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News Corp Class B
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194 hedge funds and large institutions have $738M invested in News Corp Class B in 2016 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 34 funds opening new positions, 72 increasing their positions, 60 reducing their positions, and 22 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

55% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 34 | Existing positions closed: 22

33% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 → 4 (+1)

31.31% more ownership

Funds ownership: 0% → 31.31% (+31%)

20% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 72 | Existing positions reduced: 60

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 184 → 194 (+10)

8% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $800M → $738M (-$62M)

15% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $273K | Put options by funds: $323K

Holders
194
Holders Change
+10
Holders Change %
+5.43%
% of All Funds
4.85%
Holding in Top 10
4
Holding in Top 10 Change
+1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+33.33%
% of All Funds
0.1%
New
34
Increased
72
Reduced
60
Closed
22
Calls
$273K
Puts
$323K
Net Calls
-$50K
Net Calls Change
+$24K

Top Buyers

1
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
California
+$14.8M
2
PL
Perpetual Ltd
Australia
+$9.1M
3
GC
Guggenheim Capital
Illinois
+$4.95M
4
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
+$4.81M
5
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
+$2.99M

Top Sellers

1
IVA
International Value Advisers
-$60.4M
2
ACM
Altalis Capital Management
New York
-$4.55M
3
CCMH
Cornerstone Capital Management Holdings
New York
-$4.11M
4
Principal Financial Group
Principal Financial Group
Iowa
-$4.09M
5
SCM
Sterling Capital Management
North Carolina
-$3.66M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
SL
1
SOF Ltd
Cayman Islands
$115M +$124M +9,781,882 New
SCM
2
Sterling Capital Management
North Carolina
$69.8M -$3.66M -287,685 -5%
Vanguard Group
3
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$51.4M +$2.52M +198,249 +5%
State Street
4
State Street
Massachusetts
$46.1M +$2.99M +235,185 +6%
IVA
5
International Value Advisers
$45.8M -$60.4M -4,752,148 -55%
BIT
6
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$35.2M +$1.36M +107,140 +4%
BFA
7
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$23.7M +$1.07M +84,346 +4%
TSW
8
Thompson Siegel & Walmsley
Virginia
$22M -$2.17M -170,633 -8%
Wells Fargo
9
Wells Fargo
California
$20.6M +$14.8M +1,166,364 +201%
TCM
10
Tensile Capital Management
California
$20.6M +$258K +20,300 +1%
PL
11
Perpetual Ltd
Australia
$18.7M +$9.1M +716,448 +82%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
12
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$15.8M +$4.81M +378,922 +40%
Norges Bank
13
Norges Bank
Norway
$14M – – –
Geode Capital Management
14
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$13.3M +$1.79M +140,528 +14%
Northern Trust
15
Northern Trust
Illinois
$13.3M -$1.59M -125,447 -10%
Franklin Resources
16
Franklin Resources
California
$11.1M +$1.11M +87,600 +10%
GC
17
Guggenheim Capital
Illinois
$10.4M +$4.95M +389,636 +80%
Bank of New York Mellon
18
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$9.8M -$1.49M -117,084 -12%
Pzena Investment Management
19
Pzena Investment Management
New York
$9.74M -$801K -63,008 -7%
GI
20
GAMCO Investors
Connecticut
$8.37M -$21.7K -1,704 -0.2%
Legal & General Group
21
Legal & General Group
United Kingdom
$7.35M +$299K +23,563 +4%
Macquarie Group
22
Macquarie Group
Australia
$7.03M -$2.17M -170,773 -22%
GF
23
Gabelli Funds
New York
$6.69M -$445K -35,000 -6%
Renaissance Technologies
24
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$6.55M +$466K +36,700 +7%
Charles Schwab
25
Charles Schwab
California
$5.97M +$327K +25,757 +5%
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NWS Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2016 in Review

194 of the 4,000 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in News Corp Class B (NWS) for Q4 2016, worth a combined $738M — down 7.8% from $800M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 34 funds opened new NWS positions and 22 closed out — a net gain of 12 holders — while 72 added to existing stakes and 60 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Wells Fargo, adding an estimated $14.8M. The largest seller was International Value Advisers, cutting an estimated $60.4M.

  • 194 institutional investors held News Corp Class B (NWS) as of Q4 2016, up from 184 in Q3 2016.
  • Funds reported $738M of News Corp Class B stock for Q4 2016, down 7.8% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 34 funds opened new News Corp Class B positions in Q4 2016 and 22 closed out, a net change of +12 holders.
  • The largest News Corp Class B buyer in Q4 2016 was Wells Fargo, an estimated $14.8M added.
  • The largest News Corp Class B seller in Q4 2016 was International Value Advisers, an estimated $60.4M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2016.