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217 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.56B invested in Designer Brands in 2017 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 46 funds opening new positions, 84 increasing their positions, 63 reducing their positions, and 25 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

103% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $19.1M | Put options by funds: $9.41M

84% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 46 | Existing positions closed: 25

33% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 84 | Existing positions reduced: 63

27% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.23B → $1.56B (+$328M)

10% more funds holding

Funds holding: 197 → 217 (+20)

4.01% more ownership

Funds ownership: 95.95% → 99.96% (+4%)

Holders
217
Holders Change
+20
Holders Change %
+10.15%
% of All Funds
5.41%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
+1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.02%
New
46
Increased
84
Reduced
63
Closed
25
Calls
$19.1M
Puts
$9.41M
Net Calls
+$9.71M
Net Calls Change
+$12M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Millennium Management
Millennium Management
New York
+$14.8M
2
GC
Greenlight Capital
New York
+$14.6M
3
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Germany
+$11.9M
4
Franklin Resources
Franklin Resources
California
+$9.12M
5
TA
Teachers Advisors
New York
+$8.5M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Citadel Advisors
Citadel Advisors
Florida
-$19.3M
2
WM
WS Management
Florida
-$14.6M
3
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$13.7M
4
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
-$10.8M
5
GP
GLG Partners
United Kingdom
-$7.63M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
BlackRock
1
BlackRock
New York
$185M +$8.31M +451,573 +6%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$138M +$6.73M +365,710 +6%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
3
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$130M +$1.41M +76,593 +1%
Fidelity Investments
4
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$123M -$10.8M -587,100 -9%
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management
5
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management
California
$82M +$4.35M +236,506 +7%
GC
6
Greenlight Capital
New York
$65.5M +$14.6M +792,894 +35%
VFA
7
Virtus Fund Advisers
Connecticut
$54.2M +$464K +25,200 +1%
RA
8
Royce & Associates
New York
$45M -$3.76M -204,437 -9%
MC
9
MIG Capital
California
$42.1M – – –
State Street
10
State Street
Massachusetts
$40M -$1.72M -93,699 -5%
Norges Bank
11
Norges Bank
Norway
$31.1M +$7.78M +423,136 +41%
FIM
12
Foresters Investment Management
New York
$28.5M -$1.63M -88,650 -6%
Bank of New York Mellon
13
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$28.5M -$816K -44,355 -3%
O
14
OppenheimerFunds
New York
$24.8M -$1.2M -65,472 -5%
Northern Trust
15
Northern Trust
Illinois
$22.6M +$288K +15,670 +2%
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)
16
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)
Sweden
$19.3M -$4.28M -232,500 -21%
Royal Bank of Canada
17
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$18.7M +$427K +23,229 +3%
Deutsche Bank
18
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$18.5M +$11.9M +646,872 +300%
Millennium Management
19
Millennium Management
New York
$17.6M +$14.8M +802,856 +4,503%
Geode Capital Management
20
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$17.5M -$2.63M -142,801 -15%
Charles Schwab
21
Charles Schwab
California
$15.9M +$2.31M +125,359 +20%
Ameriprise
22
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$14.1M -$1.62M -88,015 -12%
ICOM
23
Investment Counselors of Maryland
Maryland
$14M -$551K -29,948 -4%
Bank of America
24
Bank of America
North Carolina
$13.5M +$1.62M +87,962 +16%
TA
25
Teachers Advisors
New York
$12.5M +$8.5M +462,014 +386%
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DBI Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2017 in Review

217 of the 4,011 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Designer Brands (DBI) for Q3 2017, worth a combined $1.56B — up 27% from $1.23B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 46 funds opened new DBI positions and 25 closed out — a net gain of 21 holders — while 84 added to existing stakes and 63 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Millennium Management, adding an estimated $14.8M. The largest seller was Citadel Advisors, exiting entirely with an estimated $19.3M sold.

  • 217 institutional investors held Designer Brands (DBI) as of Q3 2017, up from 197 in Q2 2017.
  • Funds reported $1.56B of Designer Brands stock for Q3 2017, up 27% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 46 funds opened new Designer Brands positions in Q3 2017 and 25 closed out, a net change of +21 holders.
  • The largest Designer Brands buyer in Q3 2017 was Millennium Management, an estimated $14.8M added.
  • The largest Designer Brands seller in Q3 2017 was Citadel Advisors, an estimated $19.3M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2017.