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e.l.f. Beauty
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95 hedge funds and large institutions have $914M invested in e.l.f. Beauty in 2017 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 25 funds opening new positions, 23 increasing their positions, 35 reducing their positions, and 26 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

35% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.78M | Put options by funds: $2.06M

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)

4% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 25 | Existing positions closed: 26

4% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $951M → $914M (-$37.2M)

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 96 → 95 (-1)

2.97% less ownership

Funds ownership: 91.59% → 88.62% (-3%)

34% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 23 | Existing positions reduced: 35

Holders
95
Holders Change
-1
Holders Change %
-1.04%
% of All Funds
2.15%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.02%
New
25
Increased
23
Reduced
35
Closed
26
Calls
$2.78M
Puts
$2.06M
Net Calls
+$728K
Net Calls Change
+$3.27M

Top Buyers

1
BCM
Bares Capital Management
Texas
+$43.5M
2
Capital World Investors
Capital World Investors
California
+$8.27M
3
RIM
Ranger Investment Management
Texas
+$7.76M
4
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Minnesota
+$7.37M
5
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
+$6.79M

Top Sellers

1
AllianceBernstein
AllianceBernstein
Tennessee
-$27M
2
Federated Hermes
Federated Hermes
Pennsylvania
-$20.5M
3
Jennison Associates
Jennison Associates
New York
-$11.2M
4
ECP
Elk Creek Partners
Colorado
-$10.7M
5
Adage Capital Partners
Adage Capital Partners
Massachusetts
-$10.7M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Nisa Investment Advisors
76
Nisa Investment Advisors
Missouri
$33K +$32K +1,500 New
CMBA
77
C.M. Bidwell & Associates
Hawaii
$31K +$29.4K +1,380 New
Macquarie Group
78
Macquarie Group
Australia
$30K +$16K +749 +123%
TFS
79
TrustCore Financial Services
Tennessee
$29K +$27.7K +1,300 New
Canada Life
80
Canada Life
Manitoba, Canada
$27K – – –
Zurich Cantonal Bank
81
Zurich Cantonal Bank
Switzerland
$23K +$21.6K +1,011 New
AS
82
Altshuler Shaham
Israel
$23K +$64.2K +3,010 New
FANJ
83
Financial Architects (New Jersey)
New Jersey
$22K +$21.3K +1,000 New
TRCT
84
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
$16K -$30.3K -1,423 -67%
Citigroup
85
Citigroup
New York
$11K -$63.8K -2,992 -86%
PNC Financial Services Group
86
PNC Financial Services Group
Pennsylvania
$10K +$9.6K +450 New
CG
87
Cutler Group
California
$4K +$4.58K +215 New
AG
88
Advisor Group
Arizona
$3K – – –
WA
89
WealthTrust-Arizona
Arizona
$3K – – –
IA
90
IFP Advisors
Florida
$2K -$2.13K -100 -50%
LTFS
91
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$2K – – –
QI
92
QS Investors
New York
$1K – – –
Walleye Trading
93
Walleye Trading
New York
$43 +$41.4K +1,942 New
AllianceBernstein
94
AllianceBernstein
Tennessee
– -$27M -1,195,312 Closed
Jennison Associates
95
Jennison Associates
New York
– -$11.2M -498,725 Closed
ECP
96
Elk Creek Partners
Colorado
– -$10.7M -473,904 Closed
MWNA
97
Marshall Wace North America
New York
– -$6.8M -295,481 Closed
JG
98
Jefferies Group
New York
– -$4.85M -215,000 Closed
AG
99
Artal Group
Luxembourg
– -$4.51M -200,000 Closed
N
100
Nuveen
North Carolina
– -$2.11M -93,573 Closed
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ELF Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2017 in Review

95 of the 4,409 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) for Q4 2017, worth a combined $914M — down 3.9% from $951M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 26 funds closed out of ELF and 25 opened new positions — a net loss of 1 holder — while 35 trimmed existing stakes and 23 added.

The largest buyer was Bares Capital Management, opening a new position worth an estimated $43.5M. The largest seller was AllianceBernstein, exiting entirely with an estimated $27M sold.

  • 95 institutional investors held e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) as of Q4 2017, down from 96 in Q3 2017.
  • Funds reported $914M of e.l.f. Beauty stock for Q4 2017, down 3.9% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 25 funds opened new e.l.f. Beauty positions in Q4 2017 and 26 closed out, a net change of -1 holder.
  • The largest e.l.f. Beauty buyer in Q4 2017 was Bares Capital Management, an estimated $43.5M added.
  • The largest e.l.f. Beauty seller in Q4 2017 was AllianceBernstein, an estimated $27M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2017.