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144 hedge funds and large institutions have $312M invested in Cato Corp in 2017 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 23 funds opening new positions, 44 increasing their positions, 58 reducing their positions, and 26 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

16% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $269M → $312M (+$42.5M)

8% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $171K | Put options by funds: $159K

1.84% less ownership

Funds ownership: 85.98% → 84.14% (-1.8%)

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 147 → 144 (-3)

12% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 23 | Existing positions closed: 26

24% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 44 | Existing positions reduced: 58

Holders
144
Holders Change
-3
Holders Change %
-2.04%
% of All Funds
3.27%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
–
New
23
Increased
44
Reduced
58
Closed
26
Calls
$171K
Puts
$159K
Net Calls
+$12K
Net Calls Change
+$1.18M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Assenagon Asset Management
Assenagon Asset Management
Luxembourg
+$1.97M
2
SCA
Secor Capital Advisors
New York
+$1.84M
3
PAM
Panagora Asset Management
Massachusetts
+$1.84M
4
SBH
Segall Bryant & Hamill
Illinois
+$1.7M
5
GC
Guggenheim Capital
Illinois
+$1.6M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$4.17M
2
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Germany
-$3.31M
3
MWNA
Marshall Wace North America
New York
-$2.87M
4
JP Morgan Chase
JP Morgan Chase
New York
-$2.36M
5
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
-$2.3M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
BlackRock
1
BlackRock
New York
$50.3M +$617K +42,599 +1%
Wellington Management Group
2
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$33M +$1.19M +82,013 +4%
Vanguard Group
3
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$31.9M -$855K -59,016 -3%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
4
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$31.6M +$1.26M +86,807 +5%
State Street
5
State Street
Massachusetts
$14.3M +$789K +54,464 +6%
Bank of New York Mellon
6
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$9.86M +$1.15M +79,259 +15%
Millennium Management
7
Millennium Management
New York
$7.95M -$1.31M -90,548 -15%
Charles Schwab
8
Charles Schwab
California
$6.02M +$424K +29,221 +8%
Brown Advisory
9
Brown Advisory
Maryland
$5.81M -$146K -10,099 -3%
Citadel Advisors
10
Citadel Advisors
Florida
$5.49M -$1.55M -106,867 -24%
Morgan Stanley
11
Morgan Stanley
New York
$5.14M -$4.17M -287,471 -47%
Northern Trust
12
Northern Trust
Illinois
$4.53M -$540K -37,256 -12%
D.E. Shaw & Co
13
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$4.31M +$3.12K +215 +0.1%
Two Sigma Advisers
14
Two Sigma Advisers
New York
$3.83M +$135K +9,300 +4%
USAA
15
United Services Automobile Association
Texas
$3.82M +$122K +8,450 +4%
Geode Capital Management
16
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$3.49M -$181K -12,482 -5%
Schroder Investment Management Group
17
Schroder Investment Management Group
United Kingdom
$3.47M -$33.3K -2,300 -1%
Robeco Institutional Asset Management
18
Robeco Institutional Asset Management
Netherlands
$3.42M – – –
JP Morgan Chase
19
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$3.19M -$2.36M -162,519 -45%
California Public Employees Retirement System
20
California Public Employees Retirement System
California
$3.12M +$607K +41,879 +27%
Goldman Sachs
21
Goldman Sachs
New York
$3.06M -$301K -20,797 -10%
Principal Financial Group
22
Principal Financial Group
Iowa
$2.77M -$64.1K -4,423 -2%
Ameriprise
23
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$2.7M -$223K -15,401 -8%
PPA
24
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
$2.61M +$854K +58,914 +56%
RA
25
Royce & Associates
New York
$2.44M -$78.6K -5,426 -3%
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CATO Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2017 in Review

144 of the 4,410 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Cato Corp (CATO) for Q4 2017, worth a combined $312M — up 16% from $269M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 26 funds closed out of CATO and 23 opened new positions — a net loss of 3 holders — while 58 trimmed existing stakes and 44 added.

The largest buyer was Assenagon Asset Management, opening a new position worth an estimated $1.97M. The largest seller was Morgan Stanley, cutting an estimated $4.17M.

  • 144 institutional investors held Cato Corp (CATO) as of Q4 2017, down from 147 in Q3 2017.
  • Funds reported $312M of Cato Corp stock for Q4 2017, up 16% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 23 funds opened new Cato Corp positions in Q4 2017 and 26 closed out, a net change of -3 holders.
  • The largest Cato Corp buyer in Q4 2017 was Assenagon Asset Management, an estimated $1.97M added.
  • The largest Cato Corp seller in Q4 2017 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $4.17M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2017.