Southwest Airlines
750 hedge funds and large institutions have $19.2B invested in Southwest Airlines in 2016 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 81 funds opening new positions, 275 increasing their positions, 286 reducing their positions, and 88 closing their positions.
4% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 275 | Existing positions reduced: 286
6% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $168M | Put options by funds: $178M
8% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 81 | Existing positions closed: 88
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 767 → 750 (-17)
3.64% less ownership
Funds ownership: 80.17% → 76.53% (-3.6%)
15% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $22.7B → $19.2B (-$3.43B)
43% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 28 → 16 (-12)
Top Buyers
| 1 |
JP Morgan Chase
New York
|
+$87.5M |
| 2 |
AQR Capital Management
Greenwich,
Connecticut
|
+$78M |
| 3 |
PCM
PAR Capital Management
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
+$67.9M |
| 4 |
Capital Fund Management (CFM)
Paris,
France
|
+$60.3M |
| 5 |
FAM
Fred Alger Management
New York
|
+$53.6M |
Top Sellers
| 1 |
Fidelity Investments
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
-$204M |
| 2 |
BFA
BlackRock Fund Advisors
San Francisco,
California
|
-$112M |
| 3 |
Millennium Management
New York
|
-$97.1M |
| 4 |
American Century Companies
Kansas City,
Missouri
|
-$77.5M |
| 5 |
SC
Sculptor Capital
New York
|
-$73.3M |
LUV Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2016 in Review
750 of the 3,748 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Southwest Airlines (LUV) for Q2 2016, worth a combined $19.2B — down 15% from $22.7B a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 88 funds closed out of LUV and 81 opened new positions — a net loss of 7 holders — while 286 trimmed existing stakes and 275 added.
The largest buyer was JP Morgan Chase, adding an estimated $87.5M. The largest seller was Fidelity Investments, cutting an estimated $204M.
- 750 institutional investors held Southwest Airlines (LUV) as of Q2 2016, down from 767 in Q1 2016.
- Funds reported $19.2B of Southwest Airlines stock for Q2 2016, down 15% quarter-over-quarter.
- 81 funds opened new Southwest Airlines positions in Q2 2016 and 88 closed out, a net change of -7 holders.
- The largest Southwest Airlines buyer in Q2 2016 was JP Morgan Chase, an estimated $87.5M added.
- The largest Southwest Airlines seller in Q2 2016 was Fidelity Investments, an estimated $204M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2016.