El Pollo Loco
LOCO
117 hedge funds and large institutions have $519M invested in El Pollo Loco in 2019 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 28 funds opening new positions, 27 increasing their positions, 44 reducing their positions, and 18 closing their positions.
400% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.72M | Put options by funds: $344K
56% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 28 | Existing positions closed: 18
37% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $378M → $519M (+$141M)
4.65% more ownership
Funds ownership: 93.66% → 98.3% (+4.6%)
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 112 → 117 (+5)
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)
39% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 27 | Existing positions reduced: 44
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
AllianceBernstein
Nashville,
Tennessee
|
+$3.82M |
| 2 |
State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D
Trenton,
New Jersey
|
+$2.08M |
| 3 |
MC
Maverick Capital
Dallas,
Texas
|
+$2.01M |
| 4 |
Squarepoint
New York
|
+$1.59M |
| 5 |
PCA
Personal Capital Advisors
Redwood City,
California
|
+$1.34M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Vanguard Group
Malvern,
Pennsylvania
|
-$5.98M |
| 2 |
Deutsche Bank
Frankfurt Am Main Ge,
Germany
|
-$2.75M |
| 3 |
OAM
Oxford Asset Management
Oxford,
United Kingdom
|
-$2.21M |
| 4 |
RA
Royce & Associates
New York
|
-$1.84M |
| 5 |
SI
Sapience Investments
Newport Beach,
California
|
-$1.56M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
GC
126
Guggenheim Capital
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$134K | -12,303 | Closed |
|
127
AQR Capital Management
Greenwich,
Connecticut
| – | -$127K | -11,570 | Closed |
|
128
LPL Financial
San Diego,
California
| – | -$120K | -10,927 | Closed |
|
129
Group One Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$116K | -8,317 | Closed |
|
130
Walleye Trading
New York
| – | -$98.9K | -7,080 | Closed |
|
|
QT
131
Quantamental Technologies
White Plains,
New York
| – | -$67K | -6,136 | Closed |
|
132
Victory Capital Management
San Antonio,
Texas
| – | -$36K | -3,322 | Closed |
|
|
CG
133
Cutler Group
San Francisco,
California
| – | -$25.6K | -1,833 | Closed |
|
|
GSWM
134
Golden State Wealth Management
Santa Ana,
California
| – | -$8K | -700 | Closed |
|
LOCO Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2019 in Review
117 of the 5,075 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in El Pollo Loco (LOCO) for Q4 2019, worth a combined $519M — up 37% from $378M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 28 funds opened new LOCO positions and 18 closed out — a net gain of 10 holders — while 27 added to existing stakes and 44 trimmed.
The largest buyer was AllianceBernstein, adding an estimated $3.82M. The largest seller was Vanguard Group, cutting an estimated $5.98M.
- 117 institutional investors held El Pollo Loco (LOCO) as of Q4 2019, up from 112 in Q3 2019.
- Funds reported $519M of El Pollo Loco stock for Q4 2019, up 37% quarter-over-quarter.
- 28 funds opened new El Pollo Loco positions in Q4 2019 and 18 closed out, a net change of +10 holders.
- The largest El Pollo Loco buyer in Q4 2019 was AllianceBernstein, an estimated $3.82M added.
- The largest El Pollo Loco seller in Q4 2019 was Vanguard Group, an estimated $5.98M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2019.