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144 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.17B invested in FirstCash in 2015 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 22 funds opening new positions, 59 increasing their positions, 48 reducing their positions, and 23 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

208% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.19M | Put options by funds: $711K

23% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 59 | Existing positions reduced: 48

4% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 22 | Existing positions closed: 23

3% less funds holding

Funds holding: 148144 (-4)

19% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.45B → $1.17B (-$280M)

33% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 32 (-1)

Holders
144
Holders Change
-4
Holders Change %
-2.7%
% of All Funds
3.84%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-33.33%
% of All Funds
0.05%
New
22
Increased
59
Reduced
48
Closed
23
Calls
$2.19M
Puts
$711K
Net Calls
+$1.48M
Net Calls Change
+$2.45M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
GAM
1
Genesis Asset Managers
United Kingdom
$127M +$18.5M +370,900 +16%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$84.7M +$1.24M +24,834 +1%
BFA
3
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$77.9M +$4.43M +89,020 +6%
William Blair & Company
4
William Blair & Company
Illinois
$66.5M +$24.8M +498,830 +54%
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management
5
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management
California
$60.7M +$6.13M +123,205 +10%
TIM
6
Thornburg Investment Management
New Mexico
$53.8M -$36M -722,684 -38%
VNIM
7
Vaughan Nelson Investment Management
Texas
$51.2M -$2.28M -45,775 -4%
NSCM
8
New South Capital Management
Tennessee
$36.1M -$2.45M -49,326 -6%
BIT
9
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$35M +$136K +2,742 +0.4%
JP Morgan Chase
10
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$29.4M -$2.08M -41,810 -6%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
11
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$28.7M +$2.25M +45,297 +8%
Lazard Asset Management
12
Lazard Asset Management
New York
$27.7M -$24.6M -494,306 -45%
CB
13
Cooke & Bieler
Pennsylvania
$27.5M +$9.33M +187,554 +46%
Goldman Sachs
14
Goldman Sachs
New York
$25.6M +$1.06M +21,330 +4%
Royal Bank of Canada
15
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$25.6M +$2.79M +56,077 +11%
State Street
16
State Street
Massachusetts
$25.2M +$627K +12,597 +2%
Northern Trust
17
Northern Trust
Illinois
$17.3M -$983K -19,761 -5%
TCP
18
TAMRO Capital Partners
Virginia
$16.3M -$6.04M -121,356 -26%
Wells Fargo
19
Wells Fargo
California
$15.8M +$759K +15,246 +5%
Bank of New York Mellon
20
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$15.7M -$762K -15,321 -4%
RFS
21
Rockefeller Financial Services
New York
$14.3M +$199K +4,004 +1%
WRF
22
Waddell & Reed Financial
Kansas
$13.8M -$7.81M -157,000 -35%
RHJA
23
Rice Hall James & Associates
California
$13.1M -$192K -3,850 -1%
California Public Employees Retirement System
24
California Public Employees Retirement System
California
$12.3M
TSW
25
Thompson Siegel & Walmsley
Virginia
$12.1M -$126K -2,539 -1%

FCFS Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2015 in Review

144 of the 3,752 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in FirstCash (FCFS) for Q1 2015, worth a combined $1.17B — down 19% from $1.45B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 23 funds closed out of FCFS and 22 opened new positions — a net loss of 1 holder — while 48 trimmed existing stakes and 59 added.

The largest buyer was William Blair & Company, adding an estimated $24.8M. The largest seller was Morgan Stanley, cutting an estimated $48.9M.

  • 144 institutional investors held FirstCash (FCFS) as of Q1 2015, down from 148 in Q4 2014.
  • Funds reported $1.17B of FirstCash stock for Q1 2015, down 19% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 22 funds opened new FirstCash positions in Q1 2015 and 23 closed out, a net change of -1 holder.
  • The largest FirstCash buyer in Q1 2015 was William Blair & Company, an estimated $24.8M added.
  • The largest FirstCash seller in Q1 2015 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $48.9M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2015.