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Aspen Aerogels
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44 hedge funds and large institutions have $75.6M invested in Aspen Aerogels in 2018 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 2 funds opening new positions, 16 increasing their positions, 12 reducing their positions, and 3 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

33% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 16 | Existing positions reduced: 12

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 2 (0)

0.94% less ownership

Funds ownership: 70.01% → 69.06% (-0.94%)

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 45 → 44 (-1)

8% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $81.9M → $75.6M (-$6.36M)

33% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 2 | Existing positions closed: 3

Holders
44
Holders Change
-1
Holders Change %
-2.22%
% of All Funds
1.01%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.05%
New
2
Increased
16
Reduced
12
Closed
3
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
NIM
Needham Investment Management
New York
+$1.17M
2
AI
Ariel Investments
Illinois
+$882K
3
HP
Harvey Partners
New York
+$535K
4
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
+$532K
5
QCMC
Quantum Capital Management (California)
California
+$467K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
TAM
Tocqueville Asset Management
New York
-$3.84M
2
HA
Heartland Advisors
Wisconsin
-$974K
3
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Germany
-$144K
4
GIP
Granite Investment Partners
California
-$123K
5
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
-$73K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
GKFF
1
George Kaiser Family Foundation
Oklahoma
$14.5M – – –
AI
2
Ariel Investments
Illinois
$8.4M +$882K +181,100 +11%
OCMI
3
Oaktop Capital Management II
New Jersey
$6.85M – – –
CPA
4
Cowen Prime Advisors
New York
$5.8M +$332K +68,234 +6%
TAM
5
Telemark Asset Management
Massachusetts
$4.76M – – –
RA
6
Royce & Associates
New York
$4.13M +$53.5K +11,000 +1%
Vanguard Group
7
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$3.59M +$12.2K +2,500 +0.3%
NIM
8
Needham Investment Management
New York
$3.59M +$1.17M +241,200 +44%
HP
9
Harvey Partners
New York
$3.08M +$535K +110,000 +19%
HA
10
Heartland Advisors
Wisconsin
$2.51M -$974K -200,000 -27%
Renaissance Technologies
11
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$2.14M -$73K -14,999 -3%
QCMC
12
Quantum Capital Management (California)
California
$2.03M +$467K +95,860 +27%
Ameriprise
13
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$1.99M +$15K +3,088 +0.7%
BlackRock
14
BlackRock
New York
$1.77M -$22.6K -4,633 -1%
EIM
15
Essex Investment Management
Massachusetts
$1.57M +$259K +53,188 +18%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
16
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$1.41M +$532K +109,241 +55%
California Public Employees Retirement System
17
California Public Employees Retirement System
California
$1.39M – – –
New York State Common Retirement Fund
18
New York State Common Retirement Fund
New York
$1.39M – – –
PCM
19
Perritt Capital Management
Illinois
$914K – – –
BCM
20
Bridgeway Capital Management
Texas
$829K – – –
Geode Capital Management
21
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$433K – – –
Morgan Stanley
22
Morgan Stanley
New York
$410K -$35.2K -7,228 -7%
Deutsche Bank
23
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$233K -$144K -29,600 -37%
Northern Trust
24
Northern Trust
Illinois
$216K +$35.6K +7,323 +18%
Prudential Financial
25
Prudential Financial
New Jersey
$191K +$19.5K +4,000 +11%
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ASPN Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2018 in Review

44 of the 4,374 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Aspen Aerogels (ASPN) for Q3 2018, worth a combined $75.6M — down 7.8% from $81.9M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 3 funds closed out of ASPN and 2 opened new positions — a net loss of 1 holder — while 12 trimmed existing stakes and 16 added.

The largest buyer was Needham Investment Management, adding an estimated $1.17M. The largest seller was Tocqueville Asset Management, cutting an estimated $3.84M.

  • 44 institutional investors held Aspen Aerogels (ASPN) as of Q3 2018, down from 45 in Q2 2018.
  • Funds reported $75.6M of Aspen Aerogels stock for Q3 2018, down 7.8% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 2 funds opened new Aspen Aerogels positions in Q3 2018 and 3 closed out, a net change of -1 holder.
  • The largest Aspen Aerogels buyer in Q3 2018 was Needham Investment Management, an estimated $1.17M added.
  • The largest Aspen Aerogels seller in Q3 2018 was Tocqueville Asset Management, an estimated $3.84M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2018.