KRONOS Worldwide
KRO
96 hedge funds and large institutions have $223M invested in KRONOS Worldwide in 2014 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 9 funds opening new positions, 37 increasing their positions, 31 reducing their positions, and 17 closing their positions.
72% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $610K | Put options by funds: $355K
19% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 37 | Existing positions reduced: 31
0.28% less ownership
Funds ownership: 14.46% → 14.18% (-0.28%)
8% less funds holding
Funds holding: 104 → 96 (-8)
14% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $258M → $223M (-$34.9M)
47% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 9 | Existing positions closed: 17
Top Buyers
| 1 |
AAM
Advisors Asset Management
Monument,
Colorado
|
+$3.03M |
| 2 |
PRCM
Pine River Capital Management
Minnetonka,
Minnesota
|
+$2.05M |
| 3 |
Arrowstreet Capital
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
+$1.89M |
| 4 |
Northern Trust
Chicago,
Illinois
|
+$1.63M |
| 5 |
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Austin,
Texas
|
+$1.29M |
Top Sellers
| 1 |
Wells Fargo
San Francisco,
California
|
-$4.5M |
| 2 |
Fidelity Investments
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
-$2.05M |
| 3 |
ERSOT
Employees Retirement System of Texas
Austin,
Texas
|
-$1.77M |
| 4 |
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
|
-$1.71M |
| 5 |
CCMH
Cornerstone Capital Management Holdings
New York
|
-$1.59M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
101
Two Sigma Advisers
New York
| – | -$661K | -42,197 | Closed |
|
|
ST
102
Spot Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$464K | -29,635 | Closed |
|
|
QI
103
Quotient Investors
New York
| – | -$331K | -21,142 | Closed |
|
|
PP
104
PDT Partners
New York
| – | -$307K | -19,588 | Closed |
|
105
Nomura Holdings
Tokyo,
Japan
| – | -$306K | -19,563 | Closed |
|
106
Capital Fund Management (CFM)
Paris,
France
| – | -$158K | -10,100 | Closed |
|
|
CAS
107
CTC Alternative Strategies
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$158K | -10,100 | Closed |
|
108
ProShare Advisors
Bethesda,
Maryland
| – | -$158K | -10,098 | Closed |
|
|
TI
109
Turner Investments
Berwyn,
Pennsylvania
| – | -$56K | -3,600 | Closed |
|
110
Group One Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$29K | -1,888 | Closed |
|
|
VFA
111
Virtus Fund Advisers
Hartford,
Connecticut
| – | -$28K | -1,787 | Closed |
|
112
Parallax Volatility Advisers
San Francisco,
California
| – | -$10K | -611 | Closed |
|
|
LFR
113
Lehman Financial Resources
Media,
Pennsylvania
| – | -$2K | -100 | Closed |
|
KRO Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2014 in Review
96 of the 3,446 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in KRONOS Worldwide (KRO) for Q3 2014, worth a combined $223M — down 14% from $258M a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 17 funds closed out of KRO and 9 opened new positions — a net loss of 8 holders — while 31 trimmed existing stakes and 37 added.
The largest buyer was Advisors Asset Management, adding an estimated $3.03M. The largest seller was Wells Fargo, cutting an estimated $4.5M.
- 96 institutional investors held KRONOS Worldwide (KRO) as of Q3 2014, down from 104 in Q2 2014.
- Funds reported $223M of KRONOS Worldwide stock for Q3 2014, down 14% quarter-over-quarter.
- 9 funds opened new KRONOS Worldwide positions in Q3 2014 and 17 closed out, a net change of -8 holders.
- The largest KRONOS Worldwide buyer in Q3 2014 was Advisors Asset Management, an estimated $3.03M added.
- The largest KRONOS Worldwide seller in Q3 2014 was Wells Fargo, an estimated $4.5M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2014.