Madison Square Garden
MSGS
256 hedge funds and large institutions have $3.5B invested in Madison Square Garden in 2017 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 33 funds opening new positions, 85 increasing their positions, 96 reducing their positions, and 37 closing their positions.
5% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3.68B → $3.5B (-$177M)
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 260 → 256 (-4)
3.79% less ownership
Funds ownership: 126.82% → 123.03% (-3.8%)
8% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 12 → 11 (-1)
11% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 33 | Existing positions closed: 37
11% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 85 | Existing positions reduced: 96
55% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $20.3M | Put options by funds: $44.6M
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SLG
Silver Lake Group
Menlo Park,
California
|
+$197M |
| 2 |
LPC
Long Pond Capital
New York
|
+$61.5M |
| 3 |
SC
Samlyn Capital
New York
|
+$54.1M |
| 4 |
Point72 Asset Management
Stamford,
Connecticut
|
+$32.9M |
| 5 |
Citadel Advisors
Miami,
Florida
|
+$19.9M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lazard Asset Management
New York
|
-$219M |
| 2 |
Millennium Management
New York
|
-$52M |
| 3 |
First Eagle Investment Management
New York
|
-$39.2M |
| 4 |
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Austin,
Texas
|
-$28.2M |
| 5 |
Balyasny Asset Management
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$23.6M |
MSGS Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2017 in Review
256 of the 4,409 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Madison Square Garden (MSGS) for Q4 2017, worth a combined $3.5B — down 4.8% from $3.68B a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 37 funds closed out of MSGS and 33 opened new positions — a net loss of 4 holders — while 96 trimmed existing stakes and 85 added.
The largest buyer was Silver Lake Group, opening a new position worth an estimated $197M. The largest seller was Lazard Asset Management, cutting an estimated $219M.
- 256 institutional investors held Madison Square Garden (MSGS) as of Q4 2017, down from 260 in Q3 2017.
- Funds reported $3.5B of Madison Square Garden stock for Q4 2017, down 4.8% quarter-over-quarter.
- 33 funds opened new Madison Square Garden positions in Q4 2017 and 37 closed out, a net change of -4 holders.
- The largest Madison Square Garden buyer in Q4 2017 was Silver Lake Group, an estimated $197M added.
- The largest Madison Square Garden seller in Q4 2017 was Lazard Asset Management, an estimated $219M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2017.