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979 hedge funds and large institutions have $39.7B invested in PayPal in 2016 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 75 funds opening new positions, 365 increasing their positions, 395 reducing their positions, and 96 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

25% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 52 → 65 (+13)

25% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $375M | Put options by funds: $301M

12% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $35.5B → $39.7B (+$4.19B)

8% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 365 | Existing positions reduced: 395

3% less funds holding

Funds holding: 1,006 → 979 (-27)

22% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 75 | Existing positions closed: 96

Holders
979
Holders Change
-27
Holders Change %
-2.68%
% of All Funds
26.12%
Holding in Top 10
65
Holding in Top 10 Change
+13
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+25%
% of All Funds
1.73%
New
75
Increased
365
Reduced
395
Closed
96
Calls
$375M
Puts
$301M
Net Calls
+$74.2M
Net Calls Change
-$94.2M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
T. Rowe Price Associates
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
+$1.64B
2
M&T Bank
M&T Bank
New York
+$270M
3
Brown Advisory
Brown Advisory
Maryland
+$238M
4
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
+$206M
5
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
+$143M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
LPC
Lone Pine Capital
Connecticut
-$405M
2
Macquarie Group
Macquarie Group
Australia
-$298M
3
D.E. Shaw & Co
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
-$289M
4
GE
General Electric
Ohio
-$169M
5
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
-$123M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
T. Rowe Price Associates
1
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$3.12B +$1.64B +42,783,928 +128%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$2.93B +$79.4M +2,064,726 +3%
Fidelity Investments
3
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$1.96B +$143M +3,721,644 +8%
State Street
4
State Street
Massachusetts
$1.88B +$206M +5,360,810 +13%
IC
5
Icahn Carl
Florida
$1.39B – – –
BIT
6
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$1.19B +$30.5M +792,841 +3%
MAM
7
Magellan Asset Management
Australia
$1.08B +$22M +573,365 +2%
JSP
8
Jackson Square Partners
California
$1.07B +$26.2M +682,648 +3%
Invesco
9
Invesco
Georgia
$839M +$4.94M +128,569 +0.6%
Edgewood Management
10
Edgewood Management
Connecticut
$728M +$126M +3,272,932 +23%
O
11
OppenheimerFunds
New York
$724M -$90.2M -2,348,027 -12%
OAG
12
Orbis Allan Gray
Bermuda
$640M +$84.9M +2,210,279 +16%
BBHC
13
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co
New York
$589M -$9.62M -250,344 -2%
BFA
14
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$570M +$18.4M +478,066 +4%
JP Morgan Chase
15
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$543M -$28.1M -730,104 -5%
Northern Trust
16
Northern Trust
Illinois
$515M -$272K -7,089 -0.1%
Fundsmith LLP
17
Fundsmith LLP
United Kingdom
$488M +$77.7M +2,022,180 +20%
Brown Advisory
18
Brown Advisory
Maryland
$467M +$238M +6,202,145 +119%
Winslow Capital Management
19
Winslow Capital Management
Minnesota
$412M +$135M +3,505,881 +53%
Geode Capital Management
20
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$393M +$16.2M +420,753 +5%
Bank of New York Mellon
21
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$388M +$7.06M +183,729 +2%
Parnassus Investments
22
Parnassus Investments
California
$378M +$24M +623,651 +7%
M&T Bank
23
M&T Bank
New York
$361M +$270M +7,029,543 +395%
Wells Fargo
24
Wells Fargo
California
$361M +$18.8M +490,383 +6%
BG
25
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$351M -$13.4M -348,820 -4%
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PYPL Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2016 in Review

979 of the 3,748 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in PayPal (PYPL) for Q3 2016, worth a combined $39.7B — up 12% from $35.5B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 96 funds closed out of PYPL and 75 opened new positions — a net loss of 21 holders — while 395 trimmed existing stakes and 365 added.

The largest buyer was T. Rowe Price Associates, adding an estimated $1.64B. The largest seller was Lone Pine Capital, exiting entirely with an estimated $405M sold.

  • 979 institutional investors held PayPal (PYPL) as of Q3 2016, down from 1,006 in Q2 2016.
  • Funds reported $39.7B of PayPal stock for Q3 2016, up 12% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 75 funds opened new PayPal positions in Q3 2016 and 96 closed out, a net change of -21 holders.
  • The largest PayPal buyer in Q3 2016 was T. Rowe Price Associates, an estimated $1.64B added.
  • The largest PayPal seller in Q3 2016 was Lone Pine Capital, an estimated $405M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2016.