Avient
AVNT
250 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.08B invested in Avient in 2018 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 38 funds opening new positions, 77 increasing their positions, 94 reducing their positions, and 51 closing their positions.
2.29% less ownership
Funds ownership: 93.54% → 91.26% (-2.3%)
5% less funds holding
Funds holding: 264 → 250 (-14)
18% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 77 | Existing positions reduced: 94
25% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 38 | Existing positions closed: 51
36% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3.27B → $2.08B (-$1.18B)
58% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $220K | Put options by funds: $526K
100% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 0 (-1)
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Marshall Wace
London,
United Kingdom
|
+$18.4M |
| 2 |
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
|
+$15.8M |
| 3 |
Wells Fargo
San Francisco,
California
|
+$13.6M |
| 4 |
Arrowstreet Capital
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
+$7.8M |
| 5 |
LM
Luminus Management
Houston,
Texas
|
+$6.64M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ameriprise
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
|
-$28.4M |
| 2 |
TCM
TimesSquare Capital Management
New York
|
-$21.8M |
| 3 |
HA
Homestead Advisers
Arlington,
Virginia
|
-$14.2M |
| 4 |
MFIMFI
Mesirow Financial Investment Management - Fixed Income
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$13.5M |
| 5 |
AllianceBernstein
Nashville,
Tennessee
|
-$12.3M |
AVNT Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2018 in Review
250 of the 4,488 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Avient (AVNT) for Q4 2018, worth a combined $2.08B — down 36% from $3.27B a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 51 funds closed out of AVNT and 38 opened new positions — a net loss of 13 holders — while 94 trimmed existing stakes and 77 added.
The largest buyer was Marshall Wace, opening a new position worth an estimated $18.4M. The largest seller was Ameriprise, cutting an estimated $28.4M.
- 250 institutional investors held Avient (AVNT) as of Q4 2018, down from 264 in Q3 2018.
- Funds reported $2.08B of Avient stock for Q4 2018, down 36% quarter-over-quarter.
- 38 funds opened new Avient positions in Q4 2018 and 51 closed out, a net change of -13 holders.
- The largest Avient buyer in Q4 2018 was Marshall Wace, an estimated $18.4M added.
- The largest Avient seller in Q4 2018 was Ameriprise, an estimated $28.4M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2018.