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Designer Brands

212 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.99B invested in Designer Brands in 2014 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 70 funds opening new positions, 83 increasing their positions, 52 reducing their positions, and 48 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

60% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 83 | Existing positions reduced: 52

46% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 70 | Existing positions closed: 48

11% more funds holding

Funds holding: 191212 (+21)

0% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $30.8M | Put options by funds: $30.6M

6.46% less ownership

Funds ownership: 92.51%86.05% (-6.5%)

28% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.75B → $1.99B (-$761M)

Holders
212
Holders Change
+21
Holders Change %
+10.99%
% of All Funds
6.09%
Holding in Top 10
4
Holding in Top 10 Change
+4
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.11%
New
70
Increased
83
Reduced
52
Closed
48
Calls
$30.8M
Puts
$30.6M
Net Calls
+$125K
Net Calls Change
-$44.4M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Vanguard Group
1
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$135M +$520K +16,480 +0.3%
Citadel Advisors
2
Citadel Advisors
Florida
$110M +$53.8M +1,705,159 +76%
Fidelity Investments
3
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$97M +$92.5M +2,934,161 +547%
Wells Fargo
4
Wells Fargo
California
$90.6M -$71.5M -2,268,319 -41%
Jennison Associates
5
Jennison Associates
New York
$82.5M +$30.9M +979,561 +50%
BIT
6
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$73.5M +$9.67M +306,688 +13%
WRF
7
Waddell & Reed Financial
Kansas
$72.9M +$13.3M +421,017 +19%
CRM
8
Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn
Connecticut
$59M +$8.53M +270,650 +15%
Wellington Management Group
9
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$49.8M +$46.7M +1,482,449 +496%
KI
10
Kalmar Investments
Delaware
$46.7M +$31.5K +1,000 +0.1%
GAM
11
Gotham Asset Management
New York
$38.1M +$18M +569,761 +72%
GCM
12
Geneva Capital Management
Wisconsin
$37.7M -$2.53M -80,285 -6%
T. Rowe Price Associates
13
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$36.7M -$338M -10,733,700 -89%
Bank of New York Mellon
14
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$36.5M +$28.1M +892,360 +215%
BTW
15
Boston Trust Walden
Massachusetts
$35.2M +$3.75M +118,844 +10%
Norges Bank
16
Norges Bank
Norway
$34.9M +$19.7M +623,948 +100%
Invesco
17
Invesco
Georgia
$34.7M -$10.7M -338,510 -21%
State Street
18
State Street
Massachusetts
$34.6M +$2M +63,402 +5%
CWAM
19
Columbia Wanger Asset Management
Illinois
$33.3M -$189K -6,000 -0.5%
FCM
20
Frontier Capital Management
Massachusetts
$33M +$37.2M +1,180,276 New
ACH
21
ArrowMark Colorado Holdings
Colorado
$29.6M +$14.6M +464,409 +78%
D.E. Shaw & Co
22
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$29M +$12.8M +405,125 +64%
Point72 Asset Management
23
Point72 Asset Management
Connecticut
$28.4M +$32.1M +1,018,000 New
HCM
24
Hirzel Capital Management
Texas
$26.4M +$29.8M +945,861 New
FAM
25
Fred Alger Management
New York
$20.8M -$3.3M -104,663 -12%

DBI Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2014 in Review

212 of the 3,479 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Designer Brands (DBI) for Q2 2014, worth a combined $1.99B — down 28% from $2.75B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 70 funds opened new DBI positions and 48 closed out — a net gain of 22 holders — while 83 added to existing stakes and 52 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Fidelity Investments, adding an estimated $92.5M. The largest seller was T. Rowe Price Associates, cutting an estimated $338M.

  • 212 institutional investors held Designer Brands (DBI) as of Q2 2014, up from 191 in Q1 2014.
  • Funds reported $1.99B of Designer Brands stock for Q2 2014, down 28% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 70 funds opened new Designer Brands positions in Q2 2014 and 48 closed out, a net change of +22 holders.
  • The largest Designer Brands buyer in Q2 2014 was Fidelity Investments, an estimated $92.5M added.
  • The largest Designer Brands seller in Q2 2014 was T. Rowe Price Associates, an estimated $338M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2014.