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101 hedge funds and large institutions have $487M invested in STAAR Surgical in 2018 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 8 funds opening new positions, 26 increasing their positions, 33 reducing their positions, and 13 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

100% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 2 (+1)

0.05% more ownership

Funds ownership: 79.43% → 79.48% (+0.05%)

4% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $507M → $487M (-$19.5M)

5% less funds holding

Funds holding: 106 → 101 (-5)

21% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 26 | Existing positions reduced: 33

38% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 8 | Existing positions closed: 13

100% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $0 | Put options by funds: $148K

Holders
101
Holders Change
-5
Holders Change %
-4.72%
% of All Funds
2.31%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
+1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+100%
% of All Funds
0.05%
New
8
Increased
26
Reduced
33
Closed
13
Calls
–
Puts
$148K
Net Calls
-$148K
Net Calls Change
+$558K

Top Buyers

1
Baillie Gifford & Co
Baillie Gifford & Co
United Kingdom
+$4.37M
2
Luther King Capital Management (LKCM)
Luther King Capital Management (LKCM)
Texas
+$2.23M
3
NCGI
Next Century Growth Investors
Minnesota
+$1.95M
4
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$1.65M
5
Invesco
Invesco
Georgia
+$1.31M

Top Sellers

1
GPGA
Grandeur Peak Global Advisors
Utah
-$2.11M
2
Millennium Management
Millennium Management
New York
-$2.05M
3
SSA
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors
New York
-$1.56M
4
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Germany
-$877K
5
CAM
Cortina Asset Management
Wisconsin
-$853K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
BC
1
Broadwood Capital
New York
$161M – – –
PI
2
Putnam Investments
Massachusetts
$92.8M -$373K -23,908 -0.4%
PAI
3
Palo Alto Investors
California
$52M +$291K +18,633 +0.5%
BlackRock
4
BlackRock
New York
$40.2M +$1.65M +105,795 +4%
Vanguard Group
5
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$19.7M -$90.9K -5,822 -0.4%
Baillie Gifford & Co
6
Baillie Gifford & Co
United Kingdom
$15.9M +$4.37M +279,568 +35%
State Street
7
State Street
Massachusetts
$10.8M +$56.2K +3,598 +0.5%
Northern Trust
8
Northern Trust
Illinois
$6.88M +$25.3K +1,623 +0.4%
CAM
9
Cortina Asset Management
Wisconsin
$5.88M -$853K -54,594 -12%
Renaissance Technologies
10
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$5.81M +$1.16M +74,400 +23%
Millennium Management
11
Millennium Management
New York
$4.88M -$2.05M -131,424 -28%
Geode Capital Management
12
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$4.09M +$29.9K +1,915 +0.7%
Principal Financial Group
13
Principal Financial Group
Iowa
$3.08M -$105K -6,706 -3%
GPGA
14
Grandeur Peak Global Advisors
Utah
$2.85M -$2.11M -135,100 -41%
FHAM
15
Folger Hill Asset Management
New York
$2.81M +$781K +50,000 +36%
Luther King Capital Management (LKCM)
16
Luther King Capital Management (LKCM)
Texas
$2.42M +$2.23M +142,795 +693%
Bank of New York Mellon
17
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$2.42M +$100K +6,406 +4%
TCIM
18
TIAA CREF Investment Management
New York
$2.38M +$209K +13,373 +9%
Two Sigma Investments
19
Two Sigma Investments
New York
$2.27M -$149K -9,523 -6%
Morgan Stanley
20
Morgan Stanley
New York
$2.19M -$280K -17,923 -11%
RHJA
21
Rice Hall James & Associates
California
$2.18M -$162K -10,372 -7%
TAM
22
Tiverton Asset Management
Delaware
$2.03M – – –
MAG
23
Millrace Asset Group
Pennsylvania
$1.91M +$395K +25,290 +24%
NCGI
24
Next Century Growth Investors
Minnesota
$1.85M +$1.95M +125,161 New
Deutsche Bank
25
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$1.8M -$877K -56,126 -32%
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STAA Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2018 in Review

101 of the 4,363 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in STAAR Surgical (STAA) for Q1 2018, worth a combined $487M — down 3.9% from $507M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 13 funds closed out of STAA and 8 opened new positions — a net loss of 5 holders — while 33 trimmed existing stakes and 26 added.

The largest buyer was Baillie Gifford & Co, adding an estimated $4.37M. The largest seller was Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, cutting an estimated $2.11M.

  • 101 institutional investors held STAAR Surgical (STAA) as of Q1 2018, down from 106 in Q4 2017.
  • Funds reported $487M of STAAR Surgical stock for Q1 2018, down 3.9% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 8 funds opened new STAAR Surgical positions in Q1 2018 and 13 closed out, a net change of -5 holders.
  • The largest STAAR Surgical buyer in Q1 2018 was Baillie Gifford & Co, an estimated $4.37M added.
  • The largest STAAR Surgical seller in Q1 2018 was Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, an estimated $2.11M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2018.