STAAR Surgical
STAA
86 hedge funds and large institutions have $340M invested in STAAR Surgical in 2017 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 11 funds opening new positions, 31 increasing their positions, 24 reducing their positions, and 3 closing their positions.
267% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 11 | Existing positions closed: 3
29% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 31 | Existing positions reduced: 24
12% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $303M → $340M (+$36.4M)
10% more funds holding
Funds holding: 78 → 86 (+8)
0.86% more ownership
Funds ownership: 75.96% → 76.81% (+0.86%)
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
WAM
76
Wealthspire Advisors (Maryland)
Potomac,
Maryland
| $11K | – | – | – |
|
77
Bank of America
Charlotte,
North Carolina
| $8K | -$69.1K | -7,069 | -91% |
|
|
PCM
78
Prelude Capital Management
New York
| $8K | +$7.44K | +761 | New |
|
79
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
| $5K | -$13.5K | -1,376 | -74% |
|
|
WEC
80
Winslow Evans & Crocker
Boston,
Massachusetts
| $3.24K | -$9.78K | -1,000 | -77% |
|
81
Citigroup
New York
| $3K | -$5.03K | -514 | -66% |
|
|
TDC
82
Thompson Davis & Co
Richmond,
Virginia
| $3K | – | – | – |
|
|
LTFS
83
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Miami,
Florida
| $2K | – | – | – |
|
84
Barclays
London,
United Kingdom
| $1K | -$5.23K | -535 | -80% |
|
85
JP Morgan Chase
New York
| – | -$277K | -28,257 | Closed |
|
|
CS
86
Credit Suisse
Zurich,
Switzerland
| – | -$116K | -11,830 | Closed |
|
87
Group One Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$70K | -7,107 | Closed |
|
|
TRCT
88
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
| – | +$313 | +32 | New |
|
STAA Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2017 in Review
86 of the 4,011 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in STAAR Surgical (STAA) for Q2 2017, worth a combined $340M — up 12% from $303M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 11 funds opened new STAA positions and 3 closed out — a net gain of 8 holders — while 31 added to existing stakes and 24 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Baillie Gifford & Co, adding an estimated $1.73M. The largest seller was Putnam Investments, cutting an estimated $978K.
- 86 institutional investors held STAAR Surgical (STAA) as of Q2 2017, up from 78 in Q1 2017.
- Funds reported $340M of STAAR Surgical stock for Q2 2017, up 12% quarter-over-quarter.
- 11 funds opened new STAAR Surgical positions in Q2 2017 and 3 closed out, a net change of +8 holders.
- The largest STAAR Surgical buyer in Q2 2017 was Baillie Gifford & Co, an estimated $1.73M added.
- The largest STAAR Surgical seller in Q2 2017 was Putnam Investments, an estimated $978K sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2017.