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Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers
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74 hedge funds and large institutions have $126M invested in Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers in 2014 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 8 funds opening new positions, 20 increasing their positions, 30 reducing their positions, and 18 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

0.71% more ownership

Funds ownership: 33.49% → 34.19% (+0.71%)

12% less funds holding

Funds holding: 84 → 74 (-10)

22% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $161M → $126M (-$35.7M)

33% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 20 | Existing positions reduced: 30

56% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 8 | Existing positions closed: 18

66% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $127K | Put options by funds: $378K

Holders
74
Holders Change
-10
Holders Change %
-11.9%
% of All Funds
2.15%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
–
New
8
Increased
20
Reduced
30
Closed
18
Calls
$127K
Puts
$378K
Net Calls
-$251K
Net Calls Change
+$26K

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
FCM
Frontier Capital Management
Massachusetts
+$21M
2
Canada Life
Canada Life
Manitoba, Canada
+$11.6M
3
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
+$2.65M
4
RA
Royce & Associates
New York
+$908K
5
TC
TFS Capital
Pennsylvania
+$610K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Ameriprise
Ameriprise
Minnesota
-$6.6M
2
Wellington Management Group
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
-$4.31M
3
AP
Alydar Partners
Massachusetts
-$4.18M
4
GGHC
Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co
New York
-$4.09M
5
TI
Turner Investments
Pennsylvania
-$3.75M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
NHFG
76
New Harbor Financial Group
Massachusetts
– -$1.18M -55,152 Closed
Brown Advisory
77
Brown Advisory
Maryland
– -$997K -46,558 Closed
Renaissance Technologies
78
Renaissance Technologies
New York
– -$640K -29,900 Closed
NI
79
Numeric Investors
Massachusetts
– -$584K -27,300 Closed
CCM
80
Cadence Capital Management
Massachusetts
– -$561K -26,207 Closed
DM
81
Diker Management
New York
– -$466K -21,780 Closed
PP
82
PDT Partners
New York
– -$435K -20,311 Closed
Goldman Sachs
83
Goldman Sachs
New York
– -$338K -15,789 Closed
Susquehanna International Group
84
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
– -$279K -13,843 Closed
Prudential Financial
85
Prudential Financial
New Jersey
– -$274K -12,800 Closed
RJA
86
Raymond James & Associates
Florida
– -$227K -10,615 Closed
RFC
87
Russell Frank Company
Washington
– -$166K -7,136 Closed
BG
88
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
– -$20K -923 Closed
PFO
89
Pathstone Family Office
New Jersey
– -$17K -800 Closed
VFA
90
Virtus Fund Advisers
Connecticut
– -$16K -762 Closed
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NGVC Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2014 in Review

74 of the 3,447 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers (NGVC) for Q3 2014, worth a combined $126M — down 22% from $161M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 18 funds closed out of NGVC and 8 opened new positions — a net loss of 10 holders — while 30 trimmed existing stakes and 20 added.

The largest buyer was Frontier Capital Management, opening a new position worth an estimated $21M. The largest seller was Ameriprise, cutting an estimated $6.6M.

  • 74 institutional investors held Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers (NGVC) as of Q3 2014, down from 84 in Q2 2014.
  • Funds reported $126M of Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers stock for Q3 2014, down 22% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 8 funds opened new Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers positions in Q3 2014 and 18 closed out, a net change of -10 holders.
  • The largest Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers buyer in Q3 2014 was Frontier Capital Management, an estimated $21M added.
  • The largest Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers seller in Q3 2014 was Ameriprise, an estimated $6.6M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2014.