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Barnes & Noble
BKS

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BKS was delisted on the 6th of August, 2019.

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157 hedge funds and large institutions have $289M invested in Barnes & Noble in 2019 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 23 funds opening new positions, 54 increasing their positions, 48 reducing their positions, and 35 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

201% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $14.8M | Put options by funds: $4.93M

13% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 54 | Existing positions reduced: 48

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 2 (0)

7% less funds holding

Funds holding: 169 → 157 (-12)

22% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $371M → $289M (-$82.3M)

34% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 23 | Existing positions closed: 35

Holders
157
Holders Change
-12
Holders Change %
-7.1%
% of All Funds
3.4%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.04%
New
23
Increased
54
Reduced
48
Closed
35
Calls
$14.8M
Puts
$4.93M
Net Calls
+$9.92M
Net Calls Change
-$17.2M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$8.59M
2
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$7.35M
3
AC
Antara Capital
New York
+$7.27M
4
MC
Maverick Capital
Texas
+$4.33M
5
LCM
Landscape Capital Management
New Jersey
+$3.13M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
CM
Caption Management
Oklahoma
-$5.6M
2
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$4.09M
3
UBS Group
UBS Group
Switzerland
-$3.26M
4
Millennium Management
Millennium Management
New York
-$3M
5
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
-$2.93M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
PIA
126
Piedmont Investment Advisors
North Carolina
$79K +$5.29K +868 +6%
PHK
127
Point72 Hong Kong
Hong Kong
$77K +$74K +12,153 +616%
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
128
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
France
$70.7K +$60.3K +9,895 +317%
HAG
129
HighPoint Advisor Group
Illinois
$56K – – –
PJSIMP
130
P.J. Schmidt Investment Management (PJS)
Wisconsin
$54K – – –
NIT
131
NumerixS Investment Technologies
British Columbia, Canada
$40K +$33.5K +5,500 +324%
IRC
132
Investors Research Corp
Georgia
$33K +$36.9K +6,050 New
AIP
133
Ameritas Investment Partners
Nebraska
$27K – – –
Bank of Montreal
134
Bank of Montreal
Ontario, Canada
$25K +$561 +92 +2%
Acadian Asset Management
135
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
$24K +$27K +4,439 New
SWM
136
SeaCrest Wealth Management
New York
$22K +$24.4K +4,000 New
LTFS
137
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$21K +$24.1K +3,950 New
AG
138
Advisor Group
Arizona
$16K +$5.01K +822 +38%
TRCT
139
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
$16K +$17.8K +2,920 New
FIA
140
FNY Investment Advisers
New York
$10K -$38K -6,229 -76%
LIA
141
LS Investment Advisors
Michigan
$9K – – –
MOACM
142
Mutual of America Capital Management
New York
$9K +$1.18K +194 +13%
FWC
143
First Washington Corp
Washington
$5K – – –
PNC Financial Services Group
144
PNC Financial Services Group
Pennsylvania
$4K -$5.2K -853 -54%
QCIG
145
Quad-Cities Investment Group
Iowa
$3K – – –
GSWM
146
Golden State Wealth Management
California
$3K +$3.05K +500 New
VCM
147
Versant Capital Management
Arizona
$2K -$9.14K -1,500 -80%
Federated Hermes
148
Federated Hermes
Pennsylvania
$2K – – –
GAM
149
Gemmer Asset Management
California
$2K +$122 +20 +6%
US Bancorp
150
US Bancorp
Minnesota
$1K -$6.62K -1,086 -86%
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BKS Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2019 in Review

157 of the 4,620 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Barnes & Noble (BKS) for Q1 2019, worth a combined $289M — down 22% from $371M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 35 funds closed out of BKS and 23 opened new positions — a net loss of 12 holders — while 48 trimmed existing stakes and 54 added.

The largest buyer was BlackRock, adding an estimated $8.59M. The largest seller was Caption Management, exiting entirely with an estimated $5.6M sold.

  • 157 institutional investors held Barnes & Noble (BKS) as of Q1 2019, down from 169 in Q4 2018.
  • Funds reported $289M of Barnes & Noble stock for Q1 2019, down 22% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 23 funds opened new Barnes & Noble positions in Q1 2019 and 35 closed out, a net change of -12 holders.
  • The largest Barnes & Noble buyer in Q1 2019 was BlackRock, an estimated $8.59M added.
  • The largest Barnes & Noble seller in Q1 2019 was Caption Management, an estimated $5.6M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2019.