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126 hedge funds and large institutions have $330M invested in Unitil in 2016 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 19 funds opening new positions, 55 increasing their positions, 31 reducing their positions, and 8 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

138% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 19 | Existing positions closed: 8

87% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $778K | Put options by funds: $416K

77% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 55 | Existing positions reduced: 31

23% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $269M → $330M (+$61.8M)

10% more funds holding

Funds holding: 115 → 126 (+11)

2.42% more ownership

Funds ownership: 55.02% → 57.44% (+2.4%)

Holders
126
Holders Change
+11
Holders Change %
+9.57%
% of All Funds
3.36%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
–
New
19
Increased
55
Reduced
31
Closed
8
Calls
$778K
Puts
$416K
Net Calls
+$362K
Net Calls Change
+$358K

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
PI
Putnam Investments
Massachusetts
+$2.82M
2
LSV Asset Management
LSV Asset Management
Illinois
+$2.67M
3
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$2.33M
4
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
+$2.16M
5
Geode Capital Management
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
+$2.02M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
KCM
Kennedy Capital Management
Missouri
-$2.53M
2
LTFS
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
-$984K
3
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$808K
4
D.E. Shaw & Co
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
-$649K
5
MPAM
Monarch Partners Asset Management
Massachusetts
-$612K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
FCM
1
Frontier Capital Management
Massachusetts
$32.6M +$1.99M +50,990 +7%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$30.8M +$2.33M +59,716 +9%
BIT
3
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$22.2M -$204K -5,232 -1%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
4
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$18.9M +$261K +6,697 +2%
Acadian Asset Management
5
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
$17.7M +$104K +2,653 +0.6%
Renaissance Technologies
6
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$16.3M +$2.16M +55,400 +17%
BFA
7
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$15.3M -$382K -9,790 -3%
IAM
8
Impax Asset Management
New Hampshire
$14.6M – – –
State Street
9
State Street
Massachusetts
$12.5M +$419K +10,727 +4%
LSV Asset Management
10
LSV Asset Management
Illinois
$12M +$2.67M +68,500 +32%
RFC
11
Russell Frank Company
Washington
$11.6M +$388K +9,947 +4%
Northern Trust
12
Northern Trust
Illinois
$6.91M +$171K +4,390 +3%
Royal Bank of Canada
13
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$6.77M -$546K -13,980 -8%
KCM
14
Kennedy Capital Management
Missouri
$6.55M -$2.53M -64,744 -30%
Bank of New York Mellon
15
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$5.87M +$240K +6,159 +5%
JP Morgan Chase
16
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$5.29M -$79.8K -2,043 -2%
PPA
17
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
$4.93M +$429K +10,992 +10%
MPAM
18
Monarch Partners Asset Management
Massachusetts
$4.62M -$612K -15,670 -13%
First Manhattan
19
First Manhattan
New York
$3.91M – – –
BFS
20
Bradley Foster & Sargent
Connecticut
$3.76M – – –
PI
21
Putnam Investments
Massachusetts
$3.07M +$2.82M +72,300 New
Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance)
22
Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance)
Ontario, Canada
$2.9M -$11.3K -289 -0.4%
NI
23
Numeric Investors
Massachusetts
$2.87M +$999K +25,584 +61%
TCIM
24
TIAA CREF Investment Management
New York
$2.76M +$559K +14,317 +28%
AI
25
Analytic Investors
California
$2.65M -$461K -11,811 -16%
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UTL Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2016 in Review

126 of the 3,753 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Unitil (UTL) for Q1 2016, worth a combined $330M — up 23% from $269M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 19 funds opened new UTL positions and 8 closed out — a net gain of 11 holders — while 55 added to existing stakes and 31 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Putnam Investments, opening a new position worth an estimated $2.82M. The largest seller was Kennedy Capital Management, cutting an estimated $2.53M.

  • 126 institutional investors held Unitil (UTL) as of Q1 2016, up from 115 in Q4 2015.
  • Funds reported $330M of Unitil stock for Q1 2016, up 23% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 19 funds opened new Unitil positions in Q1 2016 and 8 closed out, a net change of +11 holders.
  • The largest Unitil buyer in Q1 2016 was Putnam Investments, an estimated $2.82M added.
  • The largest Unitil seller in Q1 2016 was Kennedy Capital Management, an estimated $2.53M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2016.