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

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72 hedge funds and large institutions have $151M invested in Pfenex Inc. in 2019 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 11 funds opening new positions, 20 increasing their positions, 23 reducing their positions, and 6 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

335% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $174K | Put options by funds: $40K

98% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $76.1M → $151M (+$74.4M)

83% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 11 | Existing positions closed: 6

7% more funds holding

Funds holding: 67 → 72 (+5)

13% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 20 | Existing positions reduced: 23

Holders
72
Holders Change
+5
Holders Change %
+7.46%
% of All Funds
1.56%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
+1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.02%
New
11
Increased
20
Reduced
23
Closed
6
Calls
$174K
Puts
$40K
Net Calls
+$134K
Net Calls Change
+$134K

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
William Blair & Company
William Blair & Company
Illinois
+$2.03M
2
RCMC
RK Capital Management (Colorado)
Colorado
+$1.32M
3
Point72 Asset Management
Point72 Asset Management
Connecticut
+$657K
4
Millennium Management
Millennium Management
New York
+$465K
5
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$335K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
SMH
Sanders Morris Harris
Texas
-$1.61M
2
Franklin Resources
Franklin Resources
California
-$912K
3
DM
Deerfield Management
New York
-$662K
4
Squarepoint
Squarepoint
New York
-$326K
5
OAM
Oxford Asset Management
United Kingdom
-$309K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Franklin Resources
1
Franklin Resources
California
$25.5M -$912K -208,333 -5%
Primecap Management
2
Primecap Management
California
$20.7M -$27.6K -6,300 -0.2%
William Blair & Company
3
William Blair & Company
Illinois
$13.7M +$2.03M +462,925 +26%
DCC
4
Dow Chemical Company
Michigan
$10.9M – – –
BlackRock
5
BlackRock
New York
$10.5M +$328K +74,836 +5%
Renaissance Technologies
6
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$8.02M +$268K +61,300 +5%
Vanguard Group
7
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$6.66M +$335K +76,629 +8%
PWAM
8
Park West Asset Management
California
$6.51M -$183K -41,899 -4%
DM
9
Deerfield Management
New York
$5.67M -$662K -151,327 -14%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
10
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$4.58M +$281K +64,242 +10%
FCM
11
Farallon Capital Management
California
$3.71M – – –
Russell Investments Group
12
Russell Investments Group
United Kingdom
$2.72M -$67.1K -15,326 -3%
SMH
13
Sanders Morris Harris
Texas
$2.56M -$1.61M -368,228 -47%
State Street
14
State Street
Massachusetts
$2.34M +$29.5K +6,746 +2%
CWG
15
C WorldWide Group
Denmark
$2.18M – – –
Geode Capital Management
16
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$2.11M +$173K +39,418 +13%
Northern Trust
17
Northern Trust
Illinois
$2.04M +$10.1K +2,305 +0.7%
Norges Bank
18
Norges Bank
Norway
$1.89M – – –
RCMC
19
RK Capital Management (Colorado)
Colorado
$1.86M +$1.32M +301,546 New
SCM
20
Sio Capital Management
New York
$1.32M – – –
Millennium Management
21
Millennium Management
New York
$1.12M +$465K +106,231 +141%
Acadian Asset Management
22
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
$1.02M -$24.9K -5,696 -3%
Point72 Asset Management
23
Point72 Asset Management
Connecticut
$927K +$657K +150,000 New
Wells Fargo
24
Wells Fargo
California
$763K +$275K +62,852 +104%
OAM
25
Oxford Asset Management
United Kingdom
$760K -$309K -70,684 -37%
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PFNX Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2019 in Review

72 of the 4,620 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Pfenex Inc. (PFNX) for Q1 2019, worth a combined $151M — up 98% from $76.1M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 11 funds opened new PFNX positions and 6 closed out — a net gain of 5 holders — while 20 added to existing stakes and 23 trimmed.

The largest buyer was William Blair & Company, adding an estimated $2.03M. The largest seller was Sanders Morris Harris, cutting an estimated $1.61M.

  • 72 institutional investors held Pfenex Inc. (PFNX) as of Q1 2019, up from 67 in Q4 2018.
  • Funds reported $151M of Pfenex Inc. stock for Q1 2019, up 98% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 11 funds opened new Pfenex Inc. positions in Q1 2019 and 6 closed out, a net change of +5 holders.
  • The largest Pfenex Inc. buyer in Q1 2019 was William Blair & Company, an estimated $2.03M added.
  • The largest Pfenex Inc. seller in Q1 2019 was Sanders Morris Harris, an estimated $1.61M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2019.