Central Garden & Pet Co
CENT
70 hedge funds and large institutions have $131M invested in Central Garden & Pet Co in 2015 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 25 funds opening new positions, 15 increasing their positions, 19 reducing their positions, and 6 closing their positions.
352% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $407K | Put options by funds: $90K
317% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 25 | Existing positions closed: 6
67% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $78.3M → $131M (+$52.7M)
37% more funds holding
Funds holding: 51 → 70 (+19)
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)
21% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 15 | Existing positions reduced: 19
Top Buyers
| 1 |
BFA
BlackRock Fund Advisors
San Francisco,
California
|
+$4.15M |
| 2 |
NI
Numeric Investors
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
+$4.08M |
| 3 |
Northern Trust
Chicago,
Illinois
|
+$2.29M |
| 4 |
Renaissance Technologies
New York
|
+$1.26M |
| 5 |
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
|
+$887K |
Top Sellers
| 1 |
Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance)
Canada,
Ontario, Canada
|
-$2.42M |
| 2 |
RA
Royce & Associates
New York
|
-$1.58M |
| 3 |
UBS AM
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$1.11M |
| 4 |
RCM
Rutabaga Capital Management
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
-$718K |
| 5 |
HSBC Holdings
London,
United Kingdom
|
-$689K |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
76
Fifth Third Bancorp
Cincinnati,
Ohio
| – | +$326 | +34 | New |
|
CENT Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2015 in Review
70 of the 3,582 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Central Garden & Pet Co (CENT) for Q3 2015, worth a combined $131M — up 67% from $78.3M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 25 funds opened new CENT positions and 6 closed out — a net gain of 19 holders — while 15 added to existing stakes and 19 trimmed.
The largest buyer was BlackRock Fund Advisors, opening a new position worth an estimated $4.15M. The largest seller was Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance), cutting an estimated $2.42M.
- 70 institutional investors held Central Garden & Pet Co (CENT) as of Q3 2015, up from 51 in Q2 2015.
- Funds reported $131M of Central Garden & Pet Co stock for Q3 2015, up 67% quarter-over-quarter.
- 25 funds opened new Central Garden & Pet Co positions in Q3 2015 and 6 closed out, a net change of +19 holders.
- The largest Central Garden & Pet Co buyer in Q3 2015 was BlackRock Fund Advisors, an estimated $4.15M added.
- The largest Central Garden & Pet Co seller in Q3 2015 was Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance), an estimated $2.42M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2015.