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215 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.18B invested in Stepan Co in 2021 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 24 funds opening new positions, 76 increasing their positions, 70 reducing their positions, and 32 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

814% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.21M | Put options by funds: $242K

6% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.06B → $2.18B (+$128M)

9% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 76 | Existing positions reduced: 70

0.26% less ownership

Funds ownership: 76.76% → 76.5% (-0.26%)

5% less funds holding

Funds holding: 226 → 215 (-11)

25% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 24 | Existing positions closed: 32

Holders
215
Holders Change
-11
Holders Change %
-4.87%
% of All Funds
3.78%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
–
New
24
Increased
76
Reduced
70
Closed
32
Calls
$2.21M
Puts
$242K
Net Calls
+$1.97M
Net Calls Change
-$4.84M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$21.5M
2
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
+$9.37M
3
WHG
Westwood Holdings Group
Texas
+$8.41M
4
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$7.26M
5
SAM
Southernsun Asset Management
Tennessee
+$5.71M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Norges Bank
Norges Bank
Norway
-$19.3M
2
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
-$8.13M
3
Arrowstreet Capital
Arrowstreet Capital
Massachusetts
-$6.17M
4
Northern Trust
Northern Trust
Illinois
-$6.02M
5
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
-$4.99M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
SFI
101
Susquehanna Fundamental Investments
Pennsylvania
$1.09M – – –
AI
102
AdvisorShares Investments
Maryland
$1.08M +$63.1K +509 +6%
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale
103
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale
Germany
$1.07M – – –
Holocene Advisors
104
Holocene Advisors
New York
$1.03M +$1.01M +8,113 New
MIM
105
MetLife Investment Management
New Jersey
$1,000K -$111K -893 -10%
Swedbank
106
Swedbank
Sweden
$915K +$892K +7,201 New
AIC
107
Aurora Investment Counsel
Georgia
$911K +$5.82K +47 +0.7%
VRS
108
Virginia Retirement Systems
Virginia
$890K – – –
Los Angeles Capital Management
109
Los Angeles Capital Management
California
$870K – – –
SAM
110
Shell Asset Management
Netherlands
$846K -$4.96K -40 -0.6%
TRCT
111
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
$814K +$326K +2,633 +70%
DA
112
Duality Advisers
Florida
$810K -$213K -1,718 -21%
Brown Advisory
113
Brown Advisory
Maryland
$790K +$770K +6,219 New
TRSOTSOK
114
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky
Kentucky
$784K – – –
BC
115
Burney Company
Virginia
$776K – – –
Millennium Management
116
Millennium Management
New York
$773K -$666K -5,373 -47%
ASRS
117
Arizona State Retirement System
Arizona
$748K +$4.34K +35 +0.6%
MLICM
118
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife)
New York
$737K -$30.6K -247 -4%
HIM
119
Hillsdale Investment Management
Ontario, Canada
$712K -$3.69M -29,800 -84%
MAM
120
Martingale Asset Management
Massachusetts
$676K +$12.4K +100 +2%
QCMNJ
121
Quantum Capital Management (New Jersey)
New Jersey
$637K – – –
WIM
122
Wilen Investment Management
Florida
$616K -$86.7K -700 -13%
QC
123
Quadrature Capital
United Kingdom
$586K +$569K +4,593 New
LWAM
124
Legacy Wealth Asset Management
Minnesota
$570K +$12.3K +99 +2%
SG Americas Securities
125
SG Americas Securities
New York
$561K -$800K -6,457 -59%
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SCL Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2021 in Review

215 of the 5,695 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Stepan Co (SCL) for Q1 2021, worth a combined $2.18B — up 6.2% from $2.06B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 32 funds closed out of SCL and 24 opened new positions — a net loss of 8 holders — while 70 trimmed existing stakes and 76 added.

The largest buyer was BlackRock, adding an estimated $21.5M. The largest seller was Norges Bank, cutting an estimated $19.3M.

  • 215 institutional investors held Stepan Co (SCL) as of Q1 2021, down from 226 in Q4 2020.
  • Funds reported $2.18B of Stepan Co stock for Q1 2021, up 6.2% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 24 funds opened new Stepan Co positions in Q1 2021 and 32 closed out, a net change of -8 holders.
  • The largest Stepan Co buyer in Q1 2021 was BlackRock, an estimated $21.5M added.
  • The largest Stepan Co seller in Q1 2021 was Norges Bank, an estimated $19.3M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2021.