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Designer Brands

192 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.04B invested in Designer Brands in 2019 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 28 funds opening new positions, 70 increasing their positions, 66 reducing their positions, and 50 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

51% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $12M | Put options by funds: $7.96M

1.78% more ownership

Funds ownership: 100.98%102.77% (+1.8%)

6% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 70 | Existing positions reduced: 66

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 11 (0)

7% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.12B → $1.04B (-$82.4M)

14% less funds holding

Funds holding: 222192 (-30)

44% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 28 | Existing positions closed: 50

Holders
192
Holders Change
-30
Holders Change %
-13.51%
% of All Funds
3.78%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.02%
New
28
Increased
70
Reduced
66
Closed
50
Calls
$12M
Puts
$7.96M
Net Calls
+$4.06M
Net Calls Change
+$3.76M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
BlackRock
1
BlackRock
New York
$143M +$3.62M +218,346 +2%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$97.9M -$7.85M -473,912 -7%
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management
3
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management
California
$78.4M +$120K +7,270 +0.1%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
4
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$75.2M +$853K +51,477 +1%
State Street
5
State Street
Massachusetts
$33.9M +$1.02M +61,543 +3%
Fidelity Investments
6
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$29.2M +$3.15M +190,176 +11%
RA
7
Royce & Associates
New York
$28.2M +$3.71M +224,045 +14%
ACB
8
Aristotle Capital Boston
Massachusetts
$26.5M +$799K +48,240 +3%
Northern Trust
9
Northern Trust
Illinois
$26.2M -$1.68M -101,469 -6%
Norges Bank
10
Norges Bank
Norway
$25.3M
TC
11
Towle & Co
Colorado
$23.9M +$25.2M +1,521,530 New
ICOM
12
Investment Counselors of Maryland
Maryland
$23.3M +$420K +25,349 +2%
Brown Advisory
13
Brown Advisory
Maryland
$23.3M +$250K +15,059 +1%
CVA
14
Ceredex Value Advisors
Florida
$23.3M +$549K +33,118 +2%
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
15
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Minnesota
$22.8M +$23.3M +1,406,103 +3,207%
Bank of New York Mellon
16
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$22.1M +$1.52M +91,910 +7%
Arrowstreet Capital
17
Arrowstreet Capital
Massachusetts
$19.8M +$972K +58,652 +5%
FWIA
18
Fort Washington Investment Advisors
Ohio
$17.5M -$331K -20,000 -2%
Ameriprise
19
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$12.7M -$171K -10,334 -1%
Geode Capital Management
20
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$12M -$379K -22,898 -3%
Renaissance Technologies
21
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$10.2M +$8.97M +541,600 +497%
SC
22
Skylands Capital
Wisconsin
$9.38M +$1.63M +98,400 +20%
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co (GMO)
23
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co (GMO)
Massachusetts
$8.87M -$126K -7,600 -1%
ACH
24
ArrowMark Colorado Holdings
Colorado
$8.28M +$580K +35,000 +7%
BGIM
25
Brandywine Global Investment Management
Pennsylvania
$7.94M +$7.24M +436,638 +753%

DBI Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2019 in Review

192 of the 5,075 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Designer Brands (DBI) for Q4 2019, worth a combined $1.04B — down 7.3% from $1.12B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 50 funds closed out of DBI and 28 opened new positions — a net loss of 22 holders — while 66 trimmed existing stakes and 70 added.

The largest buyer was Towle & Co, opening a new position worth an estimated $25.2M. The largest seller was Goldman Sachs, cutting an estimated $11.4M.

  • 192 institutional investors held Designer Brands (DBI) as of Q4 2019, down from 222 in Q3 2019.
  • Funds reported $1.04B of Designer Brands stock for Q4 2019, down 7.3% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 28 funds opened new Designer Brands positions in Q4 2019 and 50 closed out, a net change of -22 holders.
  • The largest Designer Brands buyer in Q4 2019 was Towle & Co, an estimated $25.2M added.
  • The largest Designer Brands seller in Q4 2019 was Goldman Sachs, an estimated $11.4M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2019.