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81 hedge funds and large institutions have $192M invested in Build-A-Bear in 2021 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 22 funds opening new positions, 17 increasing their positions, 29 reducing their positions, and 11 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

237% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $5.65M | Put options by funds: $1.68M

100% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 22 | Existing positions closed: 11

24% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $156M → $192M (+$36.9M)

16% more funds holding

Funds holding: 70 → 81 (+11)

3.19% more ownership

Funds ownership: 57.11% → 60.3% (+3.2%)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 → 3 (0)

41% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 17 | Existing positions reduced: 29

Holders
81
Holders Change
+11
Holders Change %
+15.71%
% of All Funds
1.25%
Holding in Top 10
3
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.05%
New
22
Increased
17
Reduced
29
Closed
11
Calls
$5.65M
Puts
$1.68M
Net Calls
+$3.97M
Net Calls Change
+$436K

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Marshall Wace
Marshall Wace
United Kingdom
+$1.8M
2
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
+$1.38M
3
AllianceBernstein
AllianceBernstein
Tennessee
+$1.31M
4
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
+$1.19M
5
CSS
Cubist Systematic Strategies
Connecticut
+$723K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
EI
EAM Investors
California
-$1.28M
2
Two Sigma Advisers
Two Sigma Advisers
New York
-$1.18M
3
KWM
Kanen Wealth Management
Florida
-$1.09M
4
CC
Cannell Capital
Wyoming
-$1.02M
5
Susquehanna International Group
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
-$940K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
S
76
SignatureFD
Georgia
$2K +$1.78K +101 New
GWS
77
Glassman Wealth Services
Virginia
$1K – – –
Citadel Advisors
78
Citadel Advisors
Florida
– -$675K -38,289 Closed
LCM
79
Landscape Capital Management
New Jersey
– -$541K -31,933 Closed
Balyasny Asset Management
80
Balyasny Asset Management
Illinois
– -$530K -31,315 Closed
EGM
81
Engineers Gate Manager
New York
– -$360K -21,275 Closed
SIM
82
Spark Investment Management
New York
– -$338K -20,000 Closed
Assenagon Asset Management
83
Assenagon Asset Management
Luxembourg
– -$226K -13,335 Closed
Barclays
84
Barclays
United Kingdom
– -$63.9K -3,627 -100%
Lazard Asset Management
85
Lazard Asset Management
New York
– -$41K -2,443 Closed
TRCT
86
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
– -$28K -1,654 Closed
CMF
87
Counterpoint Mutual Funds
California
– -$19K -1,110 Closed
GAM
88
Gemmer Asset Management
California
– -$4K -225 Closed
OSAM
89
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management
Connecticut
– -$2K -101 Closed
Carson Wealth (CWM LLC)
90
Carson Wealth (CWM LLC)
Nebraska
– +$282 +16 New
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BBW Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2021 in Review

81 of the 6,498 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Build-A-Bear (BBW) for Q4 2021, worth a combined $192M — up 24% from $156M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 22 funds opened new BBW positions and 11 closed out — a net gain of 11 holders — while 17 added to existing stakes and 29 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Marshall Wace, adding an estimated $1.8M. The largest seller was EAM Investors, cutting an estimated $1.28M.

  • 81 institutional investors held Build-A-Bear (BBW) as of Q4 2021, up from 70 in Q3 2021.
  • Funds reported $192M of Build-A-Bear stock for Q4 2021, up 24% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 22 funds opened new Build-A-Bear positions in Q4 2021 and 11 closed out, a net change of +11 holders.
  • The largest Build-A-Bear buyer in Q4 2021 was Marshall Wace, an estimated $1.8M added.
  • The largest Build-A-Bear seller in Q4 2021 was EAM Investors, an estimated $1.28M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2021.