Nature's Sunshine
NATR
53 hedge funds and large institutions have $141M invested in Nature's Sunshine in 2015 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 1 funds opening new positions, 20 increasing their positions, 17 reducing their positions, and 6 closing their positions.
18% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 20 | Existing positions reduced: 17
9% less funds holding
Funds holding: 58 → 53 (-5)
16% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $168M → $141M (-$26.9M)
40% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 → 3 (-2)
83% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 1 | Existing positions closed: 6
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
WC
Wynnefield Capital
New York
|
+$761K |
| 2 |
PCMI
Paradigm Capital Management Inc
Albany,
New York
|
+$343K |
| 3 |
Renaissance Technologies
New York
|
+$202K |
| 4 |
FIM
Freedom Investment Management
Hartford,
Connecticut
|
+$156K |
| 5 |
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Austin,
Texas
|
+$108K |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
FWSM
First Wilshire Securities Management
Pasadena,
California
|
-$543K |
| 2 |
PPA
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Seattle,
Washington
|
-$375K |
| 3 |
RFC
Russell Frank Company
Seattle,
Washington
|
-$94K |
| 4 |
LSV Asset Management
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$69.6K |
| 5 |
Bank of America
Charlotte,
North Carolina
|
-$55.1K |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51
BlackRock
New York
| $4K | – | – | – |
|
52
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
| $2K | -$2.56K | -220 | -56% |
|
|
DA
53
Denali Advisors
San Diego,
California
| $1K | – | – | – |
|
|
PPA
54
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Seattle,
Washington
| – | -$375K | -31,306 | Closed |
|
|
BCM
55
Brookstone Capital Management
Wheaton,
Illinois
| – | -$38K | -3,166 | Closed |
|
|
PFSC
56
Peoples Financial Services Corp
Dunmore,
Pennsylvania
| – | -$12K | -1,000 | Closed |
|
|
CCMH
57
Cornerstone Capital Management Holdings
New York
| – | -$7K | -600 | Closed |
|
58
Walleye Trading
New York
| – | -$5K | -400 | Closed |
|
59
Barclays
London,
United Kingdom
| – | -$1K | -56 | Closed |
|
NATR Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2015 in Review
53 of the 3,812 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Nature's Sunshine (NATR) for Q4 2015, worth a combined $141M — down 16% from $168M a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 6 funds closed out of NATR and 1 opened new positions — a net loss of 5 holders — while 17 trimmed existing stakes and 20 added.
The largest buyer was Wynnefield Capital, adding an estimated $761K. The largest seller was First Wilshire Securities Management, cutting an estimated $543K.
- 53 institutional investors held Nature's Sunshine (NATR) as of Q4 2015, down from 58 in Q3 2015.
- Funds reported $141M of Nature's Sunshine stock for Q4 2015, down 16% quarter-over-quarter.
- 1 fund opened new Nature's Sunshine positions in Q4 2015 and 6 closed out, a net change of -5 holders.
- The largest Nature's Sunshine buyer in Q4 2015 was Wynnefield Capital, an estimated $761K added.
- The largest Nature's Sunshine seller in Q4 2015 was First Wilshire Securities Management, an estimated $543K sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2015.