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News Corp Class B

212 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.34B invested in News Corp Class B in 2023 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 17 funds opening new positions, 82 increasing their positions, 76 reducing their positions, and 33 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

732% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $524K | Put options by funds: $63K

1.47% more ownership

Funds ownership: 38.9%40.37% (+1.5%)

8% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 82 | Existing positions reduced: 76

1% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.32B → $1.34B (+$15.3M)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 22 (0)

8% less funds holding

Funds holding: 230212 (-18)

48% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 17 | Existing positions closed: 33

Holders
212
Holders Change
-18
Holders Change %
-7.83%
% of All Funds
3.38%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.03%
New
17
Increased
82
Reduced
76
Closed
33
Calls
$524K
Puts
$63K
Net Calls
+$461K
Net Calls Change
-$101K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
IFP
1
Independent Franchise Partners
United Kingdom
$220M +$2.51M +135,911 +1%
SL
2
SOF Ltd
Cayman Islands
$170M
BlackRock
3
BlackRock
New York
$118M -$3.24M -175,240 -3%
ICM
4
Irenic Capital Management
New York
$90.5M +$3.05M +165,328 +3%
T. Rowe Price Associates
5
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$82.7M +$84.3M +4,563,248 +2,545%
State Street
6
State Street
Massachusetts
$80.7M +$2.27M +122,961 +3%
Vanguard Group
7
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$76.7M -$8.38M -453,704 -9%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
8
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$60.2M +$752K +40,712 +1%
Geode Capital Management
9
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$47.2M +$636K +34,430 +1%
MC
10
Metropolis Capital
United Kingdom
$46.6M -$1.42M -76,846 -3%
BAM
11
Burgundy Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
$44.2M -$419K -22,692 -0.9%
Invesco
12
Invesco
Georgia
$32.5M +$226K +12,252 +0.7%
5NCM
13
59 North Capital Management
Texas
$25.3M +$20.3M +1,098,223 +308%
Northern Trust
14
Northern Trust
Illinois
$17.4M -$546K -29,571 -3%
Charles Schwab
15
Charles Schwab
California
$16.2M +$46.4K +2,515 +0.3%
Morgan Stanley
16
Morgan Stanley
New York
$16.1M +$810K +43,856 +5%
Bank of New York Mellon
17
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$12.4M -$680K -36,810 -5%
Norges Bank
18
Norges Bank
Norway
$11.8M -$1.73M -93,800 -12%
DFO
19
Duquesne Family Office
New York
$10.7M +$11.3M +613,050 New
YAM
20
Yacktman Asset Management
Texas
$9.87M +$139K +7,551 +1%
Legal & General Group
21
Legal & General Group
United Kingdom
$9.01M +$1.32M +71,414 +16%
Renaissance Technologies
22
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$7.58M -$7.59M -411,200 -49%
Russell Investments Group
23
Russell Investments Group
United Kingdom
$6.93M +$4.4M +238,384 +150%
N
24
Nuveen
North Carolina
$6.05M -$12.3K -664 -0.2%
Goldman Sachs
25
Goldman Sachs
New York
$5.65M -$1.09M -58,841 -15%

NWS Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2023 in Review

212 of the 6,275 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in News Corp Class B (NWS) for Q1 2023, worth a combined $1.34B — up 1.2% from $1.32B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 33 funds closed out of NWS and 17 opened new positions — a net loss of 16 holders — while 76 trimmed existing stakes and 82 added.

The largest buyer was T. Rowe Price Associates, adding an estimated $84.3M. The largest seller was Lazard Asset Management, cutting an estimated $22M.

  • 212 institutional investors held News Corp Class B (NWS) as of Q1 2023, down from 230 in Q4 2022.
  • Funds reported $1.34B of News Corp Class B stock for Q1 2023, up 1.2% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 17 funds opened new News Corp Class B positions in Q1 2023 and 33 closed out, a net change of -16 holders.
  • The largest News Corp Class B buyer in Q1 2023 was T. Rowe Price Associates, an estimated $84.3M added.
  • The largest News Corp Class B seller in Q1 2023 was Lazard Asset Management, an estimated $22M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2023.