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Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers
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84 hedge funds and large institutions have $161M invested in Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers in 2014 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 25 funds opening new positions, 28 increasing their positions, 21 reducing their positions, and 30 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

33% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 28 | Existing positions reduced: 21

6% less funds holding

Funds holding: 89 → 84 (-5)

6.7% less ownership

Funds ownership: 40.18% → 33.49% (-6.7%)

17% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 25 | Existing positions closed: 30

36% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $488K | Put options by funds: $765K

59% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $393M → $161M (-$232M)

100% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 0 (-1)

Holders
84
Holders Change
-5
Holders Change %
-5.62%
% of All Funds
2.41%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-100%
% of All Funds
–
New
25
Increased
28
Reduced
21
Closed
30
Calls
$488K
Puts
$765K
Net Calls
-$277K
Net Calls Change
-$391K

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
+$11.8M
2
Wellington Management Group
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
+$9.61M
3
Ameriprise
Ameriprise
Minnesota
+$6.89M
4
AP
Alydar Partners
Massachusetts
+$5.37M
5
CCA
Catalyst Capital Advisors
New York
+$2.23M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
GGHC
Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co
New York
-$18.7M
2
NCGI
Next Century Growth Investors
Minnesota
-$12.5M
3
Invesco
Invesco
Georgia
-$12.2M
4
EAM
Eagle Asset Management
Florida
-$11.2M
5
Westfield Capital Management
Westfield Capital Management
Massachusetts
-$11.1M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
USAA
26
United Services Automobile Association
Texas
$1.04M – – –
ARTA
27
A.R.T. Advisors
New York
$1.02M +$1.31M +47,538 New
Brown Advisory
28
Brown Advisory
Maryland
$997K +$444K +16,167 +53%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
29
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$967K +$304K +11,048 +32%
Bank of New York Mellon
30
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$902K +$7.34K +267 +0.6%
Jennison Associates
31
Jennison Associates
New York
$888K +$1.14M +41,495 New
TRSOTSOK
32
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky
Kentucky
$738K +$415K +15,088 +78%
TCIM
33
TIAA CREF Investment Management
New York
$728K +$1.35K +49 +0.1%
D.E. Shaw & Co
34
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$726K +$932K +33,899 New
OA
35
Outfitter Advisors
Virginia
$705K +$572K +20,820 +172%
NFA
36
Nationwide Fund Advisors
Ohio
$686K +$337K +12,254 +62%
Renaissance Technologies
37
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$640K +$822K +29,900 New
U
38
UBS
Switzerland
$605K -$275K -10,001 -26%
NI
39
Numeric Investors
Massachusetts
$584K +$750K +27,300 New
CCM
40
Cadence Capital Management
Massachusetts
$561K -$79.2K -2,883 -10%
BIM
41
BlackRock Investment Management
Delaware
$556K +$38.5K +1,402 +6%
RA
42
Royce & Associates
New York
$535K +$687K +25,000 New
DM
43
Diker Management
New York
$466K +$599K +21,780 New
PP
44
PDT Partners
New York
$435K +$558K +20,311 New
Charles Schwab
45
Charles Schwab
California
$421K -$3.96K -144 -0.7%
California Public Employees Retirement System
46
California Public Employees Retirement System
California
$405K – – –
Wells Fargo
47
Wells Fargo
California
$357K -$168K -6,115 -27%
California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)
48
California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)
California
$350K +$8.25K +300 +2%
Goldman Sachs
49
Goldman Sachs
New York
$338K +$434K +15,789 New
PI
50
Placemark Investments
Illinois
$336K +$34.3K +1,247 +9%
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NGVC Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2014 in Review

84 of the 3,479 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers (NGVC) for Q2 2014, worth a combined $161M — down 59% from $393M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 30 funds closed out of NGVC and 25 opened new positions — a net loss of 5 holders — while 21 trimmed existing stakes and 28 added.

The largest buyer was Fidelity Investments, opening a new position worth an estimated $11.8M. The largest seller was Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co, cutting an estimated $18.7M.

  • 84 institutional investors held Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers (NGVC) as of Q2 2014, down from 89 in Q1 2014.
  • Funds reported $161M of Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers stock for Q2 2014, down 59% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 25 funds opened new Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers positions in Q2 2014 and 30 closed out, a net change of -5 holders.
  • The largest Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers buyer in Q2 2014 was Fidelity Investments, an estimated $11.8M added.
  • The largest Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers seller in Q2 2014 was Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co, an estimated $18.7M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2014.