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News Corp Class B
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184 hedge funds and large institutions have $931M invested in News Corp Class B in 2019 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 17 funds opening new positions, 45 increasing their positions, 87 reducing their positions, and 19 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

7% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $873M → $931M (+$57.6M)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)

0.29% less ownership

Funds ownership: 31.36% → 31.07% (-0.29%)

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 186 → 184 (-2)

11% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 17 | Existing positions closed: 19

48% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 45 | Existing positions reduced: 87

91% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $26K | Put options by funds: $300K

Holders
184
Holders Change
-2
Holders Change %
-1.08%
% of All Funds
4.04%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.02%
New
17
Increased
45
Reduced
87
Closed
19
Calls
$26K
Puts
$300K
Net Calls
-$274K
Net Calls Change
-$291K

Top Buyers

1
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
+$8.38M
2
MSL
Mackay Shields LLC
New York
+$6.29M
3
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$6.21M
4
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
+$4.64M
5
IFP
Independent Franchise Partners
United Kingdom
+$4.19M

Top Sellers

1
TCM
Tensile Capital Management
California
-$8.92M
2
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Minnesota
-$8.6M
3
SCM
Sterling Capital Management
North Carolina
-$3.12M
4
D.E. Shaw & Co
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
-$2.79M
5
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Germany
-$2.51M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
SL
1
SOF Ltd
Cayman Islands
$140M – – –
IFP
2
Independent Franchise Partners
United Kingdom
$136M +$4.19M +298,617 +3%
BlackRock
3
BlackRock
New York
$99.6M -$2.17M -154,728 -2%
Vanguard Group
4
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$64.2M +$6.21M +442,721 +11%
State Street
5
State Street
Massachusetts
$62.7M +$2.36M +168,482 +4%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
6
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$48.1M +$4.64M +331,078 +11%
Macquarie Group
7
Macquarie Group
Australia
$45.1M -$1.8M -128,556 -52%
SCM
8
Sterling Capital Management
North Carolina
$42.3M -$3.12M -222,919 -7%
Geode Capital Management
9
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$27.9M +$183K +13,041 +0.7%
Renaissance Technologies
10
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$20M +$8.38M +598,140 +75%
Norges Bank
11
Norges Bank
Norway
$16.9M – – –
Northern Trust
12
Northern Trust
Illinois
$16.5M -$765K -54,602 -5%
Franklin Resources
13
Franklin Resources
California
$15.5M +$1.21K +86 +0%
Invesco
14
Invesco
Georgia
$14.6M -$2.07M -147,810 -13%
Charles Schwab
15
Charles Schwab
California
$11.4M +$42.7K +3,047 +0.4%
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
16
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
Wisconsin
$10.9M -$1.5M -107,061 -12%
Bank of New York Mellon
17
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$10.8M +$58.5K +4,173 +0.6%
Goldman Sachs
18
Goldman Sachs
New York
$8.12M +$435K +31,059 +6%
Legal & General Group
19
Legal & General Group
United Kingdom
$8M +$1.23M +87,548 +19%
MSL
20
Mackay Shields LLC
New York
$7.71M +$6.29M +448,573 +495%
N
21
Nuveen
North Carolina
$5.13M -$220K -15,677 -4%
Barclays
22
Barclays
United Kingdom
$4.38M -$789K -56,291 -16%
Wells Fargo
23
Wells Fargo
California
$4.36M +$514K +36,648 +14%
GI
24
GAMCO Investors
Connecticut
$4.35M -$229K -16,300 -5%
Bank of America
25
Bank of America
North Carolina
$4.27M -$357K -25,489 -8%
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NWS Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2019 in Review

184 of the 4,560 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in News Corp Class B (NWS) for Q3 2019, worth a combined $931M — up 6.6% from $873M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 19 funds closed out of NWS and 17 opened new positions — a net loss of 2 holders — while 87 trimmed existing stakes and 45 added.

The largest buyer was Renaissance Technologies, adding an estimated $8.38M. The largest seller was Tensile Capital Management, cutting an estimated $8.92M.

  • 184 institutional investors held News Corp Class B (NWS) as of Q3 2019, down from 186 in Q2 2019.
  • Funds reported $931M of News Corp Class B stock for Q3 2019, up 6.6% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 17 funds opened new News Corp Class B positions in Q3 2019 and 19 closed out, a net change of -2 holders.
  • The largest News Corp Class B buyer in Q3 2019 was Renaissance Technologies, an estimated $8.38M added.
  • The largest News Corp Class B seller in Q3 2019 was Tensile Capital Management, an estimated $8.92M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2019.