STAAR Surgical
STAA
151 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.08B invested in STAAR Surgical in 2018 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 58 funds opening new positions, 53 increasing their positions, 26 reducing their positions, and 8 closing their positions.
625% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 58 | Existing positions closed: 8
123% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $487M → $1.08B (+$597M)
104% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 53 | Existing positions reduced: 26
96% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $4M | Put options by funds: $2.05M
50% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 3 (+1)
50% more funds holding
Funds holding: 101 → 151 (+50)
4.54% more ownership
Funds ownership: 79.48% → 84.02% (+4.5%)
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
NCGI
Next Century Growth Investors
Plymouth,
Minnesota
|
+$8.95M |
| 2 |
Vanguard Group
Malvern,
Pennsylvania
|
+$8.89M |
| 3 |
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management
San Mateo,
California
|
+$8.39M |
| 4 |
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
|
+$7.67M |
| 5 |
AIM
Artemis Investment Management
Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
|
+$6.07M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
PI
Putnam Investments
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
-$88.3M |
| 2 |
CAM
Cortina Asset Management
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
|
-$4.61M |
| 3 |
FHAM
Folger Hill Asset Management
New York
|
-$2.81M |
| 4 |
MC
Menta Capital
San Francisco,
California
|
-$1.88M |
| 5 |
BA
Bristol Advisors
Conshohocken,
Pennsylvania
|
-$1.87M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PHK
151
Point72 Hong Kong
Hong Kong
| $1K | +$1.01K | +43 | New |
|
|
FHAM
152
Folger Hill Asset Management
New York
| – | -$2.81M | -190,000 | Closed |
|
|
LNC
153
Lincoln National Corp
Radnor,
Pennsylvania
| – | -$400K | -27,000 | Closed |
|
|
RPAM
154
Rhenman & Partners Asset Management
Stockholm,
Sweden
| – | -$365K | -24,658 | Closed |
|
|
MWNA
155
Marshall Wace North America
New York
| – | -$276K | -18,644 | Closed |
|
156
Balyasny Asset Management
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$178K | -12,034 | Closed |
|
|
SCA
157
Secor Capital Advisors
New York
| – | -$175K | -11,816 | Closed |
|
|
CCIA
158
Campbell & Co Investment Adviser
Baltimore,
Maryland
| – | -$174K | -11,780 | Closed |
|
|
ML
159
McAdam LLC
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
| – | -$1K | -34 | Closed |
|
STAA Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2018 in Review
151 of the 4,368 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in STAAR Surgical (STAA) for Q2 2018, worth a combined $1.08B — up 123% from $487M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 58 funds opened new STAA positions and 8 closed out — a net gain of 50 holders — while 53 added to existing stakes and 26 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Next Century Growth Investors, adding an estimated $8.95M. The largest seller was Putnam Investments, cutting an estimated $88.3M.
- 151 institutional investors held STAAR Surgical (STAA) as of Q2 2018, up from 101 in Q1 2018.
- Funds reported $1.08B of STAAR Surgical stock for Q2 2018, up 123% quarter-over-quarter.
- 58 funds opened new STAAR Surgical positions in Q2 2018 and 8 closed out, a net change of +50 holders.
- The largest STAAR Surgical buyer in Q2 2018 was Next Century Growth Investors, an estimated $8.95M added.
- The largest STAAR Surgical seller in Q2 2018 was Putnam Investments, an estimated $88.3M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2018.