Washington
$92.4M
BIT
10
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$91.5M +$1.06M +22,765 +1%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
11
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$86.1M +$7.75M +167,115 +10%
HK
12
Horizon Kinetics
New York
$81.5M -$24.2M -520,603 -24%
Harris Associates
13
Harris Associates
Illinois
$57.8M +$55.1M +1,188,426 New
BFA
14
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$54.4M +$2.68M +57,782 +5%
OAG
15
Orbis Allan Gray
Bermuda
$52.4M +$27.1K +583 +0.1%
GI
16
GAMCO Investors
Connecticut
$49M -$292K -6,300 -0.6%
GC
17
Guggenheim Capital
Illinois
$46.2M +$9.01M +194,194 +26%
Goldman Sachs
18
Goldman Sachs
New York
$41.2M -$703K -15,152 -2%
Northern Trust
19
Northern Trust
Illinois
$35.2M +$2.45M +52,871 +8%
Bank of New York Mellon
20
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$31.9M +$3.28M +70,643 +12%
Norges Bank
21
Norges Bank
Norway
$29.9M
Geode Capital Management
22
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$29.3M +$1.31M +28,289 +5%
Millennium Management
23
Millennium Management
New York
$28.8M +$21.8M +469,920 +382%
BG
24
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$28.5M +$923K +19,903 +4%
Fidelity Investments
25
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$26.7M -$10.2M -220,769 -29%

AN Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2016 in Review

308 of the 4,000 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in AutoNation (AN) for Q4 2016, worth a combined $3.13B — down 6% from $3.33B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 50 funds opened new AN positions and 42 closed out — a net gain of 8 holders — while 82 added to existing stakes and 119 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Harris Associates, opening a new position worth an estimated $55.1M. The largest seller was Glenview Capital Management, exiting entirely with an estimated $91.9M sold.

  • 308 institutional investors held AutoNation (AN) as of Q4 2016, up from 305 in Q3 2016.
  • Funds reported $3.13B of AutoNation stock for Q4 2016, down 6% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 50 funds opened new AutoNation positions in Q4 2016 and 42 closed out, a net change of +8 holders.
  • The largest AutoNation buyer in Q4 2016 was Harris Associates, an estimated $55.1M added.
  • The largest AutoNation seller in Q4 2016 was Glenview Capital Management, an estimated $91.9M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2016.