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Pfenex Inc.
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PFNX was delisted on the 30th of September, 2020.

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67 hedge funds and large institutions have $76.1M invested in Pfenex Inc. in 2018 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 3 funds opening new positions, 21 increasing their positions, 20 reducing their positions, and 7 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

5% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 21 | Existing positions reduced: 20

8% less funds holding

Funds holding: 73 → 67 (-6)

40% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $126M → $76.1M (-$49.8M)

57% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 3 | Existing positions closed: 7

100% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 0 (-1)

Holders
67
Holders Change
-6
Holders Change %
-8.22%
% of All Funds
1.49%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-100%
% of All Funds
–
New
3
Increased
21
Reduced
20
Closed
7
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$309K
2
Millennium Management
Millennium Management
New York
+$268K
3
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
+$208K
4
Russell Investments Group
Russell Investments Group
United Kingdom
+$166K
5
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
California
+$155K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
William Blair & Company
William Blair & Company
Illinois
-$978K
2
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
-$939K
3
SIM
Spark Investment Management
New York
-$413K
4
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
-$355K
5
SMH
Sanders Morris Harris
Texas
-$352K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Franklin Resources
1
Franklin Resources
California
$13.8M +$6.24K +1,459 +0%
Primecap Management
2
Primecap Management
California
$10.7M -$278K -65,000 -2%
DCC
3
Dow Chemical Company
Michigan
$5.65M – – –
William Blair & Company
4
William Blair & Company
Illinois
$5.62M -$978K -228,534 -11%
BlackRock
5
BlackRock
New York
$5.18M +$309K +72,184 +5%
Renaissance Technologies
6
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$3.95M +$133K +31,100 +3%
PWAM
7
Park West Asset Management
California
$3.49M – – –
DM
8
Deerfield Management
New York
$3.41M – – –
Vanguard Group
9
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$3.19M -$939K -219,502 -18%
SMH
10
Sanders Morris Harris
Texas
$2.49M -$352K -82,308 -10%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
11
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$2.16M +$133K +31,132 +5%
FCM
12
Farallon Capital Management
California
$1.91M – – –
Russell Investments Group
13
Russell Investments Group
United Kingdom
$1.45M +$166K +38,757 +9%
State Street
14
State Street
Massachusetts
$1.19M +$208K +48,639 +15%
CWG
15
C WorldWide Group
Denmark
$1.12M – – –
Northern Trust
16
Northern Trust
Illinois
$1.04M +$11.7K +2,726 +0.8%
Norges Bank
17
Norges Bank
Norway
$976K – – –
Geode Capital Management
18
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$965K +$15K +3,496 +1%
SCM
19
Sio Capital Management
New York
$681K – – –
OAM
20
Oxford Asset Management
United Kingdom
$618K -$167K -39,032 -17%
Acadian Asset Management
21
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
$547K – – –
SO
22
STRS Ohio
Ohio
$410K – – –
BCM
23
Bridgeway Capital Management
Texas
$346K – – –
Two Sigma Investments
24
Two Sigma Investments
New York
$328K -$316K -73,810 -42%
Squarepoint
25
Squarepoint
New York
$326K +$47.4K +11,088 +12%
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PFNX Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2018 in Review

67 of the 4,488 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Pfenex Inc. (PFNX) for Q4 2018, worth a combined $76.1M — down 40% from $126M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 7 funds closed out of PFNX and 3 opened new positions — a net loss of 4 holders — while 20 trimmed existing stakes and 21 added.

The largest buyer was BlackRock, adding an estimated $309K. The largest seller was William Blair & Company, cutting an estimated $978K.

  • 67 institutional investors held Pfenex Inc. (PFNX) as of Q4 2018, down from 73 in Q3 2018.
  • Funds reported $76.1M of Pfenex Inc. stock for Q4 2018, down 40% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 3 funds opened new Pfenex Inc. positions in Q4 2018 and 7 closed out, a net change of -4 holders.
  • The largest Pfenex Inc. buyer in Q4 2018 was BlackRock, an estimated $309K added.
  • The largest Pfenex Inc. seller in Q4 2018 was William Blair & Company, an estimated $978K sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2018.