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Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers

80 hedge funds and large institutions have $167M invested in Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers in 2015 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 9 funds opening new positions, 36 increasing their positions, 26 reducing their positions, and 16 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

91% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.95M | Put options by funds: $1.02M

38% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 36 | Existing positions reduced: 26

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 11 (0)

1.32% less ownership

Funds ownership: 34.68%33.36% (-1.3%)

8% less funds holding

Funds holding: 8780 (-7)

12% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $189M → $167M (-$22M)

44% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 9 | Existing positions closed: 16

Holders
80
Holders Change
-7
Holders Change %
-8.05%
% of All Funds
2.23%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.03%
New
9
Increased
36
Reduced
26
Closed
16
Calls
$1.95M
Puts
$1.02M
Net Calls
+$929K
Net Calls Change
+$801K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
OAM
51
Oberweis Asset Management
Illinois
$318K +$336K +14,000 New
CS
52
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
$308K +$92.6K +3,857 +40%
ARTA
53
A.R.T. Advisors
New York
$222K -$104K -4,336 -31%
William Blair & Company
54
William Blair & Company
Illinois
$212K -$46.2K -1,925 -17%
New York State Common Retirement Fund
55
New York State Common Retirement Fund
New York
$186K -$31.8K -1,326 -14%
MLICM
56
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife)
New York
$157K -$34.6K -1,441 -17%
US Bancorp
57
US Bancorp
Minnesota
$141K +$20.4K +850 +16%
AIG
58
American International Group
New York
$120K +$144 +6 +0.1%
BA
59
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
$97K -$9.77K -407 -9%
Wells Fargo
60
Wells Fargo
California
$94K -$9.92K -413 -9%
PNC Financial Services Group
61
PNC Financial Services Group
Pennsylvania
$93K -$240 -10 -0.2%
Zurich Cantonal Bank
62
Zurich Cantonal Bank
Switzerland
$83K +$3.24K +135 +4%
BG
63
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$50K +$9.53K +397 +22%
LWCFA
64
Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors
Massachusetts
$46K
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
65
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
France
$43.6K +$28.2K +1,174 +157%
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
66
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Texas
$28K +$20.4K +850 +216%
Legal & General Group
67
Legal & General Group
United Kingdom
$27K
PAM
68
Panagora Asset Management
Massachusetts
$23K -$54.2K -2,258 -69%
Bank of America
69
Bank of America
North Carolina
$8K -$37.8K -1,574 -83%
TRCT
70
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
$6K -$43.1K -1,795 -87%
Simplex Trading
71
Simplex Trading
Illinois
$6K +$456 +19 +7%
Citigroup
72
Citigroup
New York
$5K -$3.46K -144 -41%
BlackRock
73
BlackRock
New York
$5K
N
74
Nuveen
North Carolina
$3.24K +$576K +23,988 +20%
MFS
75
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
$2K

NGVC Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2015 in Review

80 of the 3,582 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers (NGVC) for Q3 2015, worth a combined $167M — down 12% from $189M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 16 funds closed out of NGVC and 9 opened new positions — a net loss of 7 holders — while 26 trimmed existing stakes and 36 added.

The largest buyer was Renaissance Technologies, adding an estimated $3.84M. The largest seller was Eagle Asset Management, cutting an estimated $13.1M.

  • 80 institutional investors held Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers (NGVC) as of Q3 2015, down from 87 in Q2 2015.
  • Funds reported $167M of Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers stock for Q3 2015, down 12% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 9 funds opened new Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers positions in Q3 2015 and 16 closed out, a net change of -7 holders.
  • The largest Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers buyer in Q3 2015 was Renaissance Technologies, an estimated $3.84M added.
  • The largest Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers seller in Q3 2015 was Eagle Asset Management, an estimated $13.1M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2015.