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Ascendis Pharma A/S

96 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.85B invested in Ascendis Pharma A/S in 2018 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 9 funds opening new positions, 40 increasing their positions, 29 reducing their positions, and 15 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

332% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $22.6M | Put options by funds: $5.23M

38% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 40 | Existing positions reduced: 29

8% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1213 (+1)

8% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.63B → $2.85B (+$218M)

0.74% more ownership

Funds ownership: 95.31%96.05% (+0.74%)

6% less funds holding

Funds holding: 10296 (-6)

40% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 9 | Existing positions closed: 15

Holders
96
Holders Change
-6
Holders Change %
-5.88%
% of All Funds
2.19%
Holding in Top 10
13
Holding in Top 10 Change
+1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+8.33%
% of All Funds
0.3%
New
9
Increased
40
Reduced
29
Closed
15
Calls
$22.6M
Puts
$5.23M
Net Calls
+$17.4M
Net Calls Change
-$9.22M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
RCM
1
RA Capital Management
Massachusetts
$300M
O
2
OrbiMed
New York
$294M -$17.7M -257,400 -6%
Fidelity Investments
3
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$294M +$55.9M +812,468 +24%
T. Rowe Price Associates
4
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$240M +$19.5M +282,697 +9%
BBA
5
Baker Bros. Advisors
New York
$201M
SI
6
Sofinnova Investments
California
$176M
VC
7
Vivo Capital
California
$154M
ACA
8
Avoro Capital Advisors
New York
$139M -$6.88M -100,000 -5%
EAM
9
Eventide Asset Management
Massachusetts
$109M +$10.9M +157,900 +11%
FCM
10
Farallon Capital Management
California
$103M
EC
11
EcoR1 Capital
California
$77M -$25.9M -376,810 -26%
PA
12
Perceptive Advisors
New York
$76M
LCM
13
Lakewood Capital Management
New York
$55.7M +$23.1M +335,967 +75%
AllianceBernstein
14
AllianceBernstein
Tennessee
$50.6M +$1.31M +19,039 +3%
MWNA
15
Marshall Wace North America
New York
$49.8M +$4.37M +63,540 +10%
Franklin Resources
16
Franklin Resources
California
$41.9M +$2.95M +42,800 +8%
Westfield Capital Management
17
Westfield Capital Management
Massachusetts
$41.2M +$10.8M +157,159 +37%
VMI
18
VHCP Management II
New York
$35.7M
BlackRock
19
BlackRock
New York
$32.7M +$1.53M +22,172 +5%
O
20
OppenheimerFunds
New York
$30.3M -$6.2K -90 -0%
CAM
21
Cormorant Asset Management
Massachusetts
$24.8M -$1.5M -21,739 -6%
DM
22
Deerfield Management
New York
$22.7M -$11.2M -162,467 -34%
First Manhattan
23
First Manhattan
New York
$19.4M -$5.65M -82,111 -23%
Adage Capital Partners
24
Adage Capital Partners
Massachusetts
$17.7M +$1.72M +25,000 +11%
FCMI
25
Foresite Capital Management IV
California
$17.4M -$1.72M -25,000 -9%

ASND Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2018 in Review

96 of the 4,374 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND) for Q3 2018, worth a combined $2.85B — up 8.3% from $2.63B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 15 funds closed out of ASND and 9 opened new positions — a net loss of 6 holders — while 29 trimmed existing stakes and 40 added.

The largest buyer was Fidelity Investments, adding an estimated $55.9M. The largest seller was EcoR1 Capital, cutting an estimated $25.9M.

  • 96 institutional investors held Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND) as of Q3 2018, down from 102 in Q2 2018.
  • Funds reported $2.85B of Ascendis Pharma A/S stock for Q3 2018, up 8.3% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 9 funds opened new Ascendis Pharma A/S positions in Q3 2018 and 15 closed out, a net change of -6 holders.
  • The largest Ascendis Pharma A/S buyer in Q3 2018 was Fidelity Investments, an estimated $55.9M added.
  • The largest Ascendis Pharma A/S seller in Q3 2018 was EcoR1 Capital, an estimated $25.9M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2018.