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Kulicke & Soffa

188 hedge funds and large institutions have $1B invested in Kulicke & Soffa in 2015 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 28 funds opening new positions, 78 increasing their positions, 53 reducing their positions, and 21 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

157% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $3.62M | Put options by funds: $1.41M

47% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 78 | Existing positions reduced: 53

33% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 28 | Existing positions closed: 21

9% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $921M → $1B (+$79.3M)

3% more funds holding

Funds holding: 182188 (+6)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 44 (0)

Holders
188
Holders Change
+6
Holders Change %
+3.3%
% of All Funds
5.01%
Holding in Top 10
4
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.11%
New
28
Increased
78
Reduced
53
Closed
21
Calls
$3.62M
Puts
$1.41M
Net Calls
+$2.21M
Net Calls Change
+$1.28M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Dimensional Fund Advisors
1
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$91.6M +$5.76M +370,809 +7%
Schroder Investment Management Group
2
Schroder Investment Management Group
United Kingdom
$85.8M +$9.12M +587,296 +12%
Vanguard Group
3
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$81.3M +$4.03M +259,670 +5%
Ameriprise
4
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$42.3M -$4.46M -287,261 -10%
BFA
5
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$40M +$2.77M +178,566 +8%
GC
6
GW Capital
Washington
$34.5M -$1.22M -78,865 -3%
Renaissance Technologies
7
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$28.5M -$4.86M -313,028 -15%
EAM
8
Eagle Asset Management
Florida
$26.3M -$780K -50,251 -3%
LSV Asset Management
9
LSV Asset Management
Illinois
$26M +$6.02M +387,290 +30%
FCM
10
Frontier Capital Management
Massachusetts
$21.8M -$2.31M -148,695 -10%
American Century Companies
11
American Century Companies
Missouri
$20.7M +$6.58M +423,772 +47%
BIT
12
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$20.1M +$1.28M +82,440 +7%
Northern Trust
13
Northern Trust
Illinois
$19.9M +$1.41M +90,668 +8%
Acadian Asset Management
14
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
$19.4M -$5.81M -373,923 -23%
NI
15
Numeric Investors
Massachusetts
$18.4M +$1.12M +72,200 +7%
RA
16
Royce & Associates
New York
$18M -$1.8M -115,900 -9%
Loomis, Sayles & Company
17
Loomis, Sayles & Company
Massachusetts
$17.6M -$372K -23,961 -2%
SCM
18
Snyder Capital Management
California
$17M -$101K -6,525 -0.6%
Wells Fargo
19
Wells Fargo
California
$16.5M +$444K +28,575 +3%
SI
20
Sensato Investors
California
$16.2M +$6.7M +431,635 +71%
Norges Bank
21
Norges Bank
Norway
$14.2M -$618K -39,761 -4%
TSW
22
Thompson Siegel & Walmsley
Virginia
$12.2M -$1.21M -77,759 -9%
JP Morgan Chase
23
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$11.4M +$3.1M +199,638 +38%
RFC
24
Russell Frank Company
Washington
$10.7M -$10.9M -700,137 -50%
OAM
25
Oxford Asset Management
United Kingdom
$10.4M +$2.76M +177,836 +37%

KLIC Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2015 in Review

188 of the 3,752 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Kulicke & Soffa (KLIC) for Q1 2015, worth a combined $1B — up 8.6% from $921M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 28 funds opened new KLIC positions and 21 closed out — a net gain of 7 holders — while 78 added to existing stakes and 53 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Schroder Investment Management Group, adding an estimated $9.12M. The largest seller was Holowesko Partners, exiting entirely with an estimated $30.8M sold.

  • 188 institutional investors held Kulicke & Soffa (KLIC) as of Q1 2015, up from 182 in Q4 2014.
  • Funds reported $1B of Kulicke & Soffa stock for Q1 2015, up 8.6% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 28 funds opened new Kulicke & Soffa positions in Q1 2015 and 21 closed out, a net change of +7 holders.
  • The largest Kulicke & Soffa buyer in Q1 2015 was Schroder Investment Management Group, an estimated $9.12M added.
  • The largest Kulicke & Soffa seller in Q1 2015 was Holowesko Partners, an estimated $30.8M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2015.