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Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers
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79 hedge funds and large institutions have $172M invested in Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers in 2016 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 11 funds opening new positions, 40 increasing their positions, 15 reducing their positions, and 10 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

498% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.31M | Put options by funds: $219K

167% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 40 | Existing positions reduced: 15

18% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $146M → $172M (+$26.3M)

10% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 11 | Existing positions closed: 10

4.36% more ownership

Funds ownership: 32.42% → 36.79% (+4.4%)

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 78 → 79 (+1)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)

Holders
79
Holders Change
+1
Holders Change %
+1.28%
% of All Funds
2.1%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.03%
New
11
Increased
40
Reduced
15
Closed
10
Calls
$1.31M
Puts
$219K
Net Calls
+$1.09M
Net Calls Change
+$914K

Top Buyers

1
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
+$6.79M
2
SCA
Summit Creek Advisors
Minnesota
+$4.82M
3
GKIM
GW&K Investment Management
Massachusetts
+$3.89M
4
RFC
Russell Frank Company
Washington
+$2.41M
5
FCM
Frontier Capital Management
Massachusetts
+$2.31M

Top Sellers

1
GIM
Granahan Investment Management
Massachusetts
-$2.8M
2
EAM
Eagle Asset Management
Florida
-$1.55M
3
Millennium Management
Millennium Management
New York
-$1.25M
4
WA
Wasatch Advisors
Utah
-$1.22M
5
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Germany
-$1.09M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance)
51
Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance)
Ontario, Canada
$153K +$3.68K +183 +3%
MLICM
52
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife)
New York
$152K +$144K +7,133 New
Wells Fargo
53
Wells Fargo
California
$135K +$34.8K +1,727 +37%
Deutsche Bank
54
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$117K -$1.09M -54,022 -91%
AIG
55
American International Group
New York
$112K – – –
PNC Financial Services Group
56
PNC Financial Services Group
Pennsylvania
$87K +$60 +3 +0.1%
Zurich Cantonal Bank
57
Zurich Cantonal Bank
Switzerland
$84K – – –
BG
58
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$73K +$27.2K +1,350 +64%
US Bancorp
59
US Bancorp
Minnesota
$68K -$75.6K -3,754 -54%
BA
60
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
$55K +$5.74K +285 +12%
Morgan Stanley
61
Morgan Stanley
New York
$46K -$258K -12,808 -86%
LWCFA
62
Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors
Massachusetts
$39K – – –
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
63
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Texas
$27K +$6.3K +313 +33%
Legal & General Group
64
Legal & General Group
United Kingdom
$25K – – –
CG
65
Cutler Group
California
$24K +$23.2K +1,152 New
PAM
66
Panagora Asset Management
Massachusetts
$21K – – –
BlackRock
67
BlackRock
New York
$12K +$6.46K +321 +141%
Bank of America
68
Bank of America
North Carolina
$6K -$52.6K -2,611 -90%
MFS
69
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
$3K -$805 -40 -21%
AssetMark Inc
70
AssetMark Inc
California
$3K +$2.11K +105 +233%
N
71
Nuveen
North Carolina
$2.75K -$99.8K -4,956 -4%
BWP
72
Baldwin Wealth Partners
Massachusetts
$2K +$2.01K +100 New
Geode Capital Management
73
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$1.24K +$15.7K +779 +1%
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
74
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
France
$1.23K -$33.7K -1,672 -97%
TRCT
75
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
$1K -$17.3K -859 -95%
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NGVC Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2016 in Review

79 of the 3,753 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers (NGVC) for Q1 2016, worth a combined $172M — up 18% from $146M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 11 funds opened new NGVC positions and 10 closed out — a net gain of 1 holder — while 40 added to existing stakes and 15 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Fidelity Investments, adding an estimated $6.79M. The largest seller was Granahan Investment Management, cutting an estimated $2.8M.

  • 79 institutional investors held Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers (NGVC) as of Q1 2016, up from 78 in Q4 2015.
  • Funds reported $172M of Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers stock for Q1 2016, up 18% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 11 funds opened new Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers positions in Q1 2016 and 10 closed out, a net change of +1 holder.
  • The largest Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers buyer in Q1 2016 was Fidelity Investments, an estimated $6.79M added.
  • The largest Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers seller in Q1 2016 was Granahan Investment Management, an estimated $2.8M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2016.