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119 hedge funds and large institutions have $262M invested in Unitil in 2014 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 15 funds opening new positions, 40 increasing their positions, 38 reducing their positions, and 6 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

150% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 15 | Existing positions closed: 6

24% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $212M → $262M (+$50M)

4% more funds holding

Funds holding: 114 → 119 (+5)

2.6% more ownership

Funds ownership: 49.09% → 51.69% (+2.6%)

5% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 40 | Existing positions reduced: 38

Holders
119
Holders Change
+5
Holders Change %
+4.39%
% of All Funds
3.17%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
–
New
15
Increased
40
Reduced
38
Closed
6
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Acadian Asset Management
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
+$2.33M
2
SFM
Systematic Financial Management
New Jersey
+$2.23M
3
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
+$1.86M
4
BFA
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
+$1.86M
5
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$1.79M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
DRZID
DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ)
Florida
-$5.11M
2
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$1.74M
3
TC
TFS Capital
Pennsylvania
-$870K
4
Millennium Management
Millennium Management
New York
-$737K
5
KCM
Kennedy Capital Management
Missouri
-$511K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
FCM
1
Frontier Capital Management
Massachusetts
$22.9M -$237K -6,805 -1%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$22.4M +$1.79M +51,382 +9%
BIT
3
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$20.4M -$59.8K -1,715 -0.3%
Acadian Asset Management
4
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
$15M +$2.33M +66,797 +20%
BFA
5
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$14.1M +$1.86M +53,198 +16%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
6
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$13.4M +$601K +17,241 +5%
State Street
7
State Street
Massachusetts
$10.2M +$399K +11,445 +4%
Renaissance Technologies
8
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$8.11M +$1.86M +53,200 +32%
Royal Bank of Canada
9
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$7.39M +$375K +10,757 +6%
KCM
10
Kennedy Capital Management
Missouri
$7.22M -$511K -14,661 -7%
Bank of New York Mellon
11
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$5.95M -$414K -11,869 -7%
Northern Trust
12
Northern Trust
Illinois
$5.92M -$90.5K -2,596 -2%
RFC
13
Russell Frank Company
Washington
$5.08M +$1.07M +30,790 +29%
JP Morgan Chase
14
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$4.61M +$132K +3,771 +3%
PAM
15
Panagora Asset Management
Massachusetts
$4.08M -$202K -5,791 -5%
NI
16
Numeric Investors
Massachusetts
$3.91M +$1.58M +45,200 +74%
N
17
Nuveen
North Carolina
$3.7M +$1.13M +32,361 +47%
HAI
18
Hennessy Advisors Inc
California
$3.55M -$45.2K -1,297 -1%
First Manhattan
19
First Manhattan
New York
$3.49M -$24.4K -700 -0.7%
IAM
20
Impax Asset Management
New Hampshire
$3.27M +$326K +9,334 +12%
BFS
21
Bradley Foster & Sargent
Connecticut
$3.25M – – –
DRZID
22
DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ)
Florida
$2.96M -$5.11M -146,655 -64%
AI
23
Analytic Investors
California
$2.94M +$388K +11,117 +16%
Geode Capital Management
24
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$2.81M – – –
PPA
25
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
$2.71M +$67.5K +1,937 +3%
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UTL Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2014 in Review

119 of the 3,749 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Unitil (UTL) for Q4 2014, worth a combined $262M — up 24% from $212M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 15 funds opened new UTL positions and 6 closed out — a net gain of 9 holders — while 40 added to existing stakes and 38 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Acadian Asset Management, adding an estimated $2.33M. The largest seller was DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ), cutting an estimated $5.11M.

  • 119 institutional investors held Unitil (UTL) as of Q4 2014, up from 114 in Q3 2014.
  • Funds reported $262M of Unitil stock for Q4 2014, up 24% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 15 funds opened new Unitil positions in Q4 2014 and 6 closed out, a net change of +9 holders.
  • The largest Unitil buyer in Q4 2014 was Acadian Asset Management, an estimated $2.33M added.
  • The largest Unitil seller in Q4 2014 was DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ), an estimated $5.11M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2014.