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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.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

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)

Holders
80
Holders Change
+6
Holders Change %
+8.11%
% of All Funds
2.16%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.03%
New
14
Increased
32
Reduced
19
Closed
8
Calls
$163K
Puts
$11K
Net Calls
+$152K
Net Calls Change
+$450K

Top Buyers

1
PI
Putnam Investments
Massachusetts
+$8.99M
2
BC
Broadwood Capital
New York
+$6.49M
3
AAP
Ardsley Advisory Partners
Connecticut
+$1.49M
4
MAG
Millrace Asset Group
Pennsylvania
+$1.26M
5
New York State Common Retirement Fund
New York State Common Retirement Fund
New York
+$425K

Top Sellers

1
KCM
Kennedy Capital Management
Missouri
-$2.98M
2
FLAM
First Light Asset Management
Minnesota
-$2.53M
3
AC
Amici Capital
New York
-$1.48M
4
FCM
Frontier Capital Management
Massachusetts
-$1.35M
5
Ameriprise
Ameriprise
Minnesota
-$1.17M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
BC
1
Broadwood Capital
New York
$78.4M +$6.49M +700,000 +9%
PI
2
Putnam Investments
Massachusetts
$73.4M +$8.99M +969,275 +15%
PAI
3
Palo Alto Investors
California
$25.5M – – –
Ameriprise
4
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$19.6M -$1.17M -126,298 -6%
Vanguard Group
5
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$11.5M +$158K +17,041 +1%
TAM
6
Tiverton Asset Management
Delaware
$10.9M – – –
BFA
7
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$9.97M -$521K -56,217 -5%
BIT
8
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$9.64M -$465K -50,158 -5%
Morgan Stanley
9
Morgan Stanley
New York
$8.2M -$82K -8,838 -1%
GPGA
10
Grandeur Peak Global Advisors
Utah
$7.24M -$386K -41,625 -5%
State Street
11
State Street
Massachusetts
$5.88M +$138K +14,924 +3%
AAP
12
Ardsley Advisory Partners
Connecticut
$5.88M +$1.49M +161,012 +36%
GIM
13
Granahan Investment Management
Massachusetts
$4.92M -$659K -71,089 -12%
Northern Trust
14
Northern Trust
Illinois
$4.38M +$32K +3,448 +0.8%
BNP Paribas Asset Management
15
BNP Paribas Asset Management
France
$4.11M -$496K -53,454 -11%
Principal Financial Group
16
Principal Financial Group
Iowa
$2.52M +$61.5K +6,627 +3%
Bank of New York Mellon
17
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$2.17M +$215K +23,180 +12%
MOACM
18
Mutual of America Capital Management
New York
$2.08M – – –
Geode Capital Management
19
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$1.77M +$17K +1,834 +1%
TCIM
20
TIAA CREF Investment Management
New York
$1.68M +$30K +3,238 +2%
BIM
21
BlackRock Investment Management
Delaware
$1.35M +$254K +27,372 +24%
AC
22
Amici Capital
New York
$1.35M -$1.48M -160,000 -53%
MAG
23
Millrace Asset Group
Pennsylvania
$1.31M +$1.26M +136,046 New
Millennium Management
24
Millennium Management
New York
$945K -$565K -60,917 -38%
Calamos Advisors
25
Calamos Advisors
Illinois
$746K – – –
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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.