Darden Restaurants
532 hedge funds and large institutions have $9.52B invested in Darden Restaurants in 2015 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 68 funds opening new positions, 108 increasing their positions, 354 reducing their positions, and 75 closing their positions.
24% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $103M | Put options by funds: $83.3M
2% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $9.36B → $9.52B (+$166M)
9% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 68 | Existing positions closed: 75
3% less funds holding
Funds holding: 548 → 532 (-16)
8.03% less ownership
Funds ownership: 98.67% → 90.65% (-8%)
14% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 7 → 6 (-1)
69% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 108 | Existing positions reduced: 354
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
AQR Capital Management
Greenwich,
Connecticut
|
+$47.2M |
| 2 |
AI
Analytic Investors
Los Angeles,
California
|
+$31.5M |
| 3 |
Goldman Sachs
New York
|
+$29.8M |
| 4 |
BA
Boston Advisors
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
+$25.6M |
| 5 |
Marshall Wace
London,
United Kingdom
|
+$25.1M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SV
Starboard Value
New York
|
-$80.2M |
| 2 |
Ameriprise
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
|
-$60.4M |
| 3 |
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
|
-$42.4M |
| 4 |
Vanguard Group
Malvern,
Pennsylvania
|
-$42.3M |
| 5 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
-$40.4M |
DRI Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2015 in Review
532 of the 3,812 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Darden Restaurants (DRI) for Q4 2015, worth a combined $9.52B — up 1.8% from $9.36B a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 75 funds closed out of DRI and 68 opened new positions — a net loss of 7 holders — while 354 trimmed existing stakes and 108 added.
The largest buyer was AQR Capital Management, adding an estimated $47.2M. The largest seller was Starboard Value, cutting an estimated $80.2M.
- 532 institutional investors held Darden Restaurants (DRI) as of Q4 2015, down from 548 in Q3 2015.
- Funds reported $9.52B of Darden Restaurants stock for Q4 2015, up 1.8% quarter-over-quarter.
- 68 funds opened new Darden Restaurants positions in Q4 2015 and 75 closed out, a net change of -7 holders.
- The largest Darden Restaurants buyer in Q4 2015 was AQR Capital Management, an estimated $47.2M added.
- The largest Darden Restaurants seller in Q4 2015 was Starboard Value, an estimated $80.2M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2015.