STAAR Surgical
STAA
185 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.34B invested in STAAR Surgical in 2019 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 28 funds opening new positions, 63 increasing their positions, 72 reducing their positions, and 23 closing their positions.
150% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $9.64M | Put options by funds: $3.86M
22% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 28 | Existing positions closed: 23
5% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.28B → $1.34B (+$66.8M)
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 181 → 185 (+4)
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 → 5 (0)
1.78% less ownership
Funds ownership: 90.64% → 88.86% (-1.8%)
13% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 63 | Existing positions reduced: 72
Top Buyers
| 1 |
WRF
Waddell & Reed Financial
Overland Park,
Kansas
|
+$27.4M |
| 2 |
Allianz Asset Management
Munich,
Germany
|
+$9.53M |
| 3 |
Wells Fargo
San Francisco,
California
|
+$9.09M |
| 4 |
Goldman Sachs
New York
|
+$7.59M |
| 5 |
CAM
Congress Asset Management
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
+$5.89M |
Top Sellers
| 1 |
Renaissance Technologies
New York
|
-$18.7M |
| 2 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
-$10.2M |
| 3 |
Deutsche Bank
Frankfurt Am Main Ge,
Germany
|
-$9.63M |
| 4 |
Millennium Management
New York
|
-$8.86M |
| 5 |
CAM
ClariVest Asset Management
San Diego,
California
|
-$5.67M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PA
201
Perceptive Advisors
New York
| – | -$405K | -12,953 | Closed |
|
|
MSE
202
MUFG Securities EMEA
London,
United Kingdom
| – | -$310K | -9,700 | Closed |
|
|
HF
203
HRT Financial
New York
| – | -$299K | -9,371 | Closed |
|
|
PI
204
PEAK6 Investments
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$109K | -3,069 | Closed |
|
|
MAM
205
Meeder Asset Management
Dublin,
Ohio
| – | -$37K | -1,188 | Closed |
|
|
WEC
206
Winslow Evans & Crocker
Boston,
Massachusetts
| – | -$12K | -350 | Closed |
|
|
AS
207
Altshuler Shaham
Tel Aviv,
Israel
| – | -$7K | -228 | Closed |
|
208
Carson Wealth (CWM LLC)
Omaha,
Nebraska
| – | -$1K | -16 | Closed |
|
STAA Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2019 in Review
185 of the 4,620 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in STAAR Surgical (STAA) for Q1 2019, worth a combined $1.34B — up 5.2% from $1.28B a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 28 funds opened new STAA positions and 23 closed out — a net gain of 5 holders — while 63 added to existing stakes and 72 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Waddell & Reed Financial, opening a new position worth an estimated $27.4M. The largest seller was Renaissance Technologies, cutting an estimated $18.7M.
- 185 institutional investors held STAAR Surgical (STAA) as of Q1 2019, up from 181 in Q4 2018.
- Funds reported $1.34B of STAAR Surgical stock for Q1 2019, up 5.2% quarter-over-quarter.
- 28 funds opened new STAAR Surgical positions in Q1 2019 and 23 closed out, a net change of +5 holders.
- The largest STAAR Surgical buyer in Q1 2019 was Waddell & Reed Financial, an estimated $27.4M added.
- The largest STAAR Surgical seller in Q1 2019 was Renaissance Technologies, an estimated $18.7M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2019.