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Kulicke & Soffa

200 hedge funds and large institutions have $887M invested in Kulicke & Soffa in 2014 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 35 funds opening new positions, 61 increasing their positions, 74 reducing their positions, and 17 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

122% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $7.68M | Put options by funds: $3.45M

106% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 35 | Existing positions closed: 17

12% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $794M → $887M (+$93.6M)

10% more funds holding

Funds holding: 182200 (+18)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 33 (0)

18% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 61 | Existing positions reduced: 74

Holders
200
Holders Change
+18
Holders Change %
+9.89%
% of All Funds
5.75%
Holding in Top 10
3
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.09%
New
35
Increased
61
Reduced
74
Closed
17
Calls
$7.68M
Puts
$3.45M
Net Calls
+$4.22M
Net Calls Change
+$5.04M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Dimensional Fund Advisors
1
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$73.1M +$6.25M +456,189 +10%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$67.7M +$960K +70,004 +1%
Ameriprise
3
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$45.1M -$735K -53,582 -2%
GC
4
GW Capital
Washington
$41.9M -$6.22M -453,445 -13%
BFA
5
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$31.5M -$769K -56,115 -2%
HP
6
Holowesko Partners
Bahamas
$30.4M
Wells Fargo
7
Wells Fargo
California
$29.8M -$1.58M -114,996 -5%
EAM
8
Eagle Asset Management
Florida
$27.1M +$15.1M +1,104,729 +139%
Norges Bank
9
Norges Bank
Norway
$26.6M +$12.8M +930,972 +100%
FCM
10
Frontier Capital Management
Massachusetts
$22.5M -$128K -9,310 -0.6%
Acadian Asset Management
11
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
$21.7M -$2.55M -185,726 -11%
RA
12
Royce & Associates
New York
$19.7M -$2.22M -162,100 -11%
Renaissance Technologies
13
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$19.5M -$10.9M -791,728 -37%
RFC
14
Russell Frank Company
Washington
$18.9M -$3.58M -260,899 -16%
Loomis, Sayles & Company
15
Loomis, Sayles & Company
Massachusetts
$18.3M -$3.02M -220,079 -15%
BIT
16
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$17.7M +$395K +28,845 +2%
American Century Companies
17
American Century Companies
Missouri
$17.6M -$11.8M -864,105 -41%
NI
18
Numeric Investors
Massachusetts
$16M +$5.93M +432,400 +63%
Northern Trust
19
Northern Trust
Illinois
$15.4M +$197K +14,340 +1%
OCG
20
Opus Capital Group
Ohio
$12.6M -$882K -64,302 -7%
TSW
21
Thompson Siegel & Walmsley
Virginia
$10.4M -$11.8M -859,040 -54%
DVM
22
Dreman Value Management
Florida
$10.1M +$2.34M +170,977 +32%
BCM
23
Breithorn Capital Management
New York
$8.71M -$1.06M -77,100 -11%
SCM
24
Sterling Capital Management
North Carolina
$8.71M -$3.97M -289,825 -32%
LSV Asset Management
25
LSV Asset Management
Illinois
$8.53M +$1.81M +132,200 +28%

KLIC Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2014 in Review

200 of the 3,479 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Kulicke & Soffa (KLIC) for Q2 2014, worth a combined $887M — up 12% from $794M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 35 funds opened new KLIC positions and 17 closed out — a net gain of 18 holders — while 61 added to existing stakes and 74 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Eagle Asset Management, adding an estimated $15.1M. The largest seller was American Century Companies, cutting an estimated $11.8M.

  • 200 institutional investors held Kulicke & Soffa (KLIC) as of Q2 2014, up from 182 in Q1 2014.
  • Funds reported $887M of Kulicke & Soffa stock for Q2 2014, up 12% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 35 funds opened new Kulicke & Soffa positions in Q2 2014 and 17 closed out, a net change of +18 holders.
  • The largest Kulicke & Soffa buyer in Q2 2014 was Eagle Asset Management, an estimated $15.1M added.
  • The largest Kulicke & Soffa seller in Q2 2014 was American Century Companies, an estimated $11.8M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2014.