STAAR Surgical
STAA
80 hedge funds and large institutions have $308M invested in STAAR Surgical in 2015 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 14 funds opening new positions, 32 increasing their positions, 19 reducing their positions, and 8 closing their positions.
1,382% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $163K | Put options by funds: $11K
75% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 14 | Existing positions closed: 8
68% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 32 | Existing positions reduced: 19
33% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $231M → $308M (+$76.8M)
8% more funds holding
Funds holding: 74 → 80 (+6)
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
| 1 |
KCM
Kennedy Capital Management
St Louis,
Missouri
|
-$2.98M |
| 2 |
FLAM
First Light Asset Management
Edina,
Minnesota
|
-$2.53M |
| 3 |
AC
Amici Capital
New York
|
-$1.48M |
| 4 |
FCM
Frontier Capital Management
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
-$1.35M |
| 5 |
Ameriprise
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
|
-$1.17M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
76
Simplex Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
| $4K | +$3.88K | +418 | New |
|
77
PNC Financial Services Group
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
| $2K | +$1K | +108 | +83% |
|
|
HR
78
Howe & Rusling
Rochester,
New York
| $1K | +$696 | +75 | New |
|
79
Walleye Trading
New York
| $1K | +$927 | +100 | New |
|
80
Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance)
Canada,
Ontario, Canada
| $252 | -$8.11K | -874 | -3% |
|
|
KCM
81
Kennedy Capital Management
St Louis,
Missouri
| – | -$2.98M | -400,800 | Closed |
|
|
FLAM
82
First Light Asset Management
Edina,
Minnesota
| – | -$2.53M | -340,662 | Closed |
|
|
FCM
83
Frontier Capital Management
Boston,
Massachusetts
| – | -$1.35M | -182,370 | Closed |
|
|
PPA
84
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Seattle,
Washington
| – | -$182K | -24,438 | Closed |
|
85
Renaissance Technologies
New York
| – | -$131K | -17,600 | Closed |
|
|
1CM
86
1492 Capital Management
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
| – | -$102K | -13,737 | Closed |
|
87
Group One Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$30K | -4,089 | Closed |
|
|
FMT
88
First Mercantile Trust
Cordova,
Tennessee
| – | -$23K | -3,146 | Closed |
|
STAA Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2015 in Review
80 of the 3,711 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in STAAR Surgical (STAA) for Q2 2015, worth a combined $308M — up 33% from $231M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 14 funds opened new STAA positions and 8 closed out — a net gain of 6 holders — while 32 added to existing stakes and 19 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Putnam Investments, adding an estimated $8.99M. The largest seller was Kennedy Capital Management, exiting entirely with an estimated $2.98M sold.
- 80 institutional investors held STAAR Surgical (STAA) as of Q2 2015, up from 74 in Q1 2015.
- Funds reported $308M of STAAR Surgical stock for Q2 2015, up 33% quarter-over-quarter.
- 14 funds opened new STAAR Surgical positions in Q2 2015 and 8 closed out, a net change of +6 holders.
- The largest STAAR Surgical buyer in Q2 2015 was Putnam Investments, an estimated $8.99M added.
- The largest STAAR Surgical seller in Q2 2015 was Kennedy Capital Management, an estimated $2.98M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2015.