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El Pollo Loco
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112 hedge funds and large institutions have $751M invested in El Pollo Loco in 2015 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 51 funds opening new positions, 25 increasing their positions, 26 reducing their positions, and 21 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

143% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 51 | Existing positions closed: 21

37% more funds holding

Funds holding: 82 → 112 (+30)

32% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $570M → $751M (+$181M)

1% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $25.4M | Put options by funds: $25.5M

4% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 25 | Existing positions reduced: 26

50% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 1 (-1)

Holders
112
Holders Change
+30
Holders Change %
+36.59%
% of All Funds
2.99%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-50%
% of All Funds
0.03%
New
51
Increased
25
Reduced
26
Closed
21
Calls
$25.4M
Puts
$25.5M
Net Calls
-$128K
Net Calls Change
+$7.26M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Ameriprise
Ameriprise
Minnesota
+$8.92M
2
WSA
Wall Street Associates
California
+$7.56M
3
Wellington Management Group
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
+$7.29M
4
CCI
Columbus Circle Investors
+$6.48M
5
American Century Companies
American Century Companies
Missouri
+$4.21M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
D.E. Shaw & Co
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
-$8.38M
2
Millennium Management
Millennium Management
New York
-$8.35M
3
ARTA
A.R.T. Advisors
New York
-$8.27M
4
Susquehanna International Group
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
-$8M
5
Citadel Advisors
Citadel Advisors
Florida
-$4.41M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
DCM
26
Driehaus Capital Management
Illinois
$2.03M +$1.97M +79,294 New
SC
27
Sculptor Capital
New York
$1.87M +$1.72M +69,189 +1,774%
LCG
28
Lisanti Capital Growth
New York
$1.83M +$1.78M +71,375 New
SCM
29
SG Capital Management
Illinois
$1.63M +$1.59M +63,678 New
CS
30
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
$1.43M +$1.39M +55,708 New
PP
31
PDT Partners
New York
$1.36M +$1.33M +53,248 New
Bank of New York Mellon
32
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$1.19M +$109K +4,369 +10%
MCM
33
Mazama Capital Management
Oregon
$1.16M -$10.4K -419 -0.9%
MSU
34
Mizuho Securities USA
New York
$1.13M +$2.49K +100 +0.2%
Citadel Advisors
35
Citadel Advisors
Florida
$1.1M -$4.41M -177,245 -81%
CAM
36
ClariVest Asset Management
California
$1.06M +$1.03M +41,381 New
WAM
37
Wolverine Asset Management
Illinois
$1M +$978K +39,262 New
AI
38
Analytic Investors
California
$974K +$947K +38,039 New
HPA
39
Hilltop Park Associates
New York
$960K +$934K +37,500 New
Goldman Sachs
40
Goldman Sachs
New York
$877K -$2.7M -108,310 -76%
TCIM
41
TIAA CREF Investment Management
New York
$798K +$62.5K +2,510 +9%
AL
42
Airain Ltd
Guernsey
$772K +$751K +30,136 New
AR
43
Advisory Research
Illinois
$745K +$725K +29,100 New
Charles Schwab
44
Charles Schwab
California
$664K +$40.4K +1,624 +7%
BIM
45
BlackRock Investment Management
Delaware
$609K +$10.2K +408 +2%
ST
46
Spot Trading
Illinois
$536K +$522K +20,939 New
ARTA
47
A.R.T. Advisors
New York
$535K -$8.27M -332,147 -94%
Wells Fargo
48
Wells Fargo
California
$519K +$411K +16,506 +433%
Nomura Asset Management
49
Nomura Asset Management
Japan
$512K +$125K +5,000 +33%
COPPSERS
50
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System
Pennsylvania
$494K +$481K +19,300 New
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LOCO Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2015 in Review

112 of the 3,752 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in El Pollo Loco (LOCO) for Q1 2015, worth a combined $751M — up 32% from $570M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 51 funds opened new LOCO positions and 21 closed out — a net gain of 30 holders — while 25 added to existing stakes and 26 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Ameriprise, opening a new position worth an estimated $8.92M. The largest seller was D.E. Shaw & Co, cutting an estimated $8.38M.

  • 112 institutional investors held El Pollo Loco (LOCO) as of Q1 2015, up from 82 in Q4 2014.
  • Funds reported $751M of El Pollo Loco stock for Q1 2015, up 32% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 51 funds opened new El Pollo Loco positions in Q1 2015 and 21 closed out, a net change of +30 holders.
  • The largest El Pollo Loco buyer in Q1 2015 was Ameriprise, an estimated $8.92M added.
  • The largest El Pollo Loco seller in Q1 2015 was D.E. Shaw & Co, an estimated $8.38M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2015.