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Equity Residential

556 hedge funds and large institutions have $21.8B invested in Equity Residential in 2020 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 66 funds opening new positions, 199 increasing their positions, 203 reducing their positions, and 101 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

268% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $46.4M | Put options by funds: $12.6M

40% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1521 (+6)

1.23% more ownership

Funds ownership: 93.75%94.97% (+1.2%)

2% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 199 | Existing positions reduced: 203

7% less funds holding

Funds holding: 595556 (-39)

23% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $28.2B → $21.8B (-$6.36B)

35% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 66 | Existing positions closed: 101

Holders
556
Holders Change
-39
Holders Change %
-6.55%
% of All Funds
12.25%
Holding in Top 10
21
Holding in Top 10 Change
+6
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+40%
% of All Funds
0.46%
New
66
Increased
199
Reduced
203
Closed
101
Calls
$46.4M
Puts
$12.6M
Net Calls
+$33.8M
Net Calls Change
-$21.8M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Vanguard Group
1
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$2.99B +$11.4M +147,108 +0.3%
BlackRock
2
BlackRock
New York
$2.54B -$5.56M -71,872 -0.2%
State Street
3
State Street
Massachusetts
$1.51B +$21.4M +276,630 +1%
Norges Bank
4
Norges Bank
Norway
$1.47B
AAMU
5
APG Asset Management US
New York
$875M +$14.1M +183,000 +1%
T. Rowe Price Associates
6
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$671M -$33.8M -436,918 -4%
Macquarie Group
7
Macquarie Group
Australia
$610M -$78.1M -1,010,931 -9%
Cohen & Steers
8
Cohen & Steers
New York
$603M +$194M +2,503,422 +34%
Fidelity Investments
9
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$564M -$133M -1,721,419 -16%
Northern Trust
10
Northern Trust
Illinois
$436M +$23.1M +299,069 +4%
Geode Capital Management
11
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$428M -$959K -12,406 -0.2%
PI
12
PGGM Investments
Netherlands
$400M +$4.7M +60,798 +0.9%
Invesco
13
Invesco
Georgia
$375M +$162M +2,101,662 +53%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
14
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$337M -$4.13M -53,481 -1%
Legal & General Group
15
Legal & General Group
United Kingdom
$290M +$24.4M +316,279 +7%
Charles Schwab
16
Charles Schwab
California
$284M +$4.84M +62,658 +1%
JP Morgan Chase
17
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$271M +$40.3M +520,912 +13%
CIM
18
Centersquare Investment Management
Pennsylvania
$267M +$37.6M +486,376 +13%
N
19
Nuveen
North Carolina
$246M +$7.12M +92,147 +2%
RC
20
Resolution Capital
Australia
$239M -$9.6M -124,177 -3%
Deutsche Bank
21
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$214M -$6.21M -80,343 -2%
CIMLRA
22
CBRE Investment Management Listed Real Assets
Pennsylvania
$212M +$17.6M +227,134 +7%
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group
23
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group
Japan
$210M +$103M +1,327,272 +64%
Bank of New York Mellon
24
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$207M +$9.7M +125,460 +4%
Boston Partners
25
Boston Partners
Massachusetts
$204M -$186M -2,412,246 -42%

EQR Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2020 in Review

556 of the 4,538 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Equity Residential (EQR) for Q1 2020, worth a combined $21.8B — down 23% from $28.2B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 101 funds closed out of EQR and 66 opened new positions — a net loss of 35 holders — while 203 trimmed existing stakes and 199 added.

The largest buyer was Brookfield Public Securities Group, opening a new position worth an estimated $196M. The largest seller was Boston Partners, cutting an estimated $186M.

  • 556 institutional investors held Equity Residential (EQR) as of Q1 2020, down from 595 in Q4 2019.
  • Funds reported $21.8B of Equity Residential stock for Q1 2020, down 23% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 66 funds opened new Equity Residential positions in Q1 2020 and 101 closed out, a net change of -35 holders.
  • The largest Equity Residential buyer in Q1 2020 was Brookfield Public Securities Group, an estimated $196M added.
  • The largest Equity Residential seller in Q1 2020 was Boston Partners, an estimated $186M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2020.