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Designer Brands

223 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.96B invested in Designer Brands in 2016 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 42 funds opening new positions, 63 increasing their positions, 96 reducing their positions, and 39 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

47% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $14M | Put options by funds: $9.51M

6% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.86B → $1.96B (+$106M)

8% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 42 | Existing positions closed: 39

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 222223 (+1)

1.92% less ownership

Funds ownership: 98.69%96.77% (-1.9%)

33% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 64 (-2)

34% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 63 | Existing positions reduced: 96

Holders
223
Holders Change
+1
Holders Change %
+0.45%
% of All Funds
5.94%
Holding in Top 10
4
Holding in Top 10 Change
-2
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-33.33%
% of All Funds
0.11%
New
42
Increased
63
Reduced
96
Closed
39
Calls
$14M
Puts
$9.51M
Net Calls
+$4.48M
Net Calls Change
+$2.46M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Wellington Management Group
1
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$216M +$4.13M +165,103 +2%
Fidelity Investments
2
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$156M +$19.2M +766,400 +16%
Vanguard Group
3
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$127M -$4.56M -182,127 -4%
Jennison Associates
4
Jennison Associates
New York
$98M +$1.57M +62,732 +2%
GC
5
Greenlight Capital
New York
$96.7M
WRF
6
Waddell & Reed Financial
Kansas
$82.3M -$3.23M -129,112 -4%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
7
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$65.9M +$18.8M +749,735 +46%
RA
8
Royce & Associates
New York
$58.6M -$13M -518,652 -20%
Balyasny Asset Management
9
Balyasny Asset Management
Illinois
$51.8M +$43M +1,717,366 +1,096%
BIT
10
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$48.5M -$176K -7,040 -0.4%
Wells Fargo
11
Wells Fargo
California
$43.8M -$27.2M -1,086,685 -41%
ACH
12
ArrowMark Colorado Holdings
Colorado
$40.6M +$14.4M +577,545 +65%
FCM
13
Frontier Capital Management
Massachusetts
$40M +$720K +28,773 +2%
Invesco
14
Invesco
Georgia
$35.7M +$674K +26,952 +2%
KI
15
Kalmar Investments
Delaware
$34.9M -$10.8M -431,910 -25%
CI
16
Cambiar Investors
Colorado
$30.6M -$5.59M -223,261 -17%
State Street
17
State Street
Massachusetts
$30.4M -$805K -32,186 -3%
Deutsche Bank
18
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$30M +$6.82M +272,647 +34%
First Trust Advisors
19
First Trust Advisors
Illinois
$29.6M +$2.08M +83,310 +8%
FAM
20
Fenimore Asset Management
New York
$28.9M +$3.26M +130,363 +14%
Norges Bank
21
Norges Bank
Norway
$27.6M +$1.35M +54,103 +6%
WM
22
WS Management
Florida
$23.3M -$2.5M -100,000 -11%
Northern Trust
23
Northern Trust
Illinois
$19.6M -$1.87M -74,901 -9%
TGI
24
Tradewinds Global Investors
California
$19M +$242K +9,670 +1%
BFA
25
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$18.7M -$472K -18,860 -3%

DBI Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2016 in Review

223 of the 3,753 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Designer Brands (DBI) for Q1 2016, worth a combined $1.96B — up 5.7% from $1.86B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 42 funds opened new DBI positions and 39 closed out — a net gain of 3 holders — while 63 added to existing stakes and 96 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Balyasny Asset Management, adding an estimated $43M. The largest seller was Point72 Asset Management, cutting an estimated $39.3M.

  • 223 institutional investors held Designer Brands (DBI) as of Q1 2016, up from 222 in Q4 2015.
  • Funds reported $1.96B of Designer Brands stock for Q1 2016, up 5.7% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 42 funds opened new Designer Brands positions in Q1 2016 and 39 closed out, a net change of +3 holders.
  • The largest Designer Brands buyer in Q1 2016 was Balyasny Asset Management, an estimated $43M added.
  • The largest Designer Brands seller in Q1 2016 was Point72 Asset Management, an estimated $39.3M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2016.